Conor McGregor breaks silence with cryptic tweet as potential Jake Paul fight emerges from Logan Paul talks
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Conor McGregor shared a vague tweet last night after rumors emerged that he might be facing a different Paul brother next.
The Irishman hasn’t competed inside the octagon for three years, and has been unable to ink a date for a return fight since pulling out of facing Michael Chandler at UFC 303 last summer. But last week, he claimed that he had agreed to face social media and WWE star Logan Paul in an exhibition boxing match.
Now, reports are indicating that McGregor could be moving towards a showdown with Logan’s brother Jake Paul instead. The event will be funded by the multi-billionaire Ambani family, and would take place in India if it were to happen.
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Conor McGregor last week claimed he was fighting Logan Paul
Last week, Conor McGregor sent social media into overdrive when he tweeted that he had made ‘preliminary agreements’ for a boxing fight with Logan Paul. Many fans felt he may have meant Logan’s brother Jake, a far more established boxer, but it later emerged that he had not been in talks.
“The rumors of a bout with topurio [UFC featherweight champion Ilia Topuria] are false,” he wrote. “I am in preliminary agreements with the Ambani family to face Logan Paul in a boxing exhibition in India. I have agreed. I will then seek my return to the Octagon.”
He later confirmed that he would make a career-high purse, that would number in the hundreds of millions, adding: “TKO Group! UFC vs WWE. There are levels to this, a big sloppy novice is going to find out! TKO KING TITLE!
“#BiggestGenerator #KingofNumbers #Streams #PPV I hold every record and I am coming back to KO this novice and rack in more numbers for the company. #StockMarketIndia #MyHighestPayPacketYet #Thanksforthecheese,”
Jake Paul emerges as a potential opponent for Conor McGregor after Logan Paul announcement
Initially, Jake Paul claimed that he had refused to engage in any sort of negotiations with McGregor’s team or the Ambani family without the UFC and Dana White’s direct involvement. This was later confirmed by Ariel Helwani, who noted that Jake was the natural first choice after facing Mike Tyson.
Jake wrote on X: “Now it all makes sense why Conor Mcgregor and his management team have been desperately trying to get MVP to negotiate for a fight between us.
“As we told them them privately & I'm now saying it publicly… The only way we're willing to explore me vs Conor in a pro boxing / mma fight is if Dana White / UFC are at the table directly or make it clear they are ok with discussions. Conor is washed. Needs the Paul's. Logan by however he wants.”
However, in the proceeding days, things may have changed, according to ESPN KnockOut’s Salvador Rodriguez tweeted: “Jake Paul vs Conor McGregor on the table for July, August or September 2025 in India…”
Conor McGregor posts for the first time since Jake Paul rumor began
Rodriguez’s tweet got fans talking on social media, and just a few hours later McGregor decided to get on social media and tease something. The Logan Paul fight may have seemed to make more sense on paper as the WWE and UFC are intrinsically linked through their being a part of the TKO Group.
The elder Paul brother last week confirmed his return to WWE after claiming he had ‘retired’. He even dropped a McGregor-themed Easter Egg at their Netflix launch press conference as he declared he was ‘not here to take part, but here to take over’.
And in his first post since the new Jake Paul rumors emerged, McGregor alluded to that connection, simply writing: “TKO”.
