{"id":451070,"date":"2022-06-21T14:28:10","date_gmt":"2022-06-21T21:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=451070"},"modified":"2022-06-21T14:28:10","modified_gmt":"2022-06-21T21:28:10","slug":"dana-white-says-nate-diaz-should-probably-go-box-jake-paul-nates-won-one-fight-in-five-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-says-nate-diaz-should-probably-go-box-jake-paul-nates-won-one-fight-in-five-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White says Nate Diaz &#8220;should probably&#8221; go box Jake Paul: &#8220;Nate&#8217;s won one fight in five years&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dana White believes Nate Diaz should go out and box Jake Paul.<\/p>\n<p>Diaz took to Twitter<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/nate-diaz\/nate-diaz-willing-to-fight-anyone-in-july-or-august-to-get-out-of-ufc-contract-teases-boxing-match-with-jake-paul-i-have-bigger-sht-to-do\/\"> to ask for his release and hinted at boxing Paul<\/a>. It&#8217;s a fight that many have talked about, including Paul wanting it to happen. However, Diaz is still under UFC contract and for White, he says they still have to give him one more fight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI mean, listen you don\u2019t have to be a rocket scientist,&#8221; White said to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GeenjNvkBJg&amp;ab_channel=TheMacLife\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TheMacLife<\/a>. &#8220;Lots of game playing, whatever, listen, contractually we have to give him a fight, we will give him a fight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although Dana White says the UFC has to give Nate Diaz a fight, he does think the Jake Paul boxing match makes sense. He says Diaz is not a top contender in the division but would be a tough challenge for Paul and it is a fight that makes sense.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_322980\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-322980\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-322980 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nate-Diaz-11.png\" alt=\"Nate Diaz\" width=\"696\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nate-Diaz-11.png 696w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nate-Diaz-11-300x172.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-322980\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image via @natediaz209 on Instagram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI mean, I like Nate, let\u2019s be honest, Nate\u2019s won one fight in the last five years or six years, you know that. When these guys get into these positions, guys that have been with us for a long time that we respect and we care about,&#8221; White said. &#8220;You got the Cerrone\u2019s, Anthony Pettis before he left, Nate Diaz, and Nick Diaz is still under contract with us. You want to be fair to everybody and do the right things.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">&#8220;Nate isn\u2019t going to fight Kamaru Usman, listen we are trying to do the best we can, trying not too shit on anybody and disrespect anybody. It\u2019s not like we are talking about Kamaru Usman here we are talking about Nate Diaz,&#8221; White concluded. &#8220;Nate\u2019s won one fight in five years, so we are trying to figure this thing out with him. He probably should go on and fight Jake Paul, that\u2019s a fight that makes sense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Whether or not the UFC will let Diaz go and box Paul, however, is uncertain. Paul, meanwhile, is set to return on August 6 against an opponent TBD and he will need to win that to even allow the Diaz fight to come to fruition.<\/p>\n<p>What do you make of Dana White saying Nate Diaz should fight Jake Paul?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dana White believes Nate Diaz should go out and box Jake Paul. Diaz took to Twitter to ask for his release and hinted at boxing Paul. It&#8217;s a fight that many have talked about, including Paul wanting it to happen. However, Diaz is still under UFC contract and for White, he says they still have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54463,"featured_media":329960,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10112,10123,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Dana White says Nate Diaz &quot;should probably&quot; go box Jake Paul: &quot;Nate&#039;s won one fight in five years&quot; | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Dana White believes Nate Diaz should go out and box Jake Paul as he thinks it&#039;s a fight that makes sense for both of them to make.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-says-nate-diaz-should-probably-go-box-jake-paul-nates-won-one-fight-in-five-years\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dana White says Nate Diaz &quot;should probably&quot; 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