Massive payday rumored for Nate Diaz on MVP card

Jake
Paul’s Most Valuable Promotion and Netflix are seemingly
coughing up big bucks to break into the MMA space.

Ronda
Rousey and Gina Carano
will headline MVP’s
first MMA cardon Netflix on May 16 at the Intuit Dome in Los
Angeles, California. The card also features former UFC heavyweight
champion Francis
Ngannou against fellow UFC alum Philipe
Lins.

Meanwhile, Nate Diaz will
also make his MMA return on the card against Mike Perry.
During a recent episode of the JRE podcast, former
UFC fighter Brendan
Schaub said that he heard that Diaz is making $10 million for
the fight against Perry. Meanwhile, UFC commentator Joe Rogan then
claimed to have heard that Diaz is getting paid even
more. 

Money to Burn

The upcoming Netflix MMA card is being considered a counter to the
UFC’s dominance in MMA. Rousey, around whom the card is built, has
been going off on the UFC brass since the card was announced.
However, MVP and Netflix might be offering massive paydays to these
stars, who are mostly past their heydays. 

Diaz’s opponent, Perry, admitted that he will be earning the
biggest paycheck of his career on the Netflix card. There were
talks of Diaz returning to the UFC for a trilogy fight against
Conor
McGregor. However, Dana White recently said that Diaz probably
got an offer from Netflix that he couldn’t refuse. 

Diaz fought sparingly towards the end of his UFC career and parted
ways with the promotion following a submission win over Tony
Ferguson in 2022. The Stockton native has since lost a boxing
match against Jake Paul and
won one against Jorge
Masvidal.