Nate Diaz vs. Jorge Masvidal fight prediction, odds, undercard, start

In 2019, Nate Diaz and Jorge Masvidal met in the UFC Octagon for the first fight for the ceremonial “BMF” title. On Saturday, the pair meet again, though this time in a boxing match at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California.

It’s a strange fight, to be sure, with two men who made their bones as fan favorites in the cage deciding to meet in the boxing ring now that neither are under UFC contract. This is the second time both men have boxed professionally, with Masvidal getting a win in 2005 and Diaz suffering a 2023 decision loss to Jake Paul.

Diaz and Masvidal have seemed disinterested in promoting the fight during a multi-city media tour, with Diaz being especially resistant to talking up the fight. That lack of hype changed a bit when the two teams engaged in a brawl at a June 6 press conference after Diaz attempted to walk out early.

Masvidal’s boxing coach Jorge Capetillo was attacked during the situation, which has left Masvidal steaming.

“My coach is in his mid-40s and isn’t a professional fighter, getting attacked by a professional fighter and one other guy and being on the ground and getting kicked and punched, to me, you guys are cowards,” Masvidal told CBS Sports’ Shakiel Mahjouri. “It’s f—ing coward shit. 

“That’s the person you set out to attack? Two of you f—ing Nate Diaz’s gimps. It just shows what type of character that they and Nate are because Nate started that whole shit. There was no pushing or shoving. His guys f—ing immediately tried to do his dirty work and he took off. He didn’t even come back and ride for his people. It shows what a coward of a general he is. He had all his gimps there and he couldn’t even show face for his gimps. He’s probably hoping I’d get hurt, my hands, punching one of these f—ing morons.”

Masvidal thrashed Diaz in their UFC meeting, scoring a TKO via doctor’s stoppage after the third round. Those results won’t directly translate…