‘I’m here for the circus’: Matt Brown defends Jake Paul seeking out freak show fights like his matchup with Tank Davis

Jake Paul continues to assert he needs to be taken severely as knowledgeable boxer, however after beating 58-year-old Mike Tyson and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. in back-to-back fights, the at all times outspoken social influencer is now scheduled to face Gervonta “Tank” Davis on Nov. 14 in a battle the place he’ll probably outweigh his opponent by 100 kilos.

Now there’s little question that Davis is a professional championship stage boxer, however he’s spent the overwhelming majority of his profession competing below 135 kilos whereas standing all of 5-foot-5 tall. In the meantime, Paul is 6-foot-1 and weighed simply over 209 kilos for his newest win over Chavez.

However UFC legend Matt Brown understands why Paul pursued a battle like this fairly than going through some no-name cruiserweight that may truly get him nearer to an precise title shot.

“I’m right here for the circus,” Brown stated on The Fighter vs. The Author. “Jake Paul bought me. Perhaps it’s the advertising and marketing, perhaps it’s the bullshit. He bought me. I’m into it. I need to see it now. The truth that it’s Tank Davis, I like watching him battle. I need to see him battle him now.

“I’d fairly see Jake battle any person actual, similar to all people else — ‘yeah, battle any person your dimension that’s actual good.’ He’s attempting to promote tickets. He don’t give a f*ck. He’s promoting tickets to the circus, and I’m going to the circus. I need to see it.”

In comparable trend, Logan Paul engaged in an exhibition boxing match towards Floyd Mayweather again in 2021, and the battle earned monster scores with roughly 1 million pay-per-views bought. However at the moment, Mayweather was lengthy since retired, and he was pursuing exhibition bouts as a approach to earn a hefty payday with no actual risk to his undefeated document.

As a result of the battle was an exhibition there was additionally no winner in that bout after it went to choice.

The identical goes for Paul vs. Davis however Brown believes there actually is a world the place the smaller fighter not solely wins however scores a knockout end, which makes the matchup much more intriguing to him.

“I let you know what we’re going to be taught, if Tank Davis takes it critical, Tank Davis goes to beat his ass,” Brown stated. “I simply don’t know if Tank’s going to take it critical. Mentally, I don’t know the way checked out he’s been for some time, to be trustworthy. We see what’s occurring in his private life, he’s talked about retiring. He appears whenever you observe him on social media or his profession, he appears to not be concerned about doing this job and not likely having fun with what he’s doing. I don’t know the place he’s at mentally.

“But when he’s on the prime of his sport mentally, he ought to destroy Jake Paul simply. I say that as a result of Tank has wonderful protection. He’s little and he’s means quicker. Jake isn’t ok to catch him. Like Tank ought to be capable of run circles round him and contact him up. He could not knock him out. He’s bought 100 f*cking kilos on him however [Tank] goes to the touch him and he’s going to harm him. He ought to not likely get hit a lot on this battle.”

It doesn’t matter what he’s stated publicly, Paul has repeatedly embraced these sorts of weird fights that earn him a hefty payday and get an entire lot of consideration.

He’s even teaming up with Netflix once more with the streaming service footing the invoice for the battle fairly than placing Paul vs. Davis on pay-per-view.

Prefer it or not, Brown says Paul has discovered a distinct segment to use in fight sports activities and all he’s doing is protecting folks sufficient to proceed watching his fights.

“Have you ever watched the Struggle Circus shit that I do over in Thailand? You find it irresistible, it’s f*cking nice,” Brown stated. “Jake Paul’s the American Struggle Circus with out the d*ck kicking. It’s f*cking nice. We simply should see it for what it’s. It’s a f*cking circus.

“There’s nothing professional about this match. If he goes out and knocks out Tank Davis, he’s going to leap on the ropes and put his arms up and scream like he’s a nasty ass. You do should say one thing to have the ability to knock out any person of Tank’s caliber, I don’t care how large you might be. That’s one thing. It’s a circus. It’s type of cool.”

Irrespective of the end in November, Paul is nearly assuredly going to proceed touting himself as a future champion with aspirations to change into the most effective boxers on the planet.

However phrases aren’t actions and Brown believes Paul is de facto simply drawing folks into his orbit with these continued guarantees a few critical boxing profession after which he’ll ship one other blockbuster important occasion towards an opponent who most likely shouldn’t be in there with him.

“I simply think about being Jake Paul and type of strategically planning all of this from the start,” Brown stated. “I’m going to dupe all people into pondering that I’m going to be a professional boxer.

“I’m going to go battle f*cking washed up MMA fighters till I beat all of them after which I’m going to go battle championship stage boxers which might be 100 kilos lower than me. I suppose I’ve a sure stage of respect for that stage of promoting and technique.”