There was no footage of Logan Paul and Bradley Martyn’s recent gym fight, however the WWE star has now revealed how he landed a fast win.
The YouTuber duo had been feuding online, with the pair each desperate to fight each other in an unsanctioned MMA fight. Eventually, Paul agreed to come back to Martyn’s Zoo Culture Gym in California, under the premise that no footage be taken at all the altercation.
Each men signed waivers and agreed to compete with none padding or hand wraps, let alone gloves or head gear. And it seems that Paul made short work of his bodybuilder rival given his years of combat experience.
Logan Paul tells brother Jake how he made short work of Bradley Martyn in secret bare knuckle MMA fight
In a brand new video posted by Logan Paul’s podcast co-host Mike Majlak, the complete build-up to the secretive gym fight was revealed, in addition to the aftermath. Throughout the 25 minute video, Martyn seemed tentative and often noted that he expected them to compete in an actual event.
Nonetheless, he agreed to the choice, which was a fight inside his California gym, with all security cameras turned off and no videographers allowed. Paul’s fiancee Nina Agdal, who’s currently pregnant with their first child, in addition to Majlak repeatedly warned him against the endeavor.
Because the pair were signing waivers, cameras were switched off, and never switched on again until after the motion was over. Many fans have noted online that neither seemed to be particularly banged up and even drained after the ordeal, because it was later revealed to have lasted a matter of seconds.
Speaking along with his brother Jake Paul during Majlak’s latest episode of The Night Shift, Logan revealed all the small print of the scrap. “Fight starts, I hit him with the jab,” he said. “I feel he got slightly little bit of a mark on his face I feel from that since it was the one punch I actually hit him with.
“I hit him with the jab, he tried to take me down and we form of went back right into a wall so he couldn’t take me down. I got in double underhooks so I went for a bear hug but his weight was distributed too far back so I couldn’t get in.
“Then we form of got right into a weird clinch position, we backed up, then he threw a punch, he missed, I went under him. Then he form of tried to get like a guillotine and lock my head. So I just used that, picked his a** up, slammed him on the bottom.
“After which he had his one arm in, you realize with a guillotine you’re alleged to do two? So he had a good position but you’re never going to get me with one arm so I just slowly stayed calm, peeled it off – full mount.
“Now I’m able to f***ing tee off, and he knew that so he flipped to his stomach. I had a rear naked choke in for one second nevertheless it slipped out, no legs – I didn’t even have to because he was flat – after which I just popped his head like a speed bag.
“Bro, that s*** was bouncing, it was soft too. Just bing, bing, bing.” Majlak then interjected and noted that it was impressive for Martyn to point out up in any respect and compete calmly, which Jake agreed was unexpected given the chasm in fight experience.
Logan Paul teases potential MMA rematch with Bradley Martyn after bare knuckle fight
While Paul and Martyn’s first go around didn’t seemingly go too easily for the bodybuilder, plainly there remains to be appetite to see the pair fight. Initially, he wanted them to work together on making a legitimate event occur, but they opted to do the gym fight as an alternative.
And after the bout when cameras were allowed into the room, Paul might be seen telling his rival that there was a probability that they might do a correct fight. “I’m happy with you,” Paul told Martyn, who replied “Thanks for doing it, for real.”
They then discussed the potential for Martyn training more in order that they might “do something for real”. Paul noted that “I might need a proposal for you, for those who train for real, possibly. I might need a proposal for an actual MMA fight.”
Logan Paul sends terrifying ‘levels’ warning to Bradley Martyn after secret bare knuckle MMA fight
Bradley Martyn has grow to be something of a meme within the MMA world for his insistence that his size and strength alone would make him able to beating any smaller sized UFC fighter. He has claimed he would beat legends reminiscent of Demetrious Johnson, simply attributable to his now meme catchphrase ‘I’m 260’.
But Paul showed him the fact of attempting to fight with none training, even given his own limited experience. The Ohio native was a high level wrestler within the state of Ohio during his late teens and has boxed professionally multiple times, but has never had a full MMA bout.
Nonetheless, plainly he was in a position to use his experience to great effect against Martyn, who sounds as if he has next to no combat history. And Paul even told him amid their speech stuffed with platitudes about respect that the entire fight was “f***ing nothing”.
“You run your mouth about me, I run my mouth about you,” Paul began, before pivoting by saying “By the best way that was f***ing nothing Brad, I’ll be honest. There’s levels to this s***.
Paul has wrestled at a high level, but as an adult has spent more time either within the WWE ring or boxing. He fought fellow YouTuber KSI twice in 2018 and 2019, and went the eight-round distance with Floyd Mayweather in 2021. He won his first fight in October against former Bellator star Dillon Danis.
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