Dane White has heaped praise on Nate Diaz’s performance against Jake Paul.
The MMA veteran suffered defeat to Paul in a lop-sided decision but the UFC boss believes Diaz ‘looked good’ despite the loss to the YouTuber-come-boxer.
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White said,
“For a kid pushing 40 years old fighting a guy four weight classes bigger than him in boxing and two in MMA and going the distance at his age against a 20 f*cking something year-old kid, so far, he’s fared the best, he looked good. I’m happy for him.
You can watch the video below:
Dana White praises Nate Diaz's performance against Jake Paul 🥊
“So far he’s fared the best out of everybody. He looked good. I’m happy for him.” pic.twitter.com/uqZv7cOCJF
— MMAFighting.com (@MMAFighting) August 9, 2023
Diaz and Paul could rematch in the near future but this time under MMA rules.