It seems that the UFC veterans are more interested in locking horns with Jake Paul than the fighters of his own community. The reason behind this is that after Tyron Woodley, Ben Askren, and Anderson Silva, the UFC legend Nate Diaz has made a big statement regarding this.

Every time Paul calls out names of professional boxers, he is willing to fight, interestingly the story ends with an opponent, who is from the UFC. This time he made up his mind to face Tommy Fury and then Hasim Rahman Jr. but it all went in vain.

Finally, he is going to take a shot at former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva. One of the greatest fighters of all time in UFC history, Silva, will test the skills acquired by ‘The Problem Child’ in recent years on October 29 in Gila River Arena in Phoenix.

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Ahead of this highly anticipated contest, another UFC legend, Nate Diaz, has shown interest in fighting the likes of the controversial boxer. His eyes are set on the verdict of Paul vs Silva because it is going to play a very important role in defining the next step.

“Yeah, he’s (Jake Paul) for sure one of the options. He’s doing big stuff. He’s doing the big things, he’s got a big fight ahead of him and if he wins that, I’m sure people should be really impressed by it. And if Anderson does his thing on him. That’s impressive also. So, you know, we’ve got a fight on our hands. I’m looking forward to it”, Diaz said.

Nate Diaz vs Jake Paul: an interesting context

The Ohio-based boxer is eager to fight Diaz. He has shown interest in fighting with Diaz on several occasions. Recently, in a press conference, he took a shot at Diaz. He said, “100 percent, I’ll slap the Stockton out of him.”

Now, the possibility of this fight happening has gone up. Earlier, when Paul was calling out Diaz, the latter was in contract with the UFC. Now, the legend is a free agent after beating Tony Ferguson at UFC 279 by guillotine choke earlier this month.

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