Jake Paul shares update on Nate Diaz MMA fight after denying boxing rematch Instagram: Jake PaulInfluencer-turned-boxer Jake Paul has updated fans about his rumored MMA debut against MMA legend Nate Diaz despite turning down his request for a boxing rematch. \u2018The Problem Child\u2019 has taken the boxing world by storm, bouncing back from his first-ever loss to Tommy Fury by besting UFC icon Nate Diaz in the ring to improve to 8-1. Although Diaz had seemingly accepted Paul\u2019s $10M MMA rematch challenge, the mixed martial artist was accused of \u201cweaseling out\u201d of the bout by PFL founder Donn Davis. Paul is instead taking on 10-1 boxing pro Andre August on December 15, but that doesn\u2019t mean the MMA rematch with Diaz is fully off the table and wants to make it happen in 2024. Jake Paul says he\u2019s \u201cready\u201d for MMA debut against Nate Diaz Speaking with MMA Junkie, Paul accused Diaz of turning down more money than he\u2019s ever made for fight and posting confusing fake posters about a boxing rematch. \u201cWe\u2019re ready, MMA, end of 2024, $10 million, which is more than he\u2019s ever made for an MMA fight \u2013 ever. He\u2019s sitting there asking for more money basically drunk tweeting random sh*t and random fight posters, making himself look like a fool,\u201d Paul slammed. Jake continued, saying that he doesn\u2019t understand what Diaz\u2019s team is doing and took issue with the sport in general how fighters get called out, but nothing ends up happening \u2013 something he wants to fix. (segment begins at 9:56) \u201cThat\u2019s what I\u2019ve looked to change in this sport and to just provide transparency to my audience about what\u2019s actually going on with these negotiations and not being afraid to fight anyone anywhere, anytime, any place,\u201d he said. The influencer further reiterated that he\u2019s locked in to compete in MMA, but has doubts that Diaz will end up accepting, because of everything he has to lose. \u201cI truly believe that he knows it would be a really tough fight for him, and I think that\u2019s the thing for him where he\u2019s like, \u2018Damn, do I risk my whole MMA reputation by giving this kid a chance here?\u2019\u201d It\u2019s still anyone\u2019s guess if Diaz decides to take Paul up on his offer, especially given his advantage with years of MMA experience, but we\u2019re going to need to wait a year to see if the rematch goes down inside the cage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Jake Paul shares update on Nate Diaz MMA fight after denying boxing rematch Instagram: Jake PaulInfluencer-turned-boxer Jake Paul has updated fans about his rumored MMA debut against MMA legend Nate Diaz despite turning down his request for a boxing rematch. \u2018The Problem Child\u2019 has taken the boxing world by storm, bouncing back from his first-ever […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51539"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51539\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}