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Home » UFC & MMA Betting » UFC News » Paul vs Diaz: The Saga Continues

Paul vs Diaz: The Saga Continues

Ongoing Feud Could Take Place in Both Boxing and MMA

Paolo Go by Paolo Go
Jan 25, 2023, 5:01pm ET
in UFC News
Paul vs Diaz: The Saga Continues

Nate Diaz prepares to fight in Glendale, Arizona. - Christian Petersen / AFP

The ongoing saga between Jake Paul and Nate Diaz hits another level. The former recently signed with MMA promotion PFL (Professional Fighters League) and extended an open challenge to Diaz: fight in both boxing and MMA. As such, special UFC betting lines have been opened. While Diaz has yet to make any official responses, these series of fights could be moneymakers for both men and everyone betting online on them.

Let’s check the latest UFC picks, stats, and UFC predictions. We’ve got plenty of UFC lines for you to consider.

Paul vs Diaz in MMA: Who Wins?

When Paul shocked the MMA world and signed with PFL, it came with an even bigger surprise: a two-fight challenge versus Diaz. Paul wants to fight Diaz in boxing and in MMA. Of course, as the online sports betting lines layout, folks can wager on who wins each fight.

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Currently, Paul is favored to win the boxing fight while Diaz is significantly favored in the MMA fight (-800). A bet on this order of victory is lined at -250, which implies a 71.4% probability. The reverse, Paul winning MMA but Diaz winning boxing, is the least likely outcome at +2200 (4.3% implied probability).

Paul claims he wrestled in NCAA Division I, which is false. He did wrestle in a school that belonged in Division I though he did not face D-I competition. However, he did fairly decently and reached the sectional finals of the Northeast region of this division. He lost to future All-American Ben Darmstadt.

Regardless, if Paul can wrestle and can box, that only leaves his Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Diaz is a 3rd-degree black belt from the prestigious Cesar Gracie. He holds 13 career submission victories and is tied with Jim Miller for the most submissions in the UFC’s lightweight division (seven).

Should Paul try to engage Diaz on the ground, he will be at a massive disadvantage. Paul may be bigger than Diaz, but the experienced MMA fighter could submit him from wherever he pleases.

Paul currently trains with ADCC head organizer Mo Jassim and ATOS BJJ black belt Michael Perez. Of course, training in BJJ for a year is nothing compared to Diaz’s background. But that’s why Paul is a sizable underdog here.

The “Problem Child’s” best path to victory is to keep the fight standing and make it a boxing match. Given Diaz’s proclivity to striking, he may even humor Paul. Thus, a bet on Paul to win both MMA and boxing is at +550. That may be the best UFC bet given the circumstances.

Is Diaz Being Underestimated with These Odds?

At 22-1 to win both fights, Diaz fans can say that their idol is being underestimated again. The Stockton native has made a career out of surprising everyone. He most famously upset Conor McGregor as a +350 underdog. In 2011, he also ended “Cowboy” Donald Cerrone’s winning streak as a +230 underdog.

Overall, Diaz is almost always lined as a dog. His record in the UFC is 7-6, which would make him a lucrative fighter to bet on. However, beating Paul in boxing is another thing. For one, Diaz has not boxed at a high level. While he has made a name for himself in the octagon by outboxing his opponents, beating an actual boxer is a tall task.

We’ve seen top-tier strikers like McGregor and Anderson Silva get lit up in boxing. In fact, Paul not only defeated Silva but even knocked him down. Prior to Silva, Paul also knocked out former UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley.

Diaz set a UFC record by landing 238 significant strikes against Cerrone. That is the most landed in a three-round bout and it still has not been broken 11 years later. But as prolific as Diaz was, he exposed Cerrone’s lack of head movement and boxing acumen.

Paul will be much harder to hit. He’s also bigger than Diaz. In fact, Diaz will be the “smallest” opponent Paul will have boxed. While Diaz is tall at six feet, he mainly fought at 155 pounds. The opponents Paul fought were natural 170-pounders or even 185-pounders.

Diaz is known for his granite chin. But eating constant shots from Paul, a 200-pounder, will be another thing. As such, the boxing odds favor Paul here. If Diaz pulls it off (+265), he may as well go down as the biggest hero in MMA Ever.

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As a long-time Toronto Raptors and Buffalo Bills fan, Go Paolo knows that every dog gets its day. Paolo fancies himself as an underdog in the sports betting world as he does not come from a traditional sports background. He did not become a hardcore sports fan until his freshman days in college studying Mass Media and Communications. While he played basketball and trained in martial arts, Paolo sees himself more as a nerd who cut his teeth in sports analysis by dropping truth bombs and stone-cold facts against crazed fans from online message boards. It was here he caught the attention of several sports journalists and website owners who gave him his start as a sportswriter. He has since published with the likes of Sportsnet and FanSided and has been writing about sports betting for over five years. Paolo is thrilled to continue covering sports and cannot wait to unearth more underdogs and unconventional winners.

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