Jake Paul has no scarcity of opponents lined up, however that gained’t cease him from repeatedly attempting to goad ex-UFC star Nate Diaz right into a rematch.
‘The Drawback Little one’ first met Diaz contained in the squared circle final August. After going 10 rounds in The Lone Star State, Paul was declared the winner by way of unanimous determination. Instantly following the struggle, Paul challenged the ‘Stockton Samurai’ to a big-money rematch in MMA underneath the Skilled Fighters League banner.
Regardless of being promised what would possible be the most important payday of his fight sports activities profession, Diaz has shown little interest in fighting Paul contained in the Sensible Cage.
“Nate Diaz is ducking me in MMA. He’s really ducking [an MMA fight], which is loopy,” Paul mentioned on a brand new episode of his BS podcast. “We upped [the offer] to $15 million. However he really doesn’t need to do it.”
Sean O’Malley, who was serving as a visitor on Paul’s podcast, provided a moderately diplomatic response, suggesting that if issues have been to remain on the ft, Paul will surely have an opportunity. But when it goes to the bottom, properly that’s one other story.
“I don’t know the way a lot jiujitsu ,” O’Malley mentioned. “Nate’s a high-level black belt. For those who can preserve it standing, a hundred percent there are winnable methods there. If it went to the bottom, I believe he may have the ability to seize your neck” (h/t MMA Junkie).
“That’s precisely how I really feel about it,” Paul replied. “If I don’t get guillotined, then I win the struggle. However even when he was on prime of him I’d simply throw him off of me. As a result of he’s truthfully the weakest puncher I’ve ever fought. Like, when he was hitting me I virtually began laughing. I’m not even saying this to speak sh*t. Out of everybody I’ve sparred in my entire whole life and everybody I’ve fought, his punches are the weakest.
“I’m actually not even speaking sh*t, which is why I believe it’s humorous that he dropped Conor and sh*t as a result of it’s like, how?”
Jake Paul books a bout with mike perry forward of tyson struggle
On July 20, Jake Paul will return to the squared circle for a scrap with the BKFC’s reigning ‘King of Violence’ Mike Perry. The bout will emanate from Amalie Enviornment in Tampa, Florida on the identical evening that he was initially scheduled to face former unified heavyweight boxing world champion ‘Iron’ Mike Tyson.
In Might, Tyson suffered a medical emergency throughout a cross-country flight from Miami. Happily, the incident was chalked as much as an unclear flare-up and never one thing extra severe. Nonetheless, Tyson was suggested to relaxation for the subsequent few weeks, stopping him from coaching two months out from struggle evening.
Now, Paul vs. Tyson has been moved to November 15, releasing up Paul to struggle ‘Platinum’ in The Sunshine State.
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