UFC President Dana White alrady explained he spoke to Mike Tyson’s wife to ask why on earth he decided to fight Jake Paul on July 20th. Her response was that the offer was too good to turn down, which makes a lot of sense. Turning down offers that could go up to eight figures would be hard to reject by anybody. But a new theory is just out from none other than UFC legend Chael Sonnen, he has a different take of why Mike Tyson decided to get in this fight. According to the host during his show, he is convinced pride had a lot to do with Mike Tyson’s final decision to get involved in this. As you all know, there was a time in which Mike was the scariest man on planet earth. That ego never leaves people when they had a taste of it before.
Here’s what Sonnen said: “Mike Tyson answered it [during a recent interview] without speaking about himself, speaking about his training. A number of guys would simply say, ‘I’ve got far more experience than he [Jake Paul] does. I’m bigger than he is. Last thing to go is our power. Last thing to go is our power’ is terribly problematic because you’re now admitting that’s now a concession that everything else is gone… It’s just a weird thing. Mike Tyson said, ‘I can draw, I can sell tickets. I’m sitting here with you right now. Nobody else from my time, nobody else 60 years old, regardless of sport, has been invited in your studio.’ It’s a great point. It’s true. It was all true and Mike Tyson does have pride.”
Could Mike Tyson lose the fight against Jake Paul?
Everybody is waiting for this fight to take place as the suspense keeps mounting, many fear Mike Tyson could actually get hurt. Any hard punch on the head for a man who is in his late ’50s should be of major concern. The brain is much more delicate at this later age, which means he can definitely get neurological damage with a single punch. Tyson better get as ready as he’ll ever be for this fight because he won’t have it easy against ‘The Problem Chld’.
