Vitor Belfort believes he could beat both Jake and Logan Paul on the same night.
Jake Paul has a 3-0 professional record and fights former UFC champion Tyron Woodley this weekend in what is set to be his toughest fight yet. Meanwhile Logan Paul emerged relatively well from a class with 44-year-old Floyd Mayweather in June, though lost his sole professional fight against another YouTuber, KSI, in 2019.
44-year-old Brazilian former UFC fighter Belfort was once the MMA brand’s light heavyweight champion, and believes he would have the beating of the pair of them, even if he fought one sibling after the other.
Speaking to The Sun, he said: "I hope Tyron Woodley does good, but that kid Jake is doing good business, he's getting good traction, I respect that.
"I'd fight him and his brother in the same night, I'd put a beating on him and his brother in the same night, there's no doubt about it."
Belfort no longer takes part in MMA events but will face Oscar De La Hoya as the 48-year-old former world champion comes out of retirement after 13 years’ inaction.
He believes that the two sports will continue to produce crossover spectacles, saying: "The future of combat sports in the merge between these two amazing combat sports.
"Right now, we are boxing under boxing rules, and I accept it. But in the future, I want to mix boxing with the martial arts aspect.
"But until that gets done, I'm the guy with the fastest hands and most knockouts in UFC and MMA history.
"So fighting the best boxer of all time, Oscar De La Hoya, it's a legendary fight, a generational fight and it's going to be epic.
"This is once in a lifetime."