Anthony Taylor makes more sparring with Jake Paul than in MMA career

Anthony Taylor (MMA 7-5) said that he is ‘disturbed’ by how well being Jake Paul’s sparring partner has been compared to his MMA pay. Taylor has been one of Paul’s main sparing partners for the past two months, he will fight Tommy Fury on Woodley vs Paul undercard.

He initially joined Paul’s staff to help him prep for the YouTuber’s boxing match with UFC fighter Ben Askren back in April. We have discussed the state of fighter pay in the past (and will never stop, it seems) and unfortunately Taylor’s story is quiet a common one in Mixed Martial Arts.

He sat with Betway Insider to discuss the upcoming fight night:

“I had the opportunity to fight in Cage Warriors but I couldn’t pass up the money Jake was offering.

“I’m getting paid more money as Jake’s training partner in two months than I made in my whole entire MMA career in six years.”

“I swear to god, I made more money with Jake in two months than my whole MMA career.

“That’s disturbing when you think about it, because I fought for Bellator. I’ve fought two top five contenders in Bellator and I had a good run.

“It’s time to take it up a notch and fight for the UFC.”

Taylor is not worried about fighting Tommy Fury, brother of boxing great Tyson Fury, due to the questionable combined record of his opponents. So much so that Taylor argues that Jake Paul is a more legitimate boxer:

“I’m about to bloody him up. He’s going to be in a dog fight. He’s underestimating me, he’s looking over me.

“He thinks he is flying into Cleveland to win and then face off with Jake, but he ain’t even going to see Jake that night.

“When you compare Tommy’s fights to Jake’s fights, Tommy’s fights are embarrassing.

“Tommy fought a guy with 10 wins and 126 losses – Jake would never fight a guy like that.

“He’s not that skilled. I want what he has; the money, the status, everything.”

Tommy Fury wants the Jake Paul fight and Anthony Taylor has his mind set on stopping that from happening.