In a recently concluded podcast of Teddy Atlas, Jake Paul revealed a hitlist of fighters that he would love to box against for his next bout. Former UFC middleweight champions Michael Bisping and Anderson Silva were two names that were part of that hit list.
Soon after this video went viral, The Count showed interest and responded to The Problem Child’s callout on Twitter.
Send location. https://t.co/g4dh8aUtjA
— michael (@bisping) April 15, 2022
He also posted a video on his YouTube channel where he spoke about Jake’s hit list. The former UFC champion trolled Jake Paul for not picking opponents of his size.
“I’m very very happily retired. But I do miss the thrill of competition and I don’t see Jake Paul as necessarily a threat. I retired from fighting because I only had one eye and I didn’t want to risk my other eye. In boxing the bigger gloves against Jake Paul. Again as I say I really don’t see him as a threat.”
Bisping also revealed the conditions under which he would accept the bout as he was not happy with The Problem Child’s offer for the fight.
“We’ve been here before. He sent an email to paradigm sports management or his manager did to ask if I would fight him. Offered half a million dollars. I said double it, add pay per view, we’ll see where we go. Never even got a response.”
Jake Paul accepts Michael Bisping’s conditions and vows to knock him out
After Michael Bisping shared mutual interest to fight The Problem Child and gave his counteroffer, Jake Paul went on Twitter and accepted The Count’s conditions. He also promised to finish Bisping worse than his rival Benson Henderson. But Jake also laid a condition of his own under which he would accept all the terms of Bisping.
I would knock you out worse than Hendo. You’re an easy fight. But show me you can get licensed and I will show you $1M plus PPV… ???? (using this emoji because Bisping can’t use it lololololol) https://t.co/gu0tL9Pn0R
— Jake Paul (@jakepaul) April 15, 2022
Bisping had mentioned in his video that it would next to impossible for any commission to allow him for a boxing fight because of his injured eye. But The Count was open to fight Jake in any country as long as there is no involvement of a boxing commission. Considering the former UFC champion’s eye problem, this fight would be difficult to materialise.