Dana White considers sending legal letter to Jake Paul after Ben Askren KO

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UFC president Dana White has joked that he needs to send out another legal letter to stop Jake Paul from targeting his stars after he called out former light-heavyweight and heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier.

The YouTube sensation earned technical knock-out victory over Ben Askren at the weekend in a highly-publicised bout, and he could now take on Tommy Fury or even Conor McGregor.

However, the younger brother of Logan Paul also called out UFC favourite DC, with Cormier suggesting he should take on former Welterweight champ Tyron Woodley.

White, who had backed Askren to taste victory despite their turbulent relationship in the past, has now questioned why Paul hasn’t yet boxed any actual boxers.

When asked about Paul’s links to Daniel Cormier and Tyron Woodley by Yahoo, White exclaimed: “Why don’t you go and fight a f****** boxer?

“Why the f*** do these guys keep talking to UFC guys for? I’m gonna have to f****** slap them with another f****** legal letter these f****** idiots.

“Go talk to f****** boxers. What are you doing?”

When asked about his thoughts on the fight after Askren was beaten, White said: “I don’t even want to say it. I don’t even want to say what I think happened in that fight.”

Cormier had posted on social media: “I mean the way this dude talked to T-wood makes my skin crawl. All these kids are going to get taught a lesson I swear.

“And I can’t wait for it, @JLeonLove you can’t fight. Better respect dudes like @TWooodley before he puts his hands on you. He ain’t Ben!”

Paul then seemed to take the comments rather personally and wants to take on Cormier instead, responding: “Okay fat boy. So me vs you & J vs. T.??”

Before adding: “BOUTTA COOK HIM UP CLEVELAND STYLE.”

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Following the biggest win over his career so far over the former Bellator and ONE Welterweight Champion, Paul was overcome with emotion and proud of his own achievements.

He said: ”It's been four months. I've been in training camp every day. This is the craziest moment of my life.

"I told y'all I was going to do it in the first round. I told y'all I'm a real fighter. I don't know how many times I've got to prove myself this is for real."

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