YouTuber Jake Paul and former NBA guard Nate Robinson will fight in an undercard boxing match for Mike Tyson fight

• YouTube star Jake Paul and former NBA guard Nate Robinson will face each other in an undercard boxing match on Sept. 12.
• Paul and Robinson's match is part of the programming slate for an upcoming match between Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr.
• The match will be broadcast on pay-per-view and the platform Triller.

YouTuber Jake Paul will fight former NBA guard Nate Robinson in an undercard match for the recently confirmed exhibition match between Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr., The Athletic's Shams Charania confirmed. Both Paul and Robinson independently confirmed Charania's tweet, quote retweeting it and starting to ramp up the tension for the upcoming match. "Poor Nathaniel lolololololol," Paul wrote in a tweet.

In a statement, Paul elaborated, "I am excited to partner with Triller and get in the ring to fight an elite athlete. But make no mistake, on September 12th, Nate will meet the canvas early."

"It's Official. Let's GO! Jake Paul, you better be ready," Robinson said, also telling Charania, "I wanted to show that I'm a world class athlete, I played college football, played in the NBA for 11 years, and I'm excited to this venture into the sport of Boxing. Jake Paul, I want all the smoke."

Deadline reported that the eight-round exhibition match between Tyson and Jones will be broadcast on Sept. 12 at 9:00 p.m. ET on pay-per-view and on the platform Triller. There will also be a 10-part docuseries leading up to the match to which Triller has exclusive streaming rights.

Paul had teased a new fight announcement earlier Thursday on social media, and this is far from the first time that the YouTuber has participated in boxing matches. He previosly defeated fellow YouTuber AnEsonGib in a January match, CNN reported, calling out fellow YouTuber KSI — who had previously defeated Paul's brother, Logan, in a boxing match — in the crowd.

• Read more:
• Jake Paul was called out by the mayor of Calabasas for throwing a massive party where mask-less influencers swung from heavy machinery
• Jake Paul has been accused of taking the credit for someone else's Black Live Matter fundraiser
• Jake Paul pranked one of boxing's hottest young stars into thinking he'd broken his ribs after allowing him to repeatedly punch him in the torso
• Jake Paul tried to use looting for YouTube views, and is facing charges. These are all the ways the controversial star has stirred up outrage in the past.