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DALLAS, TEXAS – AUGUST 04: Nate Diaz lunges at Jake Paul during weigh-ins for their fight at American Airlines Center on August 04, 2023 in Dallas, Texas. (Photo by Sam Hodde/Getty Images)
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DALLAS, TEXAS – AUGUST 04: Nate Diaz lunges at Jake Paul during weigh-ins for their fight at American Airlines Center on August 04, 2023 in Dallas, Texas. (Photo by Sam Hodde/Getty Images)
In less than 24 hours, Jake Paul will step on the canvas opposite the former UFC fighter, Nate Diaz. Both fighters just had their weigh-in done, under the supervision of the UFC veteran, Chael Sonnen. All the while the tension from the final press conference loomed. The conference was hosted by the famous MMA journalist, Ariel Helwani, and Jake Paul kept on provoking his opponent the whole time. While Diaz didn’t respond much to the provocations of Paul as he didn’t want to sabotage the highest payout of his combat sports career. But Diaz’s entourage couldn’t hold back against Jake Paul’s trolling.
The whole ruckus happened between both teams and the conversation escalated to such a level that a brawl broke out. Reportedly, Paul wrote on X that Diaz’s team is threatening to sue his team after they swung first amid the feud. Even one guy on Diaz’s team is also hospitalized at the moment.
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Nate’s team has emailed my team trying to claim assault after his team swung first.
Apparently the guy who swung first is at the hospital getting stitches.
Hilarious these fake gangsters acting like this!
— Jake Paul (@jakepaul) August 3, 2023
This tension was palpable at the weigh-in as well, as when Paul and Diaz came face-to-face. The Stockton native even tried to kick ‘The Problem Child’. Meanwhile, the Youtuber-turned-boxer started swinging his hands at Diaz. Moreover, Diaz shut down Paul with a one-liner. The particular face-off clip had a lot of things going on at that moment, that were picked out by the fans in the comments section.
Fans discuss the Jake Paul-Nate Diaz Weigh-In
The fans pointed out every detail that was taking place at that moment between Jake Paul and Nate Diaz. Some even put out their predictions on how this fight is going to pan out.
One of the fans, Ox4dY, was quite sure that Diaz may use his kick in the actual fight just like he did during the face-off.
10000% Nate will use kicks on actual fight
— 0x4dY (@0x4dY) August 4, 2023
Another fan, AnothSaga, stated that this whole bout seems like Jake Paul inviting his favorite UFC fighter for a “play fight”.
This feels like, Jake paul is paying his favorite fighter to play fight with him.
— Saga (@SagaGather) August 5, 2023
One fan, goldengrease.eth said that he’d be supporting a boxer, in this case, Jake Paul, in a boxing match.
I choose the boxer in the boxing match. Let’s go Team PauL!
— goldengrease.eth (@golden_greaser) August 4, 2023
Meanwhile, LeapIntoFoil talked about Chael Sonnen and how he reacted to the whole fiasco between Paul and Diaz.
Chael out here looking like a high school principle 😂
"Alright fellas, break it up."— LeapIntoFoil (@LeapIntoFoil) August 5, 2023
A user named Jonathan talked about how Diaz portrays the image of a drunk guy at a Barbeque get-together.
Nate Diaz just looks like any drunk guy at a bbq around here
— Jonathan (@BrahmaBull90) August 5, 2023
So, the fans presented their views on that face-off clip. Although many are disappointed to see Jake Paul going after a retired UFC fighter again, still, there’s no doubt that they’re intrigued about the fate of the Ohio native. What are your thoughts about this bout? Tell us in the comments section.
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