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A number of combat followers aren’t optimistic about Nate Diaz’s probabilities towards Jake Paul.
Regardless of his expertise within the ring with champions like Andre Ward, Diaz remains to be an underdog to the social media star. The reasoning is fairly easy: like Ben Askren, Tyron Woodley, and Anderson Silva earlier than him, Diaz is a smaller and older MMA fighter getting into his opponent’s discipline.
Youth and measurement depend for fairly a bit within the ring, however what in regards to the cage? Diaz has over 30 fights value {of professional} MMA expertise, and he’s fought the very best of the very best within the final ten years. Heck, it wasn’t terribly way back that he threw down with Leon Edwards, the present Welterweight champion!
Certainly, Diaz would stand a greater probability within the cage, the place his expertise and jiu-jitsu black belt might actually come into play. Regardless of these potential benefits, Jake Paul revealed on Twitter that he wasn’t towards going through Diaz within the Skilled Fighter’s League (PFL) sensible cage.
In actual fact, he’s providing an eight-figure sum for the chance.
“For all of the clowns saying ‘why don’t you combat Nate Diaz within the cage,’” Paul tweeted. “I made that provide to him from the beginning. $10M to combat me in PFL after we field on August fifth. Provide remains to be there Nathan. #PaulDiaz”
Since Paul has fairness in PFL and can make a big proportion of any pay-per-view (PPV) buys moved when he debuts, it is smart that Paul would pursue a high-profile opponent like Diaz. Nevertheless, this might actually be a case of the younger star biting off greater than he might chew.
We’ll simply have to attend and see how the boxing match goes first.
Insomnia
In equity, Paulo Costa has mentioned since Day 1 that his combat vs. Iskram Aliskerov isn’t occurring. Make the Sean Strickland combat already!
Alex Pereira is clearly a person who enjoys nature, violence, and the 2 blended collectively.
Regional MMA promotions present an infinite supply of unusual happenings.
Of all of the folks to piss off in a sparring match, “The Ax Assassin” Wanderlei Silva might be not that man.
Confirmed: BJ Penn and Georges St. Pierre are certainly mortal enemies. It’s time for a 3rd combat!
If I might return in time. I might go 66M years in the past to look at how Tyrannosaurs hunted Triceratops
— Georges St-Pierre (@GeorgesStPierre) July 17, 2023
Some smack speak that includes Joaquim Buckley, Kevin Holland, and the Welterweight division.
Son, I believed we spoke about making some sensible investments and enterprise strikes. Look within the mirror, wipe the booger out your nostril and get up! https://t.co/KpDryV7xya
— Kevin Holland (@Trailblaze2top) July 17, 2023
The prognosis is … not nice for Jamahal Hill. Right here’s to wishing “Candy Goals” a fast restoration!
Slips, rips, and KO clips
Superlek beat up Khalilov so badly that his nook instructed him, “You possibly can’t stand with this man.” Good recommendation other than the plain downside that it wasn’t an MMA combat!
Proper hand excessive couldn’t miss!
Nasty.
Random Land
This part doesn’t usually characteristic uplifting information — such is the character of the web — however I’m all the time comfortable to share after I do come throughout it.
BREAKING: A brand new report exhibits that the top could also be in sight for AIDS, the world’s deadliest pandemic.
The Joint United Nations Program on HIV and AIDS says that Botswana, Eswatini, Rwanda, Tanzania and Zimbabwe have all reached “95-95-95” targets, that means 95% of the individuals who… pic.twitter.com/4tW8rZiBwV
— Jon Cooper (@joncoopertweets) July 17, 2023
Midnight Music: Indie rock, 2009
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