Just over a week on from the boxing fight on Fanmio between Nate Diaz vs. Jorge Masvidal, the victorious Stockton star has sued the company and its owner over claims he’s yet to be paid 90 percent of the agreed purse. Over four years on from their highly anticipated showdown inside the Octagon at UFC […]
Just over a week on from the boxing fight on Fanmio between Nate Diaz vs. Jorge Masvidal, the victorious Stockton star has sued the company and its owner over claims he’s yet to be paid 90 percent of the agreed purse.
Over four years on from their highly anticipated showdown inside the Octagon at UFC 244, Diaz and Masvidal ran it back in a different environment on July 6.
While Madison Square Garden played host to “Gamebred’s” victory in MMA, a packed-out crown inside Anaheim’s Honda Center witnessed the pair run it back in the boxing ring last Saturday.
TMZ reported this week that Diaz is suing promoter Solomon Engel and his company over a substantial amount of agreed pay allegedly being withheld. The former UFC fighter’s attorney, Jeremiah Reynolds, filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Miami on Monday.
That was quick. Nate Diaz is suing Fanmio inc, the promoter of Diaz vs Masvidal, for $9m which he claims guaranteed to him both in writing and orally ($1m in advance which was paid and $9m after the fight) and which he alleges the Defendants has since reneged on paying him. pic.twitter.com/gBiGId2XOS
Promoter Accused Of Using Possible Divorce As Reason Not To Pay Diaz
In the suit, Diaz claims to have been promised a $10 million purse for the boxing match, both verbally and in writing. While the $1 million upfront was paid, the Stockton star and his team claim Engel is refusing to pay the post-fight sum of $9 million.
Engel is said to have not paid up after not profiting off the Diaz vs. Masvidal fight in the way he had expected.
It’s also alleged that the head of Fanmio told Diaz he couldn’t pass over the remaining $9 million in agreed pay due to fears his wife would divorce him due to the financial loss.
As a result, Diaz is suing for fraud and breach of contract, noting in the lawsuit that he wouldn’t have followed through with the match had he known the agreed $10 million purse wouldn’t be paid.
Nate Diaz claims Fanmio screwed him out of $9 million. Less than two weeks removed from his critically acclaimed…
Nate Diaz claims Fanmio screwed him out of $9 million.
Less than two weeks removed from his critically acclaimed clash with Jorge Masvidal on pay-per-view, TMZ Sports reports that the ‘Stockton Samurai’ is suing Fanmio and promoter Solomon Engel for fraud and breach of contract. Diaz alleges that he was promised a $10 million payday for his role in the boxing match. He received $1 million upfront but has not yet received the remaining 90% of the money he claims to have been guaranteed.
The former UFC star’s attorney, Jeremiah Reynolds, filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Miami on Monday.
Diaz alleges that Engel has refused the pay the remaining balance after the event failed to produce the profit he expected to make off the fight. The former UFC star also states in the suit that Engel declined to pay him because his wife may divorce him over the financial loss.
“Fanmio and Engel are now reneging on their written and oral promises and guarantees to pay $9 million owing to Diaz because they claim they are going to lose money on the event,” the suit states. “In a flurry of desperate calls to Diaz’s representatives following the event, Engel despondently groveled that he was going to lose more money than he had anticipated on the event if he paid Diaz what he had promised and that his wife might divorce him because of the financial losses. Engel went so far as to threaten he might have to declare bankruptcy to avoid paying Diaz what he owed” (h/t MMA Fighting).
Ariel Helwani also addressed the lawsuit during Monday’s episode of The MMA Hour, which you can watch below:
Nate Diaz earned a majority decision over ‘Gamebred’ in his sophomore boxing appearance
In what was just his second time competing in a boxing ring, Nate Diaz won the bout via majority decision, evening the series with ‘Gamebred’ after coming up short in their 2019 BMF title clash under the UFC banner.
The event, which aired live on PPV via Fanmio, DAZN, and UFC FightPass, emanated from the Honda Center in Anaheim and drew a reported sold-out crowd of 18,040 per a post-event press release.
Pay-per-view numbers for the event are currently unknown, but the fact that Fanmio lowered the initial cost from $79.99 to $49.99 in the weeks leading up to the fight was not a good sign.
Former interim lightweight champion, Dustin Poirier has once more been urged to make one final Octagon walk in an…
Former interim lightweight champion, Dustin Poirier has once more been urged to make one final Octagon walk in an overdue grudge fight against former promotional star, Nate Diaz – time time from his fellow Lafayette star, former UFC champion, Daniel Cormier.
Poirier, a former interim lightweight champion, headlined UFC 302 back in May most recently, suffering a fifth round submission defeat to pound-for-pound number one, Islam Makhachev in the pair’s undisputed lightweight title fight.
Succumbing to a final frame D’Arce choke submission, Poirier had claimed following his loss to the Russian how he had likely made his final walk to the Octagon, amid continued speculation regarding his future in combat sports.
Dustin Poirier urged to fight Nate Diaz in final UFC walk
And amid links to a slew of fights against the likes of former three-time opponent, Conor McGregor, as well as two-fight rival, Justin Gaethje, Louisiana striker, Poirier has been urged to pursue a grudge fight with the above-mentioned, Diaz once more.
“I think he (Dustin Poirier) should fight and I think he should fight only the big fights,” Daniel Cormier said on his YouTube channel. “I think if the Nate Diaz fight is possible, make it happen.”
“There are three guys now that Dustin Poirier spoke about in a week and Dustin Poirier and those three guys are all massive fights,” Cormier explained. “The types of fights that Poirier said he would come back for. Dustin Poirier’s fighting again. It’s just a matter of when and who.”
Initially scheduled to fight Diaz back in 2018 at Madison Square Garden, Poirier and the Stockton native failed to ever share the Octagon, with both parties blaming each other for the bout’s ultimate fall to the wayside.
Would you like to see Dustin Poirier fight Nate Diaz in the future?
Former interim lightweight champion, Dustin Poirier has once more been urged to make one final Octagon walk in an…
Former interim lightweight champion, Dustin Poirier has once more been urged to make one final Octagon walk in an overdue grudge fight against former promotional star, Nate Diaz – time time from his fellow Lafayette star, former UFC champion, Daniel Cormier.
Poirier, a former interim lightweight champion, headlined UFC 302 back in May most recently, suffering a fifth round submission defeat to pound-for-pound number one, Islam Makhachev in the pair’s undisputed lightweight title fight.
Succumbing to a final frame D’Arce choke submission, Poirier had claimed following his loss to the Russian how he had likely made his final walk to the Octagon, amid continued speculation regarding his future in combat sports.
Dustin Poirier urged to fight Nate Diaz in final UFC walk
And amid links to a slew of fights against the likes of former three-time opponent, Conor McGregor, as well as two-fight rival, Justin Gaethje, Louisiana striker, Poirier has been urged to pursue a grudge fight with the above-mentioned, Diaz once more.
“I think he (Dustin Poirier) should fight and I think he should fight only the big fights,” Daniel Cormier said on his YouTube channel. “I think if the Nate Diaz fight is possible, make it happen.”
“There are three guys now that Dustin Poirier spoke about in a week and Dustin Poirier and those three guys are all massive fights,” Cormier explained. “The types of fights that Poirier said he would come back for. Dustin Poirier’s fighting again. It’s just a matter of when and who.”
Initially scheduled to fight Diaz back in 2018 at Madison Square Garden, Poirier and the Stockton native failed to ever share the Octagon, with both parties blaming each other for the bout’s ultimate fall to the wayside.
Would you like to see Dustin Poirier fight Nate Diaz in the future?
Dustin Poirier vs. Nate Diaz is a fight that somehow never happened, despite both men showing interest in it….
Dustin Poirier vs. Nate Diaz is a fight that somehow never happened, despite both men showing interest in it.
The two were booked at UFC 230 but it didn’t come to fruition, as both men claim the other pulled out. However, at UFC 279, as Diaz was booked to face Khamzat Chimaev, Poirier, who was in Louisana at the time said the UFC called him to fly to Vegas and fight Diaz on 24 hours’ notice.
“I accepted a fight against him on 24 hours’ notice, I was gonna fly to Las Vegas and weigh in on the same day, the night of the Khamzat [Chimaev] stuff,” Poirier said on The MMA Hour. “It’s a crazy story the way it worked. [Coach] Mike Brown flew in on Thursday to Louisiana, just to come visit. We went to dinner and went to sleep. Friday morning, a bunch of missed calls and texts…my management, Hunter [Campbell], everybody from the UFC reaching out ‘Hey, he’s not going to make weight. Can you make 170?’…I had to do a Zoom call, I have an Android so I had to use my wife’s phone…
“I’m Facetiming with the Nevada State Athletic Commission, stepping on the scale so I can show them I could make weight safely. I’m like 176, I was gonna be 170 the same day. I was gonna fly out the next day…they somehow switched it up. He fought Tony [Ferguson], and then [Kevin Holland] fought Khamzat at a different weight. They switched it around, but I was in and I was gonna go.”
Had Poirier actually fought Diaz on 24 hours’ notice at UFC 279 it would have been a crazy move from ‘The Diamond’ who had been chasing that fight for quite some time.
Dustin Poirier wants to box Nate Diaz
With Dustin Poirier still never fighting Nate Diaz, he says he’s open to boxing the Stockton native so the two can finally fight.
Poirier has hinted about retiring from MMA, but ‘The Diamond’ says he would box Diaz as he believes it would be a fun fight.
Welcome to MMA News Today, a daily feature running down the most interesting stories in the world of mixed martial arts. For July 11, 2024, we’re taking a look at: Uriah Hall Says Michael Jai White Deserves Credit For His Finish Over Gegard Mousasi Back in 2015, UFC middleweight Uriah Hall secured one of his greatest ever wins […]
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Hall tells interesting story behind highlight reel finish
Parkin says Pereira may struggle with bigger grapplers
Anik suggests Poirier vs Diaz
Uriah Hall Says Michael Jai White Deserves Credit For His Finish Over Gegard Mousasi
Back in 2015, UFC middleweight Uriah Hall secured one of his greatest ever wins when he stopped Gegard Mousasi in Japan.
Hall spoke about the way he was able to secure this second-round finish during a recent episode of the Jaxxon Podcast, where he revealed an interesting story behind this win.
He stated that when watching Mousasi’s previous fight with Lyoto Machida, he noticed a tell where the Dutchman dipped his head whenever Machida feinted with his hips.
Hall then combined this with a technique that he learned during his final preparations that came courtesy of Hollywood star Michael Jai White.
“Two weeks before that fight, I was hanging out with Michael Jai White, that m*********** is legit by the way, and he was showing me how to throw techniques without no fat, no tell, no telegraph. It was the hardest s*** ever, I’m still working on some of it. He was showing me the spinning back kick and I think I was this close to him and he was like, ‘You can do it from here’ and I was like what?! He showed me how to move my body that way so when I did that jump spinning back kick, I took away the fat a little bit because I expected him to move a certain way and it just lined up perfectly.”
UFC Heavyweight Mick Parkin Says Alex Pereira May Struggle At Heavyweights With Keeping Opponents Off Him
“Poatan” went from middleweight up to 205-pounds seamlessly and with his ferocious power, he clearly has the ability to put anyone out cold.
Heavyweight contender Mick Parkin believes that Pereira may encounter one issue if he does decide to compete with the big boys on the roster.
Parkin, who regularly trains alongside the interim champion Tom Aspinall, is looking to match the longest active win streak in the division when he returns at UFC 304.
He spoke in a recent interview with Violent Money TV about how despite Pereira’s improving grappling defense, this could become an issue for him against larger opponents.
“It’s a lot different, the size. I think he’s amazing, he just keeps taking these fights and knocking everybody out. He hits so hard that he could definitely hit as hard at heavyweight and knock any heavyweight out in the world. His defensive wrestling is actually looking good but with a bigger guy it’s a lot harder so it might be a bit harder for him to get a bigger guy off on top of him. He might come up and get huge, he’s still got a big frame for it.
“But yeah, the bigger guys, I don’t know if he’s that confident as well that he would just walk the big guys down and think I’m knocking you out or if he’d be a bit more, ‘oh I don’t want to get taken down by these guys’. I don’t know how his mindset is but I definitely feel he could do good.”
Jon Anik Believes That Nate Diaz Makes A Lot Of Sense For Dustin Poirier’s Farewell Fight
There aren’t too many options out there right now that make sense for Dustin Poirier following his lightweight title fight loss at UFC 302.
“The Diamond” recently said that he was leaning towards this being his last outing because at this stage, what is he fighting for if he isn’t trying to become the champion.
One match-up that UFC commentator Jon Anik believes would be a great way to close out his career is one of the few big names in and around his weight class that Poirier is yet to face.
He was booked to fight Nate Diaz in what would have been a massive fight at Madison Square Garden back in 2018 but it never took place due to Poirier withdrawing due to an injury.
“Nate Diaz is a massive superstar and that is among a myriad of reasons why Dustin Poirier is of an appetitive nature for that particular fight and match-up and part of the reason we talked about this in context was not just Nate Diaz suggesting that he wants to come back to the UFC and pursue a championship but also because I was with Dustin Poirier recently and there aren’t that many fights that make sense for him and even some of the match-ups that have been suggested have some relative downside.”
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