Jake Paul vs. Nate Diaz Recap

Sports Illustrated's Chris Mannix recaps the Jake Paul vs. Nate Diaz boxing match.

Transcript

00:00 So Jake Paul defeats Nate Diaz by unanimous decision on Saturday night and really this fight went about as I expected

00:07 Paul does not get the knockout in this fight

00:10 But he does get a clean knockdown in the fifth round and won virtually every round of this fight

00:14 Which is what is always going to happen

00:16 When you have a real boxer even a novice one like Jake Paul going up against an MMA fighter

00:23 So Jake gets the win ends a brief one fight losing sweet straight Nate Diaz loses in his professional boxing debut

00:31 Now the question is what is next for both fighters and they may decide that they want to run it back not in the boxing ring

00:39 There's really no need to see Jake Paul and Nate Diaz fight again in boxing

00:43 But an MMA that could be more interesting after the fight Jake Paul reiterated that he would pay Nate Diaz

00:52 $15,000,000 to fight him in the cage Jake Paul, of course is an investor in PFL

00:57 He can make that happen relatively quickly and Nate Diaz seemed open to it because fighting Jake Paul again in the cage

01:04 would get him another career best payday and

01:07 Give him a chance to get a little get back in a combat sports medium that he is most comfortable with

01:13 So the fight between Jake Paul and Nate Diaz is over, but the rivalry might just be getting started

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