Jake Paul issues furious response to Nate Diaz’s fight call-out

Paul outpointed Diaz last year in their grudge boxing fight and the former UFC star has called for a rematch after beating Jorge Masvidal last weekend

Jake Paul defeated Nate Diaz

Jake Paul will refuse to rematch Nate Diaz – unless their second fight takes place in the cage.

Diaz lost his professional boxing debut against Paul last summer but delivered an improved performance to beat former UFC rival Jorge Masvidal last weekend. He immediately called out Paul for a rematch – but the social media star is only interested in an MMA fight.

Paul signed with the Professional Fighters League in 2022 but has yet to make his debut for the promotion. He offered Diaz a fight with the PFL but his rival declined the offer. But after beating Masvidal, Diaz said: “Just off the top of my head, I would like to whip [Paul’s] a**.

“I would like to get a win against Leon Edwards, who’s the best fighter in the world right now at 170. I think that’s something major who actually brings something that I can take and put in a credential box, that’s what I’m going for. I’m not playing for no f***ing fun fights, because that s*** ain’t fun.”

Paul immediately took to social media to mock Diaz, impersonating his slurred speech before writing: “Bro ducked my $15m MMA offer. [He was] hit so hard he forgot he got dog walked.” He later added: “F*** you Nate Diaz you’re a h** who ducked my PFL $15m MMA offer. Masvidal trash too [shaking my head].”

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Before beating Masvidal, Diaz claimed he went on a “four-week bender” before fighting Paul. “I went on a four-week bender before the fight,” Diaz told ESPN MMA. “We trained hard for months on months and we were over it, me and my whole team. So I sat back and started kicking it. I was over training.

“If it was a scary opponent, you wouldn’t allow yourself to do that. But it was just easy to go to sleep at night fighting that guy. But it was good that it happened like that because now it’s necessary to work out, get disciplined, and go back and whip his a**.

” “I’m the weakest puncher, and you’re the one that wanted to fight 30lb over my original weight division? You think I was just trying to sit there and just knock you out? Like throw as hard of punches as I can? I was just getting through that fight because I was half way to my potential that day.”