Jake Paul only needed three fights to do something that Jon Jones did not have in combat sports.
The career of the UFC GOAT candidate -candidate in mixed martial arts ended recently, when Dana White announced the pension of Jones.
That news concluded a period of uncertainty and frustration in the heavyweight division because of the refusal of Jones to fight Tom Aspinall, the former interim and now undisputed champion.
Although that is lagging behind that some suggest that 'bones' has damaged his estate, others have been free to congratulate Jones on an illustrious career.
The performance of the resident of Rochester has set him the greatest of all time in the UFC. But there was one performance he seemed to achieve-a million pay-per-view purchases.
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Jake Paul reportedly hit a million PPV purchases against one of the MMA colleagues from Jon Jones
According to Tapology's reports, the retreating UFC legend achieved its highest PPV -Kooptally at UFC 214, where Jones Daniel Cormier moisture in their rematch.
It is said that Event became 860,000 purchases, a total that Jake Paul surpassed in just his third professional boxing match and the first main event.
One of the first controversial trips of the YouTuber-Omte Pugilist came across Ben Askren, who won titles in Bellator and one championship for a short period under the UFC banner.
Paul proved Dana White and others wrong by beating 'Funky' in the very first round. And the fight, which led an event that also contained prominent names, such as Regis Prograis and Frank Mir, reportedly attracted 1.45 million purchases.
While 'The Problem Child' later claimed that he had surpassed 1.5 million, the UFC CEO quickly called the figures as a flagrant lie.
“The numbers you hear that they have done are full of s-. They are full of s-” said White during the UFC 261 Post-Fight Presser. “They didn't pull that kind of figures at all. Not even closed.”
There were rumors that Jones's return to win the heavyweight title on UFC 285 hit a million purchases. That remains unconfirmed, where manager Ali Abdelaziz is one of those who make the claim public.
Jake Paul focuses on the next PPV success against Julio Cesar Chavez JR
Although it started positive for Paul in the Combat Sports PPV activities, he has not always been successful in that area.
The resident of Cleveland gave remarkable comments on his match against Anderson Silva who flopped on PPV, and claimed that speculation of 'the spider' led to a significant decrease in pre-buys.
After Paul's victory was short of Nate Diaz, the former Disney Star Record viewers in November as half of the very first live combat sport event on Netflix, on which Paul Mike Tyson fought and defeated.
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The 28-year-old now returns to PPV on Dazn, because on 28 June on 28 June he makes six victories over the bouncing against the former WBC champion Julio Cesar Chavez JR.