Jake Paul plans to form a fighter union and continue to ‘disrupt’ Dana White’s business

Jake Paul will continue to do anything and everything possible to go after UFC president Dana White.

This is the latest message that the boxer turned social influencer has sent to White. He targets the UFC regarding issues like fighter pay, overall contracts and other aspects of the promotion.

While White has recently stated that he’s not going to spent any more time engaged in a war of words with Paul through interviews or social media, the 25-year-old Ohio native has no plans to slow down his aggressive assault on the UFC’s business practices.

“It’s really about the fighters,” Paul told ESPN. “I have been to the gym and seen what a hard-working group of guys are like, how they treat each other and how low paid all of them are. So it’s really about fighter pay and getting them healthcare, and poking the bear and disrupting his whole entire business.

” I will drop a diss track tomorrow morning on Dana White, so you can see it, and I won’t stop any time soon. But this is about the fighters.”

Paul, who most recently knocked out former UFC champion Tyron Woodley to move to 5-0 in his boxing career, has rarely missed the opportunity to bash White and the UFC, especially when it comes to fighter pay. He’s criticized the promotion for failing to hand over a bigger percentage of revenue to the athletes.

Based on information previously made available through an ongoing class action lawsuit involving the UFC and numerous ex-fighters, the promotion has typically paid out between 16 to 20 percent of total revenue to the athletes, while most other major sports leagues such as the NFL, NBA and Major League Baseball pay out approximately 50 percent.

Of course, the NFL, NBA and MLB athletes negotiate those rates through a collective bargaining agreement via player unions, which is what Paul hopes to eventually bring to MMA.

” I want to establish a fighters union,” Paul stated. This is how I hope to make a lasting impact on the entire sport of MMA and boxing. I am not dependent on anyone. A lot of these UFC fighters they are beholden to Dana White. He is obstructive and they can’t protest him so I am using my platform as I’m only one of very few who can.

“I’ll say whatever. I’ll speak the truth. I’m doing what my responsibility is as a fighter and as someone who cares about other fighters.”

Paul wouldn’t be the first person to attempt to start a fighters’ union in MMA or even specifically for UFC fighters, though every previous attempt has failed to get off the ground.

Whether Paul has better luck with his attempt remains to be seen. But either way, he plans to continue bashing White and the UFC at every opportunity.