Jorge Masvidal wished to ensure all eyes had been on his boxing match with Nate Diaz.
Masvidal initially was scheduled to field Diaz on June 1 at Kia Discussion board in Inglewood, Calif. – the identical date as UFC 302 and Dmitrii Bivol’s headliner towards Malik Zinad in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Placing his promoter hat on, Masvidal thought it will be finest to rebook their battle as a way to keep away from a number of conflicts within the fight sports activities world. Their 10-round, 175-pound boxing match now takes place July 6 at Honda Middle in Anaheim, Calif.
“You don’t wish to go up towards different dates and different battle occasions,” Masvidal instructed ESPN. “Particularly you don’t wish to go up towards the UFC. So, from the start, I used to be attempting to change the date. Nate’s a f*cking fool. He was adamant about staying on that date as a result of he’s not a UFC worker no extra and (saying) ‘I don’t need to do nothing for the UFC’ and this and that.
“It simply doesn’t make sense, particularly after I know Nate thinks he’s a boxer now as a result of he boxed the Jake Paul man, however he’s not a boxer. He doesn’t have a boxing fanbase. The fanbase that he has is from MMA, from UFC. So, why go up towards our personal fanbase? Me as a promoter, I’m considering I don’t even wish to do it. I do know a number of battle followers would purchase each or watch each occasions, however for my part, why even do it if there have been dates that weren’t conflicting?”
Transferring the date provides Masvidal additional time to prep, but it surely’s making him extra desirous to get his arms on Diaz.
“I don’t like that one other month and every week acquired added to this already lengthy coaching camp,” Masvidal mentioned. “In hindsight, it doesn’t actually matter as a result of I’m making the transition from one sport to a different. So the extra time I get to follow and ideal my craft and sharpen my instruments, it doesn’t harm me or hassle me in the slightest degree. Now Nate Diaz’s ass is any individual that does hassle me, and I wish to f*ck him up.
“We may have had this battle at an earlier date, however this man’s such a f*cking diva and a f*cking coward that he wouldn’t wish to battle in Miami, didn’t wish to battle in Texas as a result of issues didn’t go his method in Texas when he fought Jake Paul, didn’t wish to battle in New York, didn’t wish to battle in California until it was in his hometown. I’m right here pent up, pissed off, coaching my ass off each day simply to get in there with this man and f*cking harm him.”
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