Both fighters had a good fight at the Honda Centershowing fans of contact sports that their time is not over and they continue to generate sensations.
18,000 fans were able to witness the delight of Nate Díaz and Jorge Masvidal in the ring in his second fight, this time in a boxing ring.
The American won by unanimous decision (95-95, 97-93 and 98-92), where intensity reigned in a very even fight. They both gave their all. They are not the best technically, but it is necessary to remember that both fighters from Mixed Martial Arts are making a transition in the world of boxing at such a young age.
A first ?round? where Nate started with that one jab so characteristic, who pressed the Cuban a lot, providing pressure and little space to react. Little by little, ‘Game Bread’ was reacting and entering the fight with combinations to the body and head, opening the field in the face of that pressure.
Masvidal dominated the fight from the second to the sixth roundgenerating quite a bit damage to Nate without being able to take him down. However, from the seventh to the tenth round, ‘The Stockton Slugger’ started to win the fight thanks to its power in three aspects: the continued pressure on Masvidal, the physical resistance in the final rounds and the batteries of blows that drowned the Cuban boxer.
At the end of the fight, The one who gave the most power blows was Jorge Masvidal, imposing forcefulness and damage in the offensive aspect. The controversy comes in the judges’ verdictsin which dAll of them ruled that the fight was resolved by far. From Nate, with 6 and 4 points difference. Many of the aficionados who were at the Honda Center they booed that decisionimplying that the fight was for ‘Game Bread’.
‘Game Bread’, upset with Nate Díaz
When they received the OK from the UFC to hold the fight in the ring, the company thought Díaz would be a good option for combat, since always discredited Masvidal’s victory in the BMF title fight and it would give a lot of play.
Unfortunately, It was totally the opposite.. He was postponed on two occasions and Nate himself refused to do pre-fight confrontations.
Jorge Masvidalin an interview after the fight, He was dissatisfied with the attitude shown by Nate Díaz. “Talking about boxing, I I would never do business with this guy again in my life. It has been quite a child, we lost many opportunities to expose ourselves more to the public, to let more people know. “He wants to be a street gangster or sell PPV,” ‘Game Bread’ assured.
