JAKE PAUL has had a busy fortnight following his boxing match with former UFC star Ben Askren.
The YouTuber turned boxer brutally knocked out the Olympic wrestler in the first round of their Triller Fight Club clash late last month.
But Paul’s destruction of Askren was only one of the reasons he found himself in the headlines.
The former Disney star caused a scene at UFC 261 in Jacksonville, Florida and almost came to blows with former heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier.
Paul has also found himself embroiled in a Twitter spat with UFC welterweight king Kamaru Usman.
The divisive social media star, however, hasn’t solely been embroiled in confrontations over the last 14 days.
In fact, Paul has claimed to have been in contact with a number of celebrities – including former President of the United States Donald Trump.
According to the 24-year-old, music sensation Drake has direct messaged him and he’s also been in a mosh pit with rapper Tyga.
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Paul, whose elder brother Logan is gearing up for a boxing match with Floyd Mayweather Jr, has also claimed to have upped sticks to Puerto Rico.
The Problem Child is hoping to return to the ring later this year and has set his sights on facing former UFC champions Tyron Woodley and Conor McGregor as well as Ultimate Fighter season five winner Nate Diaz.
He told ESPN: “This all started with me having a list of people I wanted to fight.
“It started with a YouTuber and then it was a real athlete and then all of a sudden it was to fight an MMA athlete.
“Nate Diaz and I got into beef on Twitter and so the people on that list are mainly MMA fighters.
“It’s whatever gets people interested and combining the two worlds… the biggest pay-per-view of all time was Floyd vs Conor, boxing vs MMA, so why not keep with that model?
“I believe I’m a better striker than 99.9 per cent of these MMA guys so when we’re matching up form a kill and experience level it’s even and it’s who wants it more in the fight.
“If I’m going against these world champion boxers who have been doing it since they were six years old its an unfair advantage.
“I do want to fight boxers, there are boxers I’m going back and forth with about potential fights but the people I want to knock out are MMA fighters.
“[Tyron Woodley] would be a good opponent, Nate Diaz would be a good opponent, Conor McGregor would be a good opponent.”
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