Former two-weight UFC champ Dan Cormier said he'd 'kill' YouTuber Jake Paul if they ever fought
- Jake Paul is busy making fresh enemies in the aftermath of his knockout win over Ben Askren.
- The creator flamed three UFC fighters on Twitter and one, Dan Cormier, responded.
- The former two-weight UFC champ said: "I would kill him," on ESPN.
Rather than basking in his most recent success in boxing, Jake Paul has been busy creating fresh enemies in combat sports.
The YouTube creator advanced his pro record to 3-0-0, 3 KOs on Saturday with a thumping first-round knockout win over the former MMA champion Ben Askren in Atlanta.
A deft one-two punch combination was enough to put Askren on his back. The decorated wrestler made his way to his feet, but because he was adjudged to be in no fit state to continue, the referee waved the contest off.
Though Paul said he had competed in three fights in a short space of time and would take some time off, he appears to have no shortage of potential opponents to take on in his fourth, fifth, and even in his sixth bout.
One of those is the UFC commentator and former two-weight UFC champion Dan Cormier, who Paul has seemingly declared war on via Twitter.
It all started when Cormier appeared to have a problem with the way Paul was talking about MMA fighters.
"All these kids are going to get taught a lesson I swear," he tweeted on Sunday. "And I can't wait for it.
"[Paul training partner and pro boxer] J' Leon Love, you can't fight. Better respect dudes like Tyron Woodley before he puts his hands on you. He ain't Ben!"
Paul then proposed an event involving Love against Woodley, a former UFC champion, and himself against Cormier.
"Okay, fat boy," said Paul. "So, me vs. you and J vs. T.?"
Responding on ESPN, Cormier said: "This dude would never fight me. I would kill him. Why would I ever fight someone like that?"
Cormer said that he's a Hall-of-Fame athlete and that trash-talking Paul would be considered punching down. "I'm not gonna punch down to some kid that's on YouTube that's, like, 'Fight me!' Like, why?
"What have you done to earn the right to fight me? So, no, it's silly and stupid. But I would like him to fight Tyron. I would like to see him fight somebody more real.
"Don't fight Ben Askren at 190, bloated. Fight a middleweight. Fight Luke Rockhold! Let me see you fight Luke Rockhold or somebody like that. And then I will not only say that you have base skills, I will say you're a real fighter.
"Because right now it's all pretend. It's all pretend."
Paul also trashed two other UFC fighters on Twitter - Nate Diaz and Mike Perry.
He said he'd knock Diaz out in three rounds, and seemingly claimed to have had the edge over Perry during a recent sparring session.