YouTube star KSI could also be a formidable boxer, but he learned just how little he knows about grappling in a brand new YouTube video from his teammate.
The chart-topping rapper is well-known for his exploits within the boxing ring, famously defeating Logan Paul and going the gap with Tommy Fury before retiring with a hand injury. He’s now the owner of Misfits Boxing, where crossover boxers get within the ring for celebrity fights every few months.
KSI trains out of the famed London Shootfighters, where he learned his notorious ‘karate stance’ from Michael ‘Venom’ Page. And he has formed an in depth bond with top middleweight prospect Norbert Novenyi Jr, who showed him some grappling in a brand new YouTube clip.
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KSI taps out in three seconds during grappling session with ex-Bellator star
For years, Dillon Danis has been calling out KSI for a fight in MMA, versus boxing where their two previous meetings were called off. Nevertheless, he was taught why that might not be an excellent idea by his teammate Norbert Novenyi Jr in a brand new social media video.
Novenyi is the son of Olympic gold medalist wrestler Norbert Novenyi, who helped him to become involved in MMA in his early profession. He was one in all Bellator’s top middleweight contenders before they were bought out by PFL, and is now forging a path hopefully to the UFC.
The fighter has been grappling his whole life, and showed the degrees as he allowed KSI to begin from mount, side control and even with a choke locked in during multiple exchanges. In a single particular drill, the YouTuber shelled up and managed to survive almost 30 seconds, but he was otherwise quickly tapped.
The quickest submission of the video got here when Novenyi began from his back with KSI in mount. He easily lifted up the social media star and got to his leg, scoring a submission in only three seconds.
KSI retired from boxing after turning down $30 million Jake Paul fight
Since KSI defeated Logan Paul, the fight everyone has desired to see was Jake Paul getting a probability to avenge his brother. Nevertheless, because the American continued to box through the coronavirus pandemic and racked up knockout wins, the bout appeared to get further and farther from reality.
The Brit did come back to fighting in 2022 with the inception of Misfits Boxing, fighting five times between the summer of 2022 and October of 2023. Nevertheless, weight issues stopped the pair from working together and the fight never happened.
KSI has since claimed that he was offered $30 million recently to fight Paul, but that he turned it right down to give attention to his profession creating content. This essentially marked his retirement, although he has teased a return in newer streams.