“He’s Not Fighting Nate in MMA for 10 Million”- Jake Paul’s MMA Credentials Questioned by Fans as Resurfaced Video Shows Boxer Rag-Dolled by Wrestler

Jake Paul has offered to rematch Nate Diaz in an MMA match in the PFL for $10 million. Paul won a unanimous decision victory over Diaz in a ten-round boxing match in Dallas, Texas last week. The former Disney star is signed to the fighting promotion PFL, and having another one of the most popular MMA combatants (along with Francis Ngannou) fight under their banner would, no doubt be a big boost to the UFC competitor’s prestige.

Although Diaz has not accepted the offer yet, fans will look forward to seeing Paul fight in the octagon. After fighting and embarrassing UFC fighters such as Ben Askren and Tyron Woodley, it would be interesting to see him on the other side of the equation.

Jake Paul goes against grappler in first unofficial MMA match

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And video from 2017 has resurfaced showing the 26-year-old taking on former Bellator fighter and Nick Diaz academy alumnus AJ Agazarm in an unofficial MMA match. The BJJ black belt was able to submit Paul in the second round with an armbar. But, this was before Jake had started training in boxing and had little to no combat sports experience.

And while the former Disney star has come a long way from then, having been a fixture in the combat sports world since then, fans were entertained to see a skinny, pre-boxer Jake test himself.

Fans react to video of Jake Paul losing in first MMA match 

Many fans felt this proved that Diaz would walk all over Paul in an MMA match, while others were less harsh and gave him respect for getting into the cage. Here are a few of the fan comments on the video posted on Instagram.

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One fan felt this proved Paul won’t be able to beat Diaz if they face each other in an MMA bout:

“Yo someone just said jake would beat nate in mma because of his “wrestling background”, then I saw this post..”

One user felt Paul’s corner let him down:

“Jake‘s about to get caught into an armbar. His corner: “bring the heat!” “KNEE HIM” 💀”

Another felt this loss convinced ‘The Problem Child’ to try his hand at boxing:

“And it was at this moment that Jake decided he’d prefer boxing”

One fan gave Paul props for having the guts to go in the cage:

“Say what you want about the lad but the guy still gets in the ring and at one stage got in the cage… alot of people on here can’t say the same “

Another pointed out that he had not even started training yet:

“Yeah back when he wasn’t training in any combat at all. Great reference point lol”

One user felt his offer to fight Diaz in PFL was just a bluff:

“All a bluff he’s not fighting Nate in mma for 10 million”

Another implied this was before he started using PEDs:

“Before his head magically got bigger”

One fan felt he was courageous enough to fight and should be respected for that:

“I don’t like him but it takes balls to get in that cage and you should respect it lol”

Another promised to give Paul the respect he wants if he could defeat Diaz in MMA:

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“I’ll tell you what, if Jake actually beats Nate in MMA under regular MMA rules and no weird bullshit, I will give Jake the props he so desperately wants. That would actually be impressive”

A user felt this meant he was 0-1 in MMA:

“So mma record is 0-1 ? 😂😂😂”

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Do you think Jake Paul is serious about his offer to fight Diaz in MMA? Or is it just a way for him to earn clout and later pull out of the fight? Let us know in the comments section below.

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