JAKARTA - YouTuber Jake Paul successfully defeated former UFC fighter Ben Askren in a battle that was held at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, United States, last Saturday.
Now, wild theories have emerged where one of them calls the YouTuber the best fighter of all time, beating Muhammad Ali.
It all started with Askren. The former Bellator welterweight champion and Olympic wrestler has enjoyed a long and successful career at the Octagon. He won a number of big wins, one of which was from Robbie Lawler.
According to the internet's bizarre theory, that victory over Lawler made him the best fighter of all time before he was beaten by Paul.
As a result of that streak of victories, Askren's win if traced back to the legendary heavyweight boxer Muhammad Ali.
The theory says that because of Paul's win over Askren, the YouTube star can now be recognized as the best of all time.
Here is the complete sequence of that strange winning chain.
Paul beats Askren. Askren beats Lawler. Lawler defeats Rory Macdonald. Macdonald defeats Tyron Woodley, who defeated Darren Till, who defeated Kelvin Gastelum.
Gastelum beat Michael Bisping, who in turn won over Dan Henderson, who beat Fedor Emilianko, who beat Frank Mir. Mir beat Brock Lesnar, who beat Randy Couture.
This is where the 'old school' fighters start making their way onto the list.
Couture defeats legendary boxer James Toney in the only recent mixed martial arts fight.
But in the boxing ring, Toney won over Evander Holyfield, who beat Larry Holmes, who was known to beat Ali in 1980.
Tracing that streak of results to last Saturday night's showdown, Paul makes this list as the best fighter of all time.
It's strange, considering that this YouTuber hasn't outperformed a professional fighter who is actually a real boxer.
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