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Jake Paul CRIES backstage AFTER Logan Paul Loses to KSI

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Logan Paul lost on the scorecards, but it was Jake who couldn’t hold it together.

Six rounds, three scorecards and one controversial deduction later, the rematch everyone had been arguing about online for a year ended in a split decision — and the fallout wasn’t limited to the ring. Within minutes of the final bell, cameras were rolling backstage as Jake Paul, visibly shaken, tried to process what had just happened to his older brother. What followed became its own piece of internet history, separate from the fight itself.

• KSI (Olajide Olatunji) beat Logan Paul by split decision on November 9, 2019, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, with judges scoring it 57-54 and 56-55 for KSI, and 56-55 for Paul.
• Referee Jack Reiss deducted two points from Logan in the fourth round for hitting KSI behind the head and landing a shot while KSI was down — the penalty that ultimately swung the decision.
• Jake Paul’s vlog, “Jake Paul CRIES backstage AFTER Logan Paul Loses to KSI,” documents the immediate locker room reaction, including Jake consoling his brother and the team’s frustration over the officiating.

The Fight That Turned on Two Points

The professional rematch at Staples Center was the sequel to the amateur bout the two YouTubers-turned-boxers fought to a majority draw in 2018. This time it counted as a licensed pro fight, and for four rounds Logan Paul was competitive, trading rounds with KSI in front of a sold-out arena and a massive pay-per-view audience. Then came the fourth round, when Jack Reiss docked Logan two points for hitting KSI behind the head and connecting again while KSI was down. On a night decided by a single point on two of the three cards, that penalty was the difference between a draw or a win and the loss Logan actually took.

Backstage With Jake Paul

The vlog picks up almost immediately after the decision is read, dropping the viewer straight into Logan’s dressing room. Jake, normally the loudest and most defiant Paul brother on camera, is instead the one who can’t keep it together, breaking down in tears while trying to comfort Logan. His reaction leans heavily on everything that led up to that moment — the months of training camp, the weight cuts, the trash talk, and the pressure of headlining a card that millions of people had bought or streamed specifically to watch this fight.

“I don’t know what to do. I don’t know what to do,” Jake says in the video, wiping away tears as he tries to console his brother.

The Team’s Case Against the Scorecards

Away from Jake’s tears, the mood in the room turns to disbelief over the officiating. Members of Logan’s team argue in the video that he did enough over six rounds to win the fight outright had the two-point deduction never happened, pointing to how tight the actual scoring was — a single point separated the cards on two of the three ballots. It’s the same argument that spilled across social media and sports commentary within minutes of the decision: that a fight fought closely enough to be a genuine split decision came down to a rules infraction rather than clean output in the ring.

Vlog Content Reveals Key Details

What separates this video from the usual post-fight press-conference footage is the access — no PR filter, no scripted talking points, just Jake trying to hold his brother up while still processing it himself. He repeatedly tells Logan he has nothing to be ashamed of, framing the loss as a product of the penalty rather than a lack of effort. It’s the kind of raw, unscripted moment that combat sports rarely get to see from a losing fighter’s inner circle, closer in tone to something you’d expect from a locker room after a title fight than from two YouTubers who built their careers on staged content.

For a sport that’s had its share of scrutiny over legitimacy in crossover bouts — a debate covered in depth in pieces questioning how real some combat sports moments actually are — the genuine emotion in that dressing room is hard to fake. Whatever anyone thought of the Paul brothers going in, this wasn’t content built for a punchline; it was a family dealing with a decision that came down to two points on a scorecard.