{"id":1706,"date":"2023-07-15T13:09:54","date_gmt":"2023-07-15T12:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/?p=1706"},"modified":"2023-07-15T21:32:42","modified_gmt":"2023-07-15T20:32:42","slug":"jake-paul-and-ariel-helwani-dismiss-claims-of-francis-ngannou-being-paid-8-million-for-tyson-fury-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/jake-paul-and-ariel-helwani-dismiss-claims-of-francis-ngannou-being-paid-8-million-for-tyson-fury-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Jake Paul and Ariel Helwani dismiss claims of Francis Ngannou being paid $8 million for Tyson Fury fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Jake Paul and Ariel Helwani have dismissed the widespread claims suggesting that Francis Ngannou received an $8 million payout for a potential fight against Tyson Fury, implying that the figure is even higher.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Former UFC Heavyweight Champion Francis Ngannou will face boxing world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury In late October in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. There is a lot of talk about this fight as many fans awaited for both parties to finalize a deal for their boxing match. As noted earlier, Ngannou left UFC to get a greater deal, and he is indeed getting it for his fight with the \u2018Gypsy King.\u2019 However, fans are confused with the former UFC Champion\u2019s earning in the upcoming Fury vs Ngannou fight. Meanwhile, Jake Paul and Ariel Helwani come to the rescue.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tyson Fury vs Francis Ngannou will take place in Saudi Arabia on October 28th. With such a big fight, both fighters will earn big fight purses. However, a misleading report claimed Ngannou would reportedly receive $8 million, similar to the contract Dana White offered him. This fueled the fans with negative comments regarding the Predator\u2019s UFC departure.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/1-2.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Recently, Jake Paul and Ariel Helwani used Twitter to clear up the confusion about Ngannou\u2019s fight pay. Jake Paul stated the deal is not assuring $8 million but instead 8 figures. He added that the former UFC champion will get $10 million and a share of the PPV earnings. Ariel Helwani supported Jake Paul\u2019s statement and stated why there was a false report about an eight-figure payout.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"scaip scaip-1    \">\n<div class=\"newspack_global_ad scaip-1 fixed-height\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-05f9a13caf-0\" data-google-query-id=\"CLfS5JjGkYADFaCPJwId7AUD9g\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/2-3.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-google-query-id=\"CLfS5JjGkYADFaCPJwId7AUD9g\">Jake Paul praises Francis Ngannou for earning the highest salary of his career<br \/>\nJake Paul and Francis Ngannou have maintained a line of communication for some time now. Ngannou previously reported that the UFC had threatened legal action against his agent in connection with alleged discussions with Paul&#8217;s team during his time under contract with the promotion.<\/div>\n<div data-google-query-id=\"CLfS5JjGkYADFaCPJwId7AUD9g\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jake Paul: Nate Diaz Has &#039;Rolled Over Like a B*tch&#039; Ahead of Boxing Match\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l8RuJ6Jbv0E?start=60&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-google-query-id=\"CLfS5JjGkYADFaCPJwId7AUD9g\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-google-query-id=\"CLfS5JjGkYADFaCPJwId7AUD9g\">During a recent interview with MMA Junkie, the YouTuber turned boxer was asked about his views on the Fury vs. MMA fight. Ngannou. Paul expressed the following sentiments:<\/div>\n<div data-google-query-id=\"CLfS5JjGkYADFaCPJwId7AUD9g\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI&#8217;m happy for him, and I think he made history by showing other UFC fighters that they can make a lot of money by controlling their own destiny, and that&#8217;s also what Nate Diaz does. You know, this has to be going to be Nate Diaz&#8217;s biggest paycheck. This will definitely be Francis&#8217; biggest paycheck, and we hope more fighters will follow suit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_21598\"  width=\"696\" height=\"391\"  data-origwidth=\"696\" data-origheight=\"391\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I1UQea7H99o?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-google-query-id=\"CLfS5JjGkYADFaCPJwId7AUD9g\"><\/div>\n<div data-google-query-id=\"CLfS5JjGkYADFaCPJwId7AUD9g\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jake Paul and Ariel Helwani have dismissed the widespread claims suggesting that Francis Ngannou received an $8 million payout for a potential fight against Tyson Fury, implying that the figure is even higher. Former UFC Heavyweight Champion Francis Ngannou will face boxing world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury In late October in the Kingdom of Saudi [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1707,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1706","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-video","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing-news","8":"post_format-post-format-video"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1706"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1706"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1708,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1706\/revisions\/1708"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}