Nate Diaz says he’s prepared for battle towards Jorge Masvidal

A month in the past, Nate Diaz made extra press by strolling away from a press convention making an attempt to construct up his battle with MMA rival Jorge Masvidal than he did by making an attempt to promote the press on it.

This Saturday on the Honda Heart in Anaheim, California, Diaz and Masvidal, two past-their-prime MMA stars, will battle in a 10-round gentle heavyweight battle. There might be actual boxers on the cardboard, with former WBA middleweight titlist Danny Jacobs fights Shane Mosley Jr. in an excellent middleweight bout, because the co-feature on Fanmio/DAZN/UFC Struggle Cross PPV (9 p.m. ET).

Diaz has had really one professional boxing match, which he misplaced to Jake Paul by unanimous determination wherein he was dropped twice in August 2023. The final time Diaz gained a battle goes again to September 10, 2022, when he choked out Tony Ferguson in an MMA battle on UFC 279. In any other case, he’s 1-2 over his final three MMA fights, which features a stoppage ordered by the ringside physician on cuts to Masvidal.

What actually stirred the curiosity of this battle was when a brawl broke out between Diaz’s followers and a few folks in Masvidal’s camp on June 7 in a press convention main as much as the battle.

The occasion known as “Final Man Standing,” it could be simply that for both Masvidal or Diaz, who’re each 39.

“I used to battle on the parks and issues after I was a child, third and sixth grade, I headlines that one,” Diaz stated, laughing. “Boxing is specializing in the one sport, and you aren’t doing all of the stuff you do in MMA. MMA is much more tiring, as a result of you need to wrestle folks, but it surely relies on what sort of fighter that you’re coping with.

“Boxing does require lots of laborious work, and lots of hardship, too. The unhealthy blood between me and (Masvidal). Once I created him, he turned a disrespectful little bitch. I created him. I put that mom—r on. This all actual. We don’t like one another. I’ve been conserving my feelings collectively my complete profession. I cannot unfastened management (of his feelings). It doesn’t make a distinction in regards to the feelings. He can have a tricky time with me. He can have a tricky time with the entire bundle.”

Diaz stated his endurance is sweet and he’ll have the ability to make 175 simply. He’s working between 4 and 6 rounds for the battle.

“I’m extra a ‘G’ nowadays than after I was youthful,” Diaz stated. “Individuals are going to see a battle.”

Masvidal was way more demonstrative in what he may do towards Diaz. He discovered boxing watching with household on pay-per-view reveals, and some years later, he discovered MMA. He needed to be one of the best on the earth. He struck up a 35-17 document within the MMA world. His final victory was 5 years in the past—towards Diaz on Nov. 2, 2019, at UFC 244.

“This is not going to Hagler-Hearns, as a result of Nate is just not both Hagler or Hearns,” Masvidal stated. “This might be a beating. I grew up in Miami with Cuban nationals, studying from them. We have now been grinding for some time, since April since this battle has been prolonged. It gave me extra time to hone my craft. Nate is a jiu-jitsu man who die his hair and battle in backyards. I used to be combating guys like Bimbo Slice. This might be an ass kicking, just like the U.S. invading Barbados.”