UFC president Dana White mocked Jake Paul's claim their feud will end in a nightclub brawl by claiming he fits the profile of the YouTube star's opponents.
Paul and White have been at each other's throats for months with the boxer taking the UFC supremo to task over fighter pay.
And as he prepared for his fourth professional fight against former UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley tonight, Paul claimed his feud with White would end violently.
"He’s trying to discredit what I’m doing," he said. "One moment he loves Tyron Woodley and he’s a five-time UFC champion and Dana White’s saying, ‘He’s one of the greatest welterweights ever' and then, boom, 12 months later he sucks, Jake Paul’s fighting him, blah blah blah.
"He’s just trying to discredit anything that I do. Which, of course, that’s what I would do if I was in his position, he’s a smart guy. I think it ends with me running into him at a club in Vegas and me knocking him the fuck out."
When Paul's outburst was put to White, he retorted: "It actually makes sense. I’m 52 years old. I’m in the age bracket of guys he fights so I could see him wanting to fight me. It’s all he fights are 50-year-olds.”
"[He should] get in line. There are plenty of people who would like to assault me. Get in line, it’s a long f***ing line, buddy, you’re going to be waiting for a while.
"This is the business we’re in. I say it all the time about the fighters, too, we are not in the nice-guy business. This is a very mean business. I say many mean things about people, too; it’s just part of this game, it’s all good."
Woodley will tonight earn more than he did for any of his fights with the UFC - including his five world title bouts.
And Paul insists his campaign to increase fighters' pay is genuine.
"I want to help fix that problem. I think we need to attack it in multiple ways," he said this week. "First, we need the sports to become more popular. More fans, more audience which will naturally put more revenue across the board. I think also voicing it.
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"A lot of young fighters get sucked into long fight contracts by promoters and then they become a star and the promoters take all their money. Or in the case of the UFC, it's really a monopoly where Dana White controls all these guys careers.
"He can make whatever fights happen, pay whoever he wants or pay them nothing.
"It's just very unfair. What's crazy about is the fighters only gets paid 10 per cent of the total money that's earned.
"Whereas in the NBA and NFL it's 50 per cent and meanwhile you have Dana White going on Twitter talking about how he's spent $7million on a blackjack hand and lost it.
"Meanwhile, his fighters are starting GoFundMe pages. And not only that, if you're in the NBA and NFL you have team facilities and coaches.
"You get help with recovery and flown places. All of that is covered, but as a fighter you have to cover all your own expenses."
