Snoop Dogg claimed UFC boss Dana White owes him $2 million after Jake Paul iced Ben Askren
- Snoop Dogg screamed: "Finish him! Finish him," as Jake Paul iced Ben Askren on Saturday.
- The rapper may have been excited because he felt he had a $2 million bet on the fight.
- The UFC boss Dana White, though, denied last month that he took the bet.
Snoop Dogg is claiming UFC boss Dana White owes him $2 million after Jake Paul iced Ben Askren at a Triller Fight Club event Saturday in Atlanta.
The YouTube creator scored a first-round knockout win over Askren, a former MMA champion at Bellator MMA and One Championship.
The combat veteran, though, recently had hip surgery, was primarily a wrestler by trade, and was never renowned for his striking.
That showed at the weekend when Paul flattened Askren with a one-two punch combination that left the fighter on a heap on the floor. The referee waved the bout off when he felt Askren couldn't stand properly to defend himself.
During the broadcast, Snoop Dogg could be heard screaming: "Finish him! Finish him," and it's likely because he felt he had a substantial wager on the outcome, having apparently bet White that Paul would win.
In an Instagram video prior to the fight, Snoop Dogg proposed a $2 million bet to White. White had previously said that he was so confident in former UFC fighter Askren that he would put $1 million on him beating Paul.
"Dana, where my money at?" - Snoop Dogg said on the broadcast, in reference to the supposed bet.
White, though, may never have actually taken the bet.
At a UFC press conference last month, The MacLife reporter Oscar Willis asked White if he ever accepted Snoop's bet for the Paul vs. Askren fight.
"Did I take it? No," the MMA promoter said.
"First of all, the line is 2:1. Why the f--- would I bet these guys for even money when the line is 2:1."