Jake Paul vs Nate Diaz scorecards launched as punch stats inform full story
Jake Paul returned to successful methods on Saturday night time with a unanimous victory over Nate Diaz at a sold-out American Airlines Center. The YouTuber-turned-boxer was dominant throughout the bout in opposition to the ex-UFC star, who was making his maiden look in a hoop reasonably than the octagon.
Paul, 26, is now 7-1 (5 KOs) since turning professional. That one defeat got here on Feb. 26 vs Tommy Fury final trip.
After being crushed for the primary time in Saudi Arabia, he was being doubted by some quarters, together with by rapper Drake, who bet $250,000 on Diaz. However, Paul posted a formidable efficiency to triumph with relative ease.
The dominance was to such an extent that he was assured sufficient afterwards to agree to a £8m MMA rematch. Three judges sitting ringside all scored the bout in Paul’s favour.
Two of David Sutherland, David Iacobucci and Chris Migliore, had the competition 98-91. The different gave Diaz an additional spherical and had it 97-92.
As effectively as on the playing cards, the post-fight punch stats, per Compubox, additionally mirror how Paul comfortably got here out on prime. He landed 174 whole punches, in comparison with 143 for Diaz.
However, the long-time UFC fighter was marginally extra correct. He landed 36.5% of his punches thrown, with Paul barely much less profitable at 35.4%.
Not solely did the victor land over 30 extra punches, however he was additionally rather more lively all through the ten rounds. Paul threw virtually 100 extra total (491 vs 392).
The breakdown of the kinds of punches thrown additionally signifies their differing approaches to the battle. Diaz landed simply eight jabs throughout the bout from the 45 he threw.
However, Paul was rather more keen to maintain the space and threw 202 in whole, touchdown 34. Diaz was as a substitute completely satisfied to prioritize energy punches.
The MMA star threw 347 such photographs and hit Paul clear with 135. But crucially, regardless of a extra measured strategy with 289 energy punches, Paul was extra correct and landed 140.
There was an virtually 10% distinction of their success with energy punches in Paul’s favour, in comparison with the 1% edge Diaz had with jabs and punches total.
The round-by-round stats additionally favour Paul. He was extra correct all through the primary six rounds and landed extra photographs in every one.
However, Diaz did develop into the bout and get much less wasteful from the seventh spherical onwards. The sheer quantity of punches landed continued to lean Paul’s approach, although, barring the eighth.
Ultimately, the YouTuber was already effectively forward on the playing cards by this level of the battle, particularly after a fifth-round knockdown. A gradual begin from Diaz value him as he simply could not hit Paul typically sufficient.
Whether that may once more be the case in any potential MMA battle is a distinct query. That is that if a potential rematch within the octagon occurs between the 2.