It isn’t but identified who Jake Paul will face in his fight sports activities return following his big contest with Mike Tyson final month. Provided that he’s coming off of a report breaking occasion, it seems that all bets are off for “The Downside Youngster” when it comes to the opponents that he’s able to drawing in.
Although he has signed to the PFL, there hasn’t been any information in a while concerning Paul’s MMA debut however there was one title that has been talked about time and time once more. In August final yr, he defeated Nate Diaz in a boxing match and has since been attempting to get the previous UFC fighter to face him in a rematch that may happen in MMA.
Diaz hasn’t confirmed any curiosity in doing that as a result of he would like to do it in boxing and he doesn’t need to battle within the PFL after being a giant a part of the UFC for thus lengthy. Paul as soon as once more referred to as Diaz out at a latest press convention.
“It’s humorous that Nate Diaz is definitely scared to battle me in MMA, really. The most important payday of his life could be me and him in MMA. Yeah, so I’m prepared.”
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Beneath the clip posted by MMA Combating on Instagram, one of many high names on the PFL roster referred to as for a modified guidelines battle with Paul seeing that he can’t get Diaz to step in there with him. Bellator middleweight champion Johnny Eblen has received back-to-back fights this yr, bettering his total report to 16-0.
In October, he defeated Fabian Edwards for a second time at Battle of the Giants to efficiently defend the 185-pound title for a 3rd time. As seen on this rematch, Eblen’s biggest energy is his wrestling however clearly he could be open to assembly Paul within the center when it comes to the ruleset if that’s one thing he could be fascinated by.