Jake Paul vs Nate Diaz confirmed as former UFC fighter\u2019s boxing debut Instagram: Jake PaulYouTube-boxer Jake Paul is facing off against Nate Diaz this summer, finally quashing their feud in the UFC star\u2019s professional boxing debut. Jake Paul has just taken the first loss of his star-studded boxing career\u2026 but he\u2019s already moving on to bigger and better things. Just a month after being defeated by British boxer Tommy Fury, Paul has announced his next bout \u2014 and it\u2019s a huge one, especially for combat sports fans who have been following his fights over the years. On April 12, Paul announced that he will be taking on former UFC star Nate Diaz on August 5 in Dallas, Texas. Jake Paul confirms boxing match with Nate Diaz Although Jake has signed on with the Professional Fighter\u2019s League, a prolific MMA organization, it looks like Diaz is stepping into the boxing ring to settle his beef with the \u2018Problem Child,\u2019 marking the mixed martial artist\u2019s first professional boxing match. This bout comes after Paul officially extended a fight offer to Diaz, whose contract with the UFC has ended \u2014 and Paul couldn\u2019t help but send a few jabs toward prez Dana White, who he\u2019s publicly decried over UFC fighter pay many times in the past. \u201cAugust 5th we commemorate the funeral for Nathaniel Diaz as we send him in a casket back to Dana,\u201d Paul said in an Instagram post. \u201cRefreshments will be provided at the service. Black Tie Attire.\u201d Fans can tune into Paul vs Diaz on PPV globally on DAZN, a subscription-based streaming service for all things combat sports-related. This marks the latest chapter in an ongoing feud between the two stars, who have been butting heads for some time. In fact, Diaz has been beefing with both Paul brothers, with Logan Paul most recently accusing the UFC fighter of \u201cducking\u201d a bout with him. This latest news follows another huge announcement in the world of influencer-boxing after Tommy Fury seemed to hint at a possible match with One Direction\u2019s Liam Payne.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Jake Paul vs Nate Diaz confirmed as former UFC fighter\u2019s boxing debut Instagram: Jake PaulYouTube-boxer Jake Paul is facing off against Nate Diaz this summer, finally quashing their feud in the UFC star\u2019s professional boxing debut. Jake Paul has just taken the first loss of his star-studded boxing career\u2026 but he\u2019s already moving on to […]<\/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-51668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51668","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=51668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51668\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}