Nate Diaz Demands 12-Round Boxing Fight Against Jake Paul, Citing Steroid Use

In the upcom­ing grudge match between Nate Diaz and Jake Paul on August 5, Diaz has called for a dras­tic rule change, stat­ing that he wants to fight for 12 rounds instead of the agreed-upon eight. Diaz has also accused Paul of using steroids and is demand­ing new rules to be put in place. Despite Paul’s con­sis­tent denial of using body-enhanc­ing drugs, Diaz believes that the alleged steroid use war­rants a 12-round fight.

The for­mer UFC fight­er, who recent­ly left MMA’s top pro­mo­tion, believes that this will be the tough­est fight of his career, as he will be fight­ing at 185 pounds, 30 pounds heav­ier than his hey­day in MMA. The two fight­ers are sched­uled to meet next Mon­day in Dal­las for a press con­fer­ence, despite con­cerns that the game might be can­celed fol­low­ing Diaz’s recent arrest war­rant in New Orleans.

Diaz’s attor­ney is cur­rent­ly in con­tact with law enforce­ment in New Orleans, and Diaz was grant­ed bail after turn­ing him­self in ear­li­er this week. Diaz’s spokesman has con­firmed that he is now free to trav­el and is set to attend the press con­fer­ence. As the fight draws clos­er, fans eager­ly antic­i­pate what promis­es to be an explo­sive show­down between two of the biggest names in com­bat sports.