Following his victory, the YouTube star was seen confronting former UFC champion and current commentator Daniel Cormier at UFC 261<\/a>.<\/p>\n Paul's controversial appearance at Sunday's UFC event forced White into having to field a number of questions at his post-fight press conference. White questioned Triller fight club's pay-per-view (PPV) numbers for Paul's recent fight with Askren.<\/p>\n "The numbers are there? Nah. I don't know if the numbers are there," White said.<\/p>\n "Do you know what would happen to this guy [in the UFC]? He ain't fighting in the UFC. He's getting hand-picked opponents, and God knows what else is going on with that whole f—ing thing," White said.<\/p>\n "There is a market for that. That is not what I do. That's not what I do. People want to see that, and it's great, and this kid's going to make a couple bucks before this ride is over. It's just not what I do.<\/p>\n "What I do is what happened tonight. What happened tonight is, we sold this place out and it was packed, and the numbers that you're hearing [Triller] did, they're full of s—. They're full of s—. OK? They didn't pull those kind of numbers at all, not even f—ing close."<\/p>\n Paul after his previous fight had claimed on social media the bout had 1.5 million pay-per-view buys, which generated $96 million.<\/p>\n And after hearing the comments made by White, Paul called out the UFC boss and criticised the company for not paying its fighters appropriately.<\/p>\n "No wonder they [UFC fighters] all want to get into boxing," Paul tweeted.<\/p>\n "Dana, you say you make the fights the fans want to see… so hurry up and make Jones vs Ngannou. Pay them their fair share… $10m purse for each guy, plus PPV.<\/p>\n "Why are UFC fighters so underpaid vs boxers? Why did I make more money in my third fight than all but two (Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor) UFC fighters have in history? I know why …"<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/jakepaul\/status\/1386387138653081600<\/a><\/p>\n For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/strong><\/em> clicking here!<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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