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Jake Paul is fighting for his boxing career when he steps into the ring to face UFC icon Nate Diaz on Sunday.
YouTube star Paul is looking to bounce back from his first defeat in the ring after a surprise defeat at the hands of Tommy Fury in February.
Paul, the self proclaimed “Problem Child”, has tasted victory against UFC stars in the past, beating the likes of Tyron Woodley, Anderson Silva and Ben Askren.
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Bookmakers have Paul the heavy favourite to add 38-year-old Diaz to his hit list with the UFC cult hero making his boxing debut in front of a sold out crowd at American Airlines Centre in Dallas.
How to watch Jake Paul vs Nate Diaz
Main Event and Kayo will screen the entire six-fight card, beginning from 10am AEST.
The start time for the blockbuster depends on the earlier results, but Paul and Diaz are expected to make their ring walks at around 1.30pm.
Round 4 – Diaz lands volume of jabs
Diaz has begun to land a higher volume of smaller hits, putting his professionalism to use, and finishes the fourth in firm control of the fight.
Round 3 – Paul puts away the right hand
Paul’s prediction of an early finish has turned out wrong, with Diaz slowly coming back and forcing Paul to put away his favoured right jab for a big telegraphed left hook.
Round 2 – Diaz struggles early, works into fight
Diaz started out the second round struggling with Paul’s power, but has worked his way into the fight with some uppercut combinations.
Jake sticks his tongue out and tries to goad Diaz, but the veteran is working his way into the fight.
Round 1 – Paul rocks Diaz with huge haymakers
Jake Paul has landed some huge early hits, with Diaz’s defences lacking early.
A big early left hook and hard right hand saw Diaz unsteady early, and late in the round resorting to grappling to avoid the brunt of Paul’s blows.
2.20pm – Paul met by chorus of boos, Diaz enjoys home crowd
Jake Paul has walked out at the American Airlines Center to a chorus of boos, soundtracked by Lil Durk and J.Cole’s “All My Life”.
Paul said the song represents the doubters he’s had throughout his life.
“All my life people have been trying to doubt me, all my life people have been trying to hold me back, saying I can’t do stuff,” Paul said.
Diaz, conversely, walked out to raucous cheers, soundtracked by Eminem and 50 Cent’s “Till I Collapse”.
2.10pm – Paul predicts an early finish
Jake Paul has had his last pre-fight interview ahead of the walkout, saying he’s focused on having fun.
“We’re just having fun,” Paul said.
“Full of joy right now, full of love and light.”
Paul was uplifted by the presence of brother Logan, and predicted an early conclusion to the fight.
“All this is surreal – this is my night, and Logan’s here to join along with me.
“Just having fun out there, that’s what I’m focused on tonight.
“Yeah, early (finish. Earlybird gets the worm. Yeah, 100%, I’m feeling it, I’m feeling electric, I’m feeling strong, he’s going to run into some shit.”
12.40pm – Jake Paul arrives in tank
Jake Paul outdid himself on Sunday by arriving at the Dallas stadium in a khaki tank.
The DAZN commentary crew was stunned as the YouTuber made a rock star arrival.
His fancy arrival came just minutes before Nate Diaz made a nonplussed arrival with a hooded top that covered his face.
“This is insane,” DAZN TV commentator Barak Bess said.
“Never before has a boxer arrived in a tank. I’ve seen helicopters, limos, flying carpets. But I haven’t seen that.”
10am – Paul staring retirement in the face
Jake Paul’s manager says the social media sensation will likely announce his retirement from boxing if beaten by Nate Diaz.
Paul is already coming off his first career defeat at the hands of Tommy Fury in February.
Paul’s agent, Nakisa Bidarian, has told ESPN: “He may retire if he loses to Nate Diaz.
“His boxing career is on the line, in terms of being one of the top three or four guys in the entire sport globally. I think if he was to lose, he’d just go to being another prospect that’s coming up in the ring.”
7am – Drake’s insane bet against Jake Paul
Drake is not going to make the same mistake twice.
The rapper didn’t cash in on a $400,0000 wager on Paul to knock out Tommy Fury in February, as Fury ended up winning by split decision.
This time around, Drake isn’t even betting on Paul to win his next fight – placing Nate Diaz straight in the crosshairs of the “Drake Curse” as the rapper has compiled a long history of losing big bets on some of sports’ most significant events, The New York Post reports.
He revealed Saturday on his Instagram story that he wagered $250K in order to win $1 million on Nate Diaz to beat the YouTube-star-turned boxer.
“Jake is a dog but I can never bet against a Diaz brother that’s just how I was raised,” is how Drake explained why he bet against Paul this time.
And it didn’t take long for Paul to get wind of the Canadian’s stunning wager, which the rapper shared on his Instagram page.
Along with a mock-up poster of himself holding Diaz’s severed and bruised head, Paul wrote: “Drake losing his bet”.
Paul had laughed off the money Drake lost over his February wager.
“F***. This is Drake’s fault,” Paul said.
“Drake, bro, why did you do this to me.”
Paul, Diaz trade blows at weigh in
There was a brief moment during the weigh-ins where it seemed like the warring fighters may have been about to show respect to each other — then that all quickly changed when Nate Diaz started to taunt his rival.
The duo haven’t held back in the lead-up to their Texas grudge match, which will be ten rounds at 185 pounds.
Diaz gave just as good as he got in the war of words that came after they’d stepped on the scales.
“No matter how the fight goes, let’s not forget – this motherf***er can’t really fight. This motherf***er,” he said.
On the scales, Paul slapped his chest, made a throat-slitting emoji, and roared: “Let’s f***ing go!”
But he wasn’t happy at the crowd favouring his rival, saying: “Boo yourself, virgins. Boo if you’re a virgin.” As they continued, he added: “Oh you guys are virgins? Oh, s**t.”
Final press conference ends in anarchy
Jake Paul claimed a member of his entourage was assaulted during the crazy scenes that ended the final press event before Sunday’s fight.
Paul was posing on stage after the media formalities when rival security guards started to push and shove on stage.
Some punches were thrown while others tried to quell the situation.
Paul took to Twitter afterwards to say Diaz’s team was claiming an assault took place.
“Nate’s team has emailed my team trying to claim assault after his team swung first,” he wrote on Twitter.
“Apparently the guy who swung first is at the hospital getting stitches. Hilarious these fake gangsters acting like this!”
Main Card On pay per view
185lbs.: Jake Paul (185) vs. Nate Diaz (184.9)
126lbs.: Amanda Serrano (124.6) vs. Heather Hardy (125.8)
168lbs.: Chris Avila (170.3*) vs. Jeremy Stephens (167)
135lbs.: Ashton Sylve (134.5) vs. William Silva (134.6)
168lbs.: Shadasia Green (166.9) vs. Olivia Curry (166.7)
147lbs.: Alan Sanchez (147) vs. Angel Beltran (144.4)
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