'Completely ignored me': Logan Paul's audacious UFC bid knocked back by Dana White

Logan Paul has revealed he reached out to Dana White last year regarding a potential fight, but was "completely ignored" by the UFC boss.

The polarising YouTuber, boxer and pro wrestler has publicly expressed his desire to compete in MMA for a number of years, but the idea has never got off the ground.

Paul - never one to take a backwards step - took the audacious step of going directly to White and making himself available to fight inside the octagon.

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The lack of response made it clear to Paul his dreams won't be coming to fruition.

"I texted him to consider me available to fight on the undercard in the Sphere [the new arena in Las Vegas]," he said on Impaulsive.

"Basically he completely ignored me, which I think speaks volumes ... I haven't bothered him about it since. I think for the right fight, the right amount of money [I would do it].

"I'm an entertainer at the end of the day."

Paul has two professional boxing bouts to his name, losing to KSI and defeating Dillon Dannis, while also going eight rounds in an exhibition against Floyd Mayweather.

The 29-year-old also has an amateur wrestling background from high school.

With his UFC aspirations on the back-burner, Paul believes the reason White turned him down in such brutal fashion could be due to one of his WWE rivals - CM Punk.

One of the all-time greats in pro wrestling, Punk - real name Phil Brooks - jumped into the UFC in 2016 and lost both his fights in rather humbling fashion.

"He f----d it up," Paul said.

"He f----d it up and after that Dana was like 'I'm never doing this again' ... but dude, I'm not CM Punk. He's a great wrestler, not a UFC fighter.

"I think I would be a much better UFC fighter than I would just a boxer."