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UFC champion Sean Strickland wants to fight Jake Paul after learning how much money Paul makes from boxing.
Last week, Paul was featured on Forbes’ list of the highest-paid athletes after earning an estimated $70 million last year.
Canelo & Jake Paul were the only two boxers to crack the Forbes’ Top 50 Paid Athletes List💰 pic.twitter.com/gNh4OzoFiu
— Uncrowned (@uncrownedcombat) May 22, 2026
Over the weekend, Strickland was featured on Nina Drama’s live stream, and reacted to Paul being on the Forbes’ list by wanting to get out of his UFC contract to fight him.
“I gotta leave the UFC and go beat up Jake Paul. That’s it. Cut my contract, UFC. It’s time for me to leave.”
Sean Strickland wants to leave the UFC after seeing Jake Paul on the Forbes highest-paid athletes list 😭
“I gotta leave the UFC and go beat up Jake Paul. That’s it. Cut my contract, UFC. It’s time for me to leave.” https://t.co/TA2gxlnY9c pic.twitter.com/rh4ENU8eBp
— Happy Punch (@HappyPunch) May 24, 2026
Strickland has talked in the past about fighting Paul to make more money.
“What I need to do is go f–king beat up Jake Paul. I’ll make more money f-cking up Jake Paul than I would my entire UFC career. How f–ked up is that? 100% [I would fight Jake Paul], but like Jake Paul sucks. You take Mike Perry, how did that go? [Perry] comes into the gym, he spars me one round, one round, takes his sh– off, leaves the gym. He went to a decision with that man., bro. You f-cking suck and you’ll always f-cking suck because you’re a f*cking p*ssy. You will always and forever be a f-cking little d-ck influencer.”
Sean Strickland wants to fight Jake Paul 👀
“I need to go beat up Jake Paul. I’d make more money f*cking up Jake Paul than my entire UFC career… Little dick influencer.” pic.twitter.com/8YTje6CgH8
— Happy Punch (@HappyPunch) May 31, 2025