This Past Weekend w\/ Theo Vonn<\/a>. \u201cLightest puncher I\u2019ve ever fought. \u2026 Nate Diaz is the lightest and worst puncher I\u2019ve ever fought. He\u2019s the toughest, and he took the most damage, but in a sport, that\u2019s not something to brag about. \u2026<\/p>\n\u201cI want Nate in MMA,\u201d Paul added. \u201cIt\u2019s high on my list of priorities to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Paul has talked about fighting Diaz in MMA for years, even teasing it as part of their boxing in 2023, which Paul won by unanimous decision. Nothing ever came of it, though, but this time, Paul believes they might be able to do business together, after Diaz fights Perry.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s just the business side,\u201d Paul said when talking about impediments to the fight. \u201cHe probably wants a certain amount of money to take the risk in losing to me. And I just don\u2019t give a f*ck. I have enough money. I\u2019ve got all my shit. So, that\u2019s why these guys are actual ducks. Because you can\u2019t hide behind money anymore.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it\u2019s going to happen, though. If he beats Perry, then me vs. Nate is probably the No. 1 thing on the list. Above Tommy Fury, above Francis Ngannou, above KSI.\u201d<\/p>\n
And for whatever it\u2019s worth, Paul thinks Diaz is going to beat Perry, potentially setting up their fight.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think he will [beat Perry],\u201d Paul said. \u201cI think he\u2019ll take him down and submit him.\u201d<\/p>\n
MVP MMA 1 takes place on May 16 at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jake Paul really wants to try his hand at MMA and wants to do so against a former…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":586842,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,711,49,48,701,82,640,702],"class_list":{"0":"post-586841","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-boxing-news","10":"tag-ca","11":"tag-canada","12":"tag-latest-news","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-ufc","15":"tag-ufc-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=586841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586841\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/586842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=586841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=586841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=586841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}