Nate Diaz and Jorge Masvidal took part in a press conference this past Wednesday ahead of their rematch in the boxing ring this coming Saturday, and as expected, chaos ensued.
Nate Diaz and Jorge Masvidal‘s rivalry began back in 2019 when they fought in the UFC for the inaugural BMF title, with ‘Gamebred’ winning the fight due to a doctor stoppage, after Diaz suffered a brutal cut above his eye.
Since then, both fighters have taken a hiatus from the promotion and have taken their talents to the world of boxing, where they will rematch this Saturday in a co-promoted event.
Nate Diaz erupts at press conference following disrespectful question from influencer
The two were originally scheduled to fight on June 1, but they rescheduled the event as it clashed with UFC 302.
Once the event was rescheduled for July 6, the two took part in another press conference to promote the fight, but things got way out of hand when the two teams broke out into a huge brawl in the crowd.
Despite that, another press conference took place this past Wednesday for final promotional work to be done, and again, the press conference was dampened by an incident which left Nate Diaz seething.
The floor was opened up for media members to ask questions to the fighters on stage, and social media influencer and streamer, N3ON, took the chance to try and go viral with a question to the Stockton Brawler.
“When you do get knocked out are you going to retire?” the streamer asked.
Responding to the disrespectful question, Diaz said: “Who said that so I know who you are? That little b**** boy, that little p**** f*****? I’m going to kick you in your f****** leg motherf*****. F*** you!”
N3ON has recently made video content with Jorge Masvidal as ‘Gamebred’ gave him a lesson on how to fight, posted to his YouTube channel, meaning that this incident could have been planned with the former BMF champion.
Despite that, the joke didn’t go down well with Diaz, who continued to erupt.
“It’s little s*** kids like this little b**** talking that changes the times. You need your little ass whooped. I got little girls over here that’ll f*** you up,” the 39-year-old continued.
The streamer quickly dispersed from the building, however, video footage came out of him being chased out of the arena by Diaz’s teammates allegedly.
Dana White has historically called out the streamer for disrespectful comments
This isn’t the first time the popular streamer has been in question for being disrespectful at a combat sports event. At UFC 296 in December last year, he told his fans online that he was going to confront Donald Trump at the event, which led to him being kicked out.
UFC CEO, Dana White, labeled the disrespectful influencer as a ‘punk’.
“When you start saying stupid s*** like that, yeah, you’re probably going to get busted up and thrown out of here, making threats and talking dumb s***, looking for clout. He’s this f****** tall too, f****** punk,” Dana White said at the post-fight press conference.
N3ON then came out online, publically apologizing to both White and Donald Trump for his comments.
The boxing fight between Diaz and Masvidal can be purchased on PPV on UFC Fight Pass or streamed live on DAZN.