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Conor McGregor’s team-mate says Jake Paul fight ‘would be very dangerous’ for YouTuber as UFC star might ‘lose control’

, Conor McGregor’s team-mate says Jake Paul fight ‘would be very dangerous’ for YouTuber as UFC star might ‘lose control’

CONOR McGREGOR’S team-mate warned the UFC star might ‘lose control’ if he fought Jake Paul and make it ‘very dangerous’ for the YouTuber.

Social media sensation Paul, 2-0 as a boxer, has tirelessly chased a boxing match with former UFC champion McGregor.

Frans Mlambo pictured with Conor McGregor
YouTuber Jake Paul has two knockout wins to his name

He even claimed to have a $50million cheque waiting to go, as he also directed insults to the Irishman’s fiancee Dee Devlin.

McGregor’s training partner Frans Mlambo doubts any amount of money could convince the superstar into facing Paul.

But if he did, the internet phenomenon has been told if the foul-mouthed tirades continue, he will be made to pay for his words.

Mlambo told SunSport: “I thought the whole thing was ridiculous.

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“Conor would try and make an example out of him. Conor is rich and all but he’s still one of the boys and he doesn’t take s***.

“He’s obviously grown now, he’s a father and a family man but maybe he’s staying out of the whole thing for everybody’s safety.

“He’d lose control if he went into those situations.

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“If the fight actually happened and Jake Paul was talking all this garbage leading up to it, it would be very dangerous Conor in that ring.

“It would make a load of other people a load of money and that’s why people will be pushing for it, but it is something that should not happen.”

Paul, 24, has two knockout wins to his name, but only against internet rival ‘AnEsonGib’ and ex-NBA player Nate Robinson.

He fights former UFC welterweight Ben Askren, 36, next on April 17, after goading McGregor by changing his offer to just $10,000.

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The Dublin southpaw, 32, made his ring debut in 2017, losing to all-time great Floyd Mayweather, 43, banking around £100m in doing so.

But Mlambo is not confident any sum could entice aspiring billionaire McGregor into fighting viral vlogger Paul and entertaining the antics that comes with it.

, Conor McGregor’s team-mate says Jake Paul fight ‘would be very dangerous’ for YouTuber as UFC star might ‘lose control’

Conor McGregor pictured before his UFC comeback
, Conor McGregor’s team-mate says Jake Paul fight ‘would be very dangerous’ for YouTuber as UFC star might ‘lose control’
Jake Paul pictured after a sparring session

He said: “For 50million I’d fight anybody, it would literally never not make sense, I’d fight Goliath.

“But Conor’s in a total different position that $50m might not be worth the effort, the rigamarole of going through the WWE-entertainment style leading up to the fight.

“I feel like if he went into the Jake Paul thing he might be looking at it as more of a show more than anything else.

“It might not even be worth the money to him, just my view knowing what I know about Conor.”

Mlambo, a Bellator featherweight, would prefer to see his sparring partner rematch Dustin Poirier immediately.

McGregor was knocked out by Poirier at UFC 257, just under seven years after doing the same to the American.

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The pair are now tied at one apiece and already talking up a trilogy.

, Conor McGregor’s team-mate says Jake Paul fight ‘would be very dangerous’ for YouTuber as UFC star might ‘lose control’

Conor McGregor was beaten by Dustin Poirier at UFC 257

, Conor McGregor’s team-mate says Jake Paul fight ‘would be very dangerous’ for YouTuber as UFC star might ‘lose control’

Conor McGregor is eyeing a trilogy against Dustin Poirier

It has also forced McGregor to shelve his proposed mega-money boxing return against 42-year-old Manny Pacquiao.

But Mlambo has backed his Straight Blast Gym gym-mate to bounce back in the UFC before entertaining a switch to the ring again.

He explained: “The Manny Pacquiao fight is an entertaining one and I’m sure it would make more money than any UFC one.

“So in that may I’d go for it but the loss to Poirier would be eating at Conor and I reckon he’d be trying to get into the octagon straight away to mend that.

“Since there’s a loss, it wouldn’t even be a distraction it just wouldn’t make sense to do the Pacquiao fight right now.

“Think of the promotion, it would be known he’s going in to fight one of the biggest boxers on the planet and he’s coming off a bad loss.

“He should put the Manny Pacquiao thing on pause right now, go back into the cage, take out a few lads and then we can talk about that.”

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