How UFC Responded When Logan Paul Reached Out to Say He Wants to Compete in MMA

Since the beginning of both their boxing careers on the 25th of August 2018, Logan and Jake Paul have taken the combat sports world by storm, albeit to the displeasure of many hardcore fans.

Despite the Paul brothers’ bouts not being too appealing to the hardcore boxing audience or the purists, the facts are that their bouts generate huge amounts of interest on social media and draw huge amounts of money. Logan now seems done with the world of boxing and has his full focus on his WWE career, however, ‘The Maverick,’ in a newly released episode of his podcast, revealed that he was targeting another combat sports venture in 2024, which didn’t end up happening.

Logan, during an episode of Impaulsive where he was joined by interim UFC heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall, revealed that he reached out to the UFC last year to show interest in fighting at UFC 300 and at the Sphere in Las Vegas. Paul obviously ended up not fighting at either of those events and the WWE superstar has revealed exactly what happened after he reached out to Dana White directly.

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Dana White “Completely Ignored” Logan Paul’s Text Expressing Interest in Fighting in the UFC

Paul showed interest in fighting at UFC 300 and UFC 306 at the Las Vegas Sphere

In a brand-new episode of his podcast, Impaulsive, Logan Paul revealed that he was ignored by Dana White after he reached out to the UFC boss expressing interest in competing in MMA. Paul, who has challenged himself in boxing and professional wrestling, has revealed he wanted to test the waters in MMA last year and made himself “available” for fights at UFC 300 and UFC 306, which was held at the iconic Sphere in Las Vegas.

“I told Dana (White) for UFC 300. I texted him, I said, ‘Hey man, consider me available to fight on the undercard in The Sphere.’ Yeah, they basically completely ignored me, which I think spoke volumes.”

Given his social media status and position in WWE, which is also owned by the UFC’s parent company, TKO, from the outside looking in, Paul fighting in the UFC may not have seemed like the most bizarre idea ever, however, it seems nobody in the UFC had any interest in that happening.

When further discussing the situation, Paul revealed that he believes that CM Punk’s performances in the UFC are what has put the promotion off from bringing in mainstream or professional wrestling stars for the occasional fight. Punk, who is now back in the WWE, fought twice in the UFC and suffered defeat in both bouts, looking completely out of place in the process.