{"id":614479,"date":"2026-04-18T06:00:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T06:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/614479\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T06:00:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T06:00:31","slug":"ufc-legend-surprisingly-predicts-nate-diaz-vs-mike-perry-wont-be-a-good-fight-despite-massive-hype","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/614479\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC legend surprisingly predicts Nate Diaz vs. Mike Perry &#8216;won&#8217;t be a good fight&#8217; despite massive hype"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A UFC Hall of Famer believes Nate Diaz vs. Mike Perry will fall short of high expectations ahead of the fan-friendly clash.<\/p>\n<p>UFC Hall of Famer Ronda Rousey will return to Mixed Martial Arts for the first time in nearly 10 years when she faces off with Gina Carano next month in a Most Valuable Promotions main event. This will mark Rousey\u2019s first MMA fight since suffering back-to-back UFC losses to Holly Holm and Amanda Nunes.<\/p>\n<p>The card also features former UFC heavyweight champ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjpenn.com\/mma-news\/francis-ngannou\/francis-ngannou-opens-up-on-his-pfl-departure\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Francis Ngannou\u2019s MMA comeback against Philipe Lins<\/a>, and an intriguing matchup between former UFC superstar Nate Diaz and the face of bare-knuckle fighting, Mike Perry. Diaz vs. Perry features two of the biggest fan favorites in modern combat sports and is expected to feature plenty of action once the fight kicks off.<\/p>\n<p>But one of Diaz and Perry\u2019s former rivals isn\u2019t sold on the fight living up to the immense hype.<\/p>\n<p>Donald Cerrone: Nate Diaz vs. Mike Perry \u2018won\u2019t be a good fight!\u2019<\/p>\n<p>In a recent interview on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BetOnline_ag\/status\/2045235304651518000?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The Fight Guys<\/a>, UFC Hall of Famer Donald Cerrone, who fought Diaz and Perry in their UFC careers, shared a brutally honest take on their upcoming fight.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Why UFC Superstars Are Disappearing | Donald \u201cCowboy\u201d Cerrone<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ErikBadApple?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@ErikBadApple<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Cowboycerrone?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@Cowboycerrone<\/a> get real in the latest episode of The Fight Guys! \ud83e\udd4a <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/28oroAtmWN\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/28oroAtmWN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BetOnline (@BetOnline_ag) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BetOnline_ag\/status\/2045235304651518000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNate and Perry won\u2019t be a good fight, I think Nate beats his little monkey a**,\u201d Cerrone said of Diaz vs. Perry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNate will beat him on the ground, in the boxing, one thousand percent. If I were a betting person, I\u2019d bet everything I had on Nate, one hundred percent. Just mental toughness, being a f****** gangster. On that alone, Nate would whoop his a** in the parking lot. Bare knuckle fighting is just street fighting, so you can be a really good street fighter until you get grappling and the whole Mixed Martial Arts aspect of it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNate\u2019s too versed all around for Perry,\u201d Cerrone continued on Diaz vs. Perry. \u201cWon\u2019t be good for him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cerrone defeated Perry by first-round armbar in November 2018, and fell to Diaz by unanimous decision at UFC 141. He retired from MMA following a submission defeat to Jim Miller at UFC 276.<\/p>\n<p>What is your prediction for Nate Diaz vs. Mike Perry? Let us know in the comments!<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A UFC Hall of Famer believes Nate Diaz vs. Mike Perry will fall short of high expectations ahead&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":614480,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,44069,25659,785,22147,15809,85,787],"class_list":{"0":"post-614479","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-fighting","11":"tag-gina-carano","12":"tag-mike-perry","13":"tag-mma","14":"tag-nate-diaz","15":"tag-ronda-rousey","16":"tag-sports","17":"tag-ufc"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=614479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614479\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/614480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=614479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=614479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=614479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}