Nate Diaz To Face Jorge Masvidal In A Boxing Fight On June 1

Nate Diaz and Jorge Masvidal will meet again. 

Nate Diaz will fight Jorge Masvidal in a 10-round boxing contest on June 1 at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, California.

Masvidal defeated Diaz in a MMA fight at UFC 244 when the doctor stopped the fight after three rounds due to cuts. 

“Nate’s a dead man walking,” Masvidal said in a statement. “I can’t wait to prove that last time was no fluke. He got saved by the referee. Now we are boxing, which he says is his forte, but he’s got no shot at beating me. I’m not going to give him an inch in that ring to even breathe. If he thought our MMA match was bad, this is going to be much worse. I’m going to drown him. I want to put away any talk that him and I are the same, or that the referee saved the day. All of that talk ends June 1. Violence and throwing hands are in both of our bloods but as I proved before, I’m a far superior athlete and I’m a meaner fighter. When June 1 comes I’ll put all unanswered questions to rest, live for the world to see.”

Diaz made his boxing debut in August 2023, losing to Jake Paul by decision. This will be Masvidal’s first boxing fight and his first overall fight since retiring from MMA in April 2023. 

The event will air on pay-per-view and be distributed by Fanmio, which previously produced Floyd Mayweather vs. Logan Paul in 2021. 

Fightful will update fans when more is known.