>
‘Not that good at all… Anderson Silva was tougher’: Jake Paul plays down his loss to Tommy Fury while offering MORE excuses by claiming he was ‘jet-lagged’ in their grudge match, after blaming the loss about ‘illness’ and an ‘arm injury’
- Jake Paul offered more excuses for his loss to Tommy Fury in Saudi Arabia
- The youtuber said he was jet lagged and tired from traveling to the Middle East.
- Paul said Fury was “not as good” or as strong as MMA star Anderson Silva.
Jake Paul downplayed Tommy Fury’s win over him in their grudge match in Saudi Arabia on Sunday night, claiming it “wasn’t that good,” while offering a handful of more excuses for his loss.
An emotionally charged Fury kept his arms up at the end of their showdown in Diriyah at the weekend after years of back and forth between the pair, with the former Love Island star winning by majority decision after a close fight.
Paul had praised Fury for his victory, but immediately claimed that he had been sick and injured an arm in the build-up to the fight. He now he has tried to tone down the way the victory of his rival claimed that he was tired of traveling.
When asked by his brother Logan for the main reasons behind his loss on the BS with Jake Paul YouTube channel, he said: ‘Lots of reasons; I was sick for four weeks off this nine week camp and trip, jet lag for another week of that.
Paul had come into this fight with an unblemished record of six straight wins, and the American said his first loss had “everything to do with me” and not Fury, even claiming his latest opponent: Anderson Silva, a former MMA star from 41 years. – had given him a tougher fight.
Jake Paul has tried to play down Tommy Fury’s win over him in Saudi Arabia on Sunday
Paul (left) and said Fury (right) “wasn’t that good at all” and offered a list of excuses for his loss.
“That’s what bothers me the most, it had nothing to do with him, it had everything to do with me,” he added. “He wasn’t that good at all, I think Anderson was tougher than him and I figured out that puzzle.” He threw a lot of punches, that was the most important thing.’
He adds to the excuses coming from Paul directly after the fight, when he said he disagreed with the judges’ scores of 76-73 twice and 75-74 in his favor and stated that he felt ‘bummed out’ and ‘ sick’ during his camp and also struggled with an injury.
‘Honestly, I felt flat. I got very sick twice in this camp, hurt my arm so it wasn’t my best performance,” he said to boos from the crowd before immediately insisting that he was beaten by the best man.
‘But I lost, I’m not making excuses. I’m just saying it wasn’t my best performance, I felt a little flat and like I said, we’re going to go back and get that W.’
Paul offered some kind words for his rival, whom he said he respected despite a longstanding feud between the pair that saw them trade a stream of petty insults, calling him “a good guy” and “down to earth.” .
“It’s definitely blossomed,” Paul continued. “He’s an overnight superstar and it’s great for him,” she added. ‘He is a good boy and we had a lot of respect for each other; We talked in the locker room and he said let’s do a rematch.
Paul is hoping for a rematch after earning credit for taking the fight the distance in Diriyah.
He admitted that there was respect between the couple and praised the impact of the big event.
‘He seems very down to earth and down to earth. We talked a lot of shit and did a great job promoting it, but there was mutual respect and we hugged each other.
‘I have respect for the boy, that is the most beautiful thing about this sport. They can be arch enemies and then find respect for each other after beating each other up and going to war.
Earlier that day, Paul had tweeted his thoughts on the fight and the impact it had on him, admitting he was “emotionally hurt” by the loss, despite bragging about the $30 million he had won.
“The event business was a great success,” he wrote.
‘It doesn’t mean I’m not emotionally hurt by the loss. But I’m not going to sit here and sulk.
“I’m going to use that pain to propel me forward so I never feel like this again,” she added.