UFC legend explains how Jake Paul vs Nate Diaz can finally happen Jake Paul \/ Nate Diaz InstagramUFC legend Chael Sonnen thinks a boxing match between Jake Paul and Nate Diaz is still possible and cites Floyd Mayweather vs Connor McGregor as a template to finally make it happen. It\u2019s believed that Diaz only has one fight left in his contract and it\u2019s not likely that a Paul vs Diaz matchup will come anytime soon due to the latter being exclusive to the UFC. But that\u2019s where Sonnen thinks Dana White could capitalize on Diaz\u2019s contract to not only bid the 36-year-old a farewell from the UFC but to create a new pathway of entertainment with YouTube boxing. \u201cIf you\u2019ve sat down and asked Dana, instead of separating and parting ways, can we do this together?\u201d Sonnen said. Paul has locked in a multi-fight deal with Showtime and has been vocal about stepping into the ring with Diaz \u2013 though it isn\u2019t likely that the fight could happen. This is where Sonnen likes to think Dana could bend the rules again to create a promotional event with Showtime similar to Mayweather vs McGregor. At the time, McGregor was still in his UFC contract and was adamant a fight between the two action sports legends wouldn\u2019t be possible. Dana would eventually cooperate with the proceedings since he \u201cwould never keep Connor from making that kind of money.\u201d \u201c[A UFC fighter\u2019s] contract and that [exclusivity] clause is very binding,\u201d Sonnen said. \u201cBut if you can get the meeting, why try to exclude Dana? \u201cDoes Dana go and try do business without you? Then why would you want to do it without him? Why not include him? At least have the conversation and say: \u201cCan we go and do this together?\u201d Read more: How much money do YouTubers make? – The YouTuber-turned-boxer has been attracting attention from all sorts of candidates for his next fight. A potential bout between Jake Paul and Tommy Fury has been rumored but nothing has been confirmed so far. At the time, Dana said the McGregor vs Mayweather fight \u201cdoesn\u2019t make a lot of sense for my business.\u201d But Sonnen thinks the UFC boss could get on board with Diaz vs Paul similar to The Money Fight in 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
UFC legend explains how Jake Paul vs Nate Diaz can finally happen Jake Paul \/ Nate Diaz InstagramUFC legend Chael Sonnen thinks a boxing match between Jake Paul and Nate Diaz is still possible and cites Floyd Mayweather vs Connor McGregor as a template to finally make it happen. It\u2019s believed that Diaz only has […]<\/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-63100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63100","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=63100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63100\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}