Eddie Hearn Believes Jake Paul vs. Nate Diaz Is A Mismatch

Eddie Hearn thinks Jake Paul vs. Nate Diaz isn’t a close fight.

Paul is coming off his first career loss and is set to take on the fan-favorite, Diaz on August 5 in Dallas, Texas. It’s an intriguing matchup and the fight recently got moved to 10 rounds but even though the fight is now 10 rounds, Hearn doesn’t think it will even go that long.

“I watched clips of Nate Diaz hit pads, I think I might’ve even told you, and I was like [staring blankly, open-mouthed],” Hearn told The MMA Hour host Ariel Helwani. “You know that it’s going to be a mismatch against Jake Paul, don’t you?” I know you love Nate Diaz, and I love him. Listen, I’ve only met him a couple of times — what a gent. But for it to be a mismatch against Jake Paul? Yes [he’s getting smoked].”

Eddie Hearn says once he saw Nate Diaz hit pads he knew he couldn’t box. With that, he doesn’t think the fight won’t last long and Paul will knock him out in four rounds or less.

“You can see people hit pads and you know whether they can [box],” Hearn said. “From what I saw, maybe you [Helwani] against Nate is a 50-50. But we can have a friendly bet on that fight, and I’ll give you odds. I don’t know what the actual line is, because you guys do things a little bit different over here, but I’ll give you 3-to-1 on Nate Diaz if you want it. Honestly [I’m that confident]. And we’re talking about Jake Paul. We’re not talking about [Tyson] Fury or AJ [Anthony Joshua] fighting an MMA fighter. We’re talking about Jake Paul. It won’t go four [rounds]. I mean, listen, unless it’s all a bit of a bluff by Nate, what I saw. Maybe.”

Do you agree with Eddie Hearn?