I think he exhausted himself in the first round thinking he was gonna get a knockout, then couldn't believe how tough Nate was and got worried the rest of the fight about trying to pace himself so he didn't gas out because he realised he couldn't stop Nate walking forward like a zombie.

Styles make fights, Nate not being a traditional boxer made Jake look a bit worse. He still had a decent performance, nice improvement on the left hooks and the fact that he had career high punch output while going 10 rounds for the first time is impressive.

Thought exactly the same. This fight actually made me think he's not sharp enough to properly compete with Fury.

Class vid as always Geordie, but I think Jake isn’t plateauing, he’s just being exposed for not being as good as he wanted people to believe.

Maybe it’s just me but I think he looks better. People are just expecting knockouts imo. Ofc there’s still a lotta gaps but he’s a lot better off the back foot, more composed, more stamina, better timing. The problem with jake is that he sometimes fights to the level of his opponent and stop boxing for a bit and over throws and fights his opponents fight. He needs to do better at fighting his fight

I think it was Ariel who said Jake and KSI not fighting, has turned them in to the thing they said they hate. Not giving people the fights they want to see. Egos getting in the way

The biggest difference I noticed from this fight and tommys was his energy and gas..especially going 10 rounds, he still looked pretty fresh at the end, considering.

Don't know why people keep saying Jake's performance was bad. In my opinion his footwork was way better because he circled the ring when pressured rather than just walking straight back into the ropes like he did with Silva and Tommy. Jake also threw way more straight punches and combinations like the uppercut left hook and a lot of good body shots. In my opinion Jake improved as a boxer. Is he world championship level, no, but can he beat guys like ksi and other influencers, yes. The only tough test right now for Jake is Tommy. I think Jake proved he can deal with pressure and has good stamina so that makes the ksi fight much easier. We've also seen that Jake has a really good chin because he's been hit with big shots and not once been dropped to the canvas.

This was Jake's 1st fight since he lost his 0? Losing can make a difference in hunger/mentality to train and get better. He may have also wanted to stand in the pocket and bang against someone like Nate because it would 'prove he's a BMF' - Looking at Jake's previous opponents I don't think many will have come at him like Nate did. Hard to look good! He'll have learned a lot.

I thought he looked good as far as footwork and wasn’t so flat footed. Left hook defiantly improved, and output for a 10 round fight was real good too. I thought him fighting Nate would have him not look as good as we thought since Nate is unorthodox

I've seen so many people saying "jake got worse." I definitely didn't take that away from last fight. He was punching a fridge with wheels on a downward slope, no matter how hard you hit it, it doesn't take any damage & it still keeps coming. I feel like Jake improved his cardio, I've noticed he's punching through his opponents, meaning he's not just making contact but pushing their head back and digging in body shots.

Nate’s unorthodox style probs threw Jake off.

Besides his output, I didn't really see anything that made me believe he'd had improved leaps and bounds in the last 6 months. Not a lot better but I do believe he's beginning to stagnate his progress a little

From what I saw, Jake weathered round 3 and came back hard in the 4th round. I think with Nate being very unorthodox in his Fight style, Jake did decent. Something no one wants to admit is that Jake is very much a novice but with high level training (in my opinion). He needs more time to become a better boxer.

On point as always. Personally I think Jake looked the best against Gib, his left hook and straight right were so sharp. He just seems sluggish at the moment, and I think he gassed after going all out in Round 1 against Nate.

i defo think he looks better more technically, didn’t see him throw his overhand right cricket bowl punch much i think mate being an awkward pressure fighter who can take shots made it hard work for jake

Jake and JJ are actually very similar in terms of their level of attributes but with different styles and Jake shows better technique and timing more than JJ who is more unorthodox and shows/ uses his power more. That fight would definitely be a close one now that we see Tommy and Nate both having success from putting pressure on Jake and "roughing him up" because JJ can do that. Even though I want JJ to win and Nate's success gives me hope at the minute, Jake is still looking technically better as a boxer so that will be close and Tommy will be a very difficult test for JJ like he was for Jake and should be the betting favourite no doubt, maybe JJ will surprise everyone again like always but that shouldn't be expected like its a guarantee its far from that. Good vid Geordie 👏👍

People need to cut the kid some slack. He's coming off his first loss it definitely hinders his fight mentality. No one would have thought he would have beaten all these MMA fighters 2 years ago or even compete with someone in Viddal Riley's sights.

Nice to see TG actually be critical of Jake for once

Ngl mate I’m loving the new studio, do you have any plans on doing a tour or something?

Completely agree with your analysis Brian. That head kick from gaethje to win the bmf belt was perfect

Tbh I think he looked a little more impressive, technically, against nate. I think in the fury fight it was a slightly slower paced fight in comparison, it was two young guys very aware that their gas tanks aren't very tested. Whereas Diaz was just so hitable but so durable and just kept walking forward and i think with Jake he made a good decision not to punch himslef out early and kinda cruised to a decision. Against tommy I thought he was very messy and was just looking for big shots constantly

Would love to hear your thoughts on Mike Tyson helping Francis prepare for the Fury fight.

Your combat sports review are just 🔥 🚀 always look forward to them 🤑👍🏼

The thing with Jake Paul is he says he wants worlds titles but then fights mma fighters

Made some great points, from a guy that’s been training for a while, styles do have a big impact on this, some guys you can look good and some guys you can’t, it’s just the game, he can have a bad performance and still be improving, hope to see him keep getting better

I don’t necessarily agree on Jake looking worse this time then the last time. I think he had some improvements. But I do agree with the last bit if Jake’s actually real about wanting to be a champion or contender then he shouldn’t do mma fights or not always look for the biggest fights out there. And should fight a little bit more frequently than he did last year.

His technique compared to the Woodley and Tommy fight is much better but it feels like he lost a bit of an edge and in all honesty I feel like if Jake just takes a break he can reset himself and improve his body is so comfortable boxing that he is fighting on autopilot

As an unbiased fan of both jake and jj, i think jake seems to have plateaued somewhat however he powered through this fight and i think it will teach him a lot going on. A lot of these new fighters struggle when they get flustered and struggle to maintain the jab IMO

This fights makes me realize that the gap between Jake and KSI isn't as big as everyone thought.

Do you think a little bit of his problem is the coaching change because Jake said leading up to the fight that they had to rework his entire style

Its simple. He was fighting an unorthadox guy over a someone polished and textbook boxer. Nate is difficult to deal with in making things ugly and his style of fight and Paul got lead into that.

I think it's easier to look like a boxer when you're fighting a boxer, like Tommy. When fighting someone like nate it's very hard to look clean and polished when he is trying to turn it into a scrap all the time

«That was a shot behind the head… Jeeezez christ» hahah

I think a lot of people forget that Nate can make anyone look bad. The fight against Leon was fairly competitive and he even cracked him right at the end, and look what Leon has gone on to do after that, he put a masterclass on in the 2nd Usman fight, so to say Jake didn't look great against Nate, of course he didn't, that's what Nate does. Nate is essentially the most successful journeyman in MMA, and he transferred all of his skills to boxing. And those skills are to smother his opponents offense, get them running backwards and make them work twice as hard for half the pay off. And Jake still won convincingly, so even though it wasn't the technically sound display of boxing most people were looking for, but it was never going to be that. What that was, was a test of will and discipline to not get into a toe to toe scrap, and while there were small windows where Jake was reeled in, for the most part he avoided it and that is a success in itself. So for me he showed a level of adaptability in dealing with an extremely awkward opponent, and looked ok doing so. Now, does that mean he's going to beat Canelo? The answer is still no. But I was slightly more impressed with this fight than I think people are giving Jake credit for.

The difference was he was more afraid of Tommy so he had to be switched on, I think he thought he’d take Nate out easy enough

Jake performed well, huge improvement in stamina. Also, Jake had a style change. He managed to knock Nate down and dominated him the whole fight save for a round or two. Nate is a zombie, you can't "gain his respect" as easily. You have to out land Nate. Jake even said he VOLUNTARILY stayed in the inside because Nate's punches didn't effect, but than he realized Nate is still scorimg so he changed to just pot shotting Nate. It worked, as Jake took control of the fight and controlled the pace from that point forward.

Jake’s gone backwards since Woodley. A pretty decent amount too

I actually think that this is a step in the RIGHT direction for him even though he didn't look as good. In the Tommy Fury fight, we didn't see much solid footwork from Jake, if at all. Here, even though his footwork isn't good, he is beginning to develop them. Sometimes, you need to expose your weaknesses in order to improve upon them. You need to get into a heated battle with poor footwork in order to learn from your mistakes and improve upon them. Hope I'm making sense.

Nice visuals and angles

I think Jake's biggest thing to focus on from here is *his fight IQ adaptability to read what's best to do in the moment as it unfolds. *Balance, movement, distance management to keep at range from clinches *throw out a cluster of not full power distraction shot's to create openings for his more power damaging shot's.

Its tough really nate always turns it into a slug fest and jake gave him a slug fest. I think jake has deffinetly improved - 10 rounds, taking hits, throwing after being hit some examples

When you first start at something, you will make HUGE strides in the beginning. But as you get more “skilled” in a certain craft, this improvements start to become smaller, in other words, it’s not as quick and easy to see large improvements. It’s more so, it takes a long time to see a minuscule improvement as you get more skilled in something.

Jake explained why he got so close to nate. He said its because nate had no power close together. But nate was getting points so he changed his game plan after the 5th round

He wasn't facing a boxer with Diaz.. Diaz made him fight like that

He definitely did look like he was going to lose but Diaz "chose" to clown around.

I think that jake looked great against nate because he looked more composed and he didn’t get sloppy towards the end like he has done in the past and actually looked good as the rounds went on

Two things... I think this fight called for such a drastically different style that that's why Jake looks completely different. Tommy = finesse technical point scoring boxing and Nate = cardio heavy awkward slugfest. Second, I think Jake is WAY ahead of where he should be. His KO's are actually causing us to expect more from him than is probably reasonable. One amateur fight and going ten rounds for his eighth fight against a seasoned pro fighter? That's insane for that career milestone. Literally unheard of for any other boxer. While he expects a lot of himself, we shouldn't be surprised if he's behind in any area.

He 100% looks better and didn’t throw just 1 punch/jab the whole time. He threw combos. Cardio was great. Looked like a totally different fighter after getting a new team

Why do you switch camera angles every 2 seconds? Just wondering.

My opinion is it was a look he hadn't seen before and was just adjusting as best as he could.

LOVING the new set! very professional

the camp change could set back the progress for a bit but be better in the long run

Excellent analysis

I slightly disagree I think his performance was below average but his fitness has improved massively he was really gassed in his last fight which only went 8 rounds and doing 10 rounds now his fitness looks much better.

Lol the fact people think after 6 years this KSI vs Jake fight is still gonna happen...KSI has already said if he beats Tommy he's not fighting Jake...neither of them will accept the other is above them or the "ace side" which is why this will never happen, if KSI beats Tommy he'll retire or make stupid demands that Jake wont do or if KSI loses to Tommy Jake will defo not see him as the ace side and then its a stale mate. 6 years of fighting 40 year olds and punchbags and we're still no closer to this fight happening, about time people got over it and stopped supporting them fighting 40 year olds and punchbags and demanded this KSI vs Jake fight and hated on their opponents and maybe something would change but while your all running out paying to watch them fight skinny twigs and 40 year old men why would they ever do the main fights? If im a KZfaqr and i have fans who will keep paying and supporting me fighting people i know i can beat up why would i stop??? all they're doing is mentioning the fight to hype their events to sell tickets go back and watch.....plain as day! they only tweet at each other or mention this fight in interviews when they've got events coming up otherwise they're quiet, all being taken for clowns.

He reached his level when it comes to opponents thats all. When you start any sport the first couple of years always have the fastest development. After that you're learning small nuences that are harder to learn and dont give huge improvementa, but all slowly add up as you implement them.

12:10 “LET HIM DIE! not literally but…ya know” 🤣🤣🤣

I’m not a boxing expert. But it seemed to me Paul was hunting for that “Unconscious Nate” highlight reel knockout. By the time he realized that wasn’t happening, he blew a big chunk of his load already.

Only way to get better in boxing is to fight consistently better opposition, which Jake simply isn’t.

Needs to be a major shift in strategy i agree if he wants to improve like he needs to imo

“Arm punches” my god he really knows his boxing vocabulary

There are people in boxing who subconsciously adjust to the level needed to win. Meaning if you need 50 percent you use 55. I had a problem like this as a fighter. Always won but my coaches hated it I'm just guessing though.

had the same thoughts but i think he just didnt have to stay on his A game because of nates awkwardness, would rather see him fight a boxer to really see if hes improved, we learned nothing about his boxing but i guess his cardio holds up

Nate came forward like a beast and smothered the punches. I think jake did well not throwing any wild punches. I think jake was basically duped into fighting nates fight. Learning is on a curve he isn't going to just get way better every time. He needs to just iron out his game plan.

he's clearly running out of worn-out opponents to fight in the MMA scene and regardless of that, he hasn't challenged himself against a proper and a better opposition who has a core "boxing" background 'cause with ambition comes the desire to increase your level of competition. He's a showman with the tactics to draw eyes onto him and the show can last only a certain while and not forever. I feel like he's hit the ceiling of his so-called "boxing career".

Big things improved by jake watch his last fight no footwork he has that now. Combination punches he didnt have that he has that now. His gas tank has clearly improved. No other pro has ever done 10 round fights within 8 pro fights so give props to jake paul!

True Geordie’s analysis is always so solid and comprehensive 💯

He definitely didn't get worse but I don't think his at that level yet to beat Tommy Fury in a rematch

I'm not really a big fan of Jake but to his credit, I don't think his performance was down to his skills getting worse. Instead, I think it was more of a reflection of how well Nate did. Also, Jake fired off on Nate fast which was going to make his first attempt at a 10 rounder a hard time.

Great vid

This is literally the equivalent of jake going 25 minutes in the cage with nate and nate winning by decision 😂🤦‍♂️

Got to agree with you Brian.

I understand the plateau perspective, but i think he improved on alot of the basics that will allow him to continue to get better, reestablishing the foundation i guess. Im no boxing expert, but i found that jake paul was in a better position using his footwork picking his shots better. I just think he needs to do it consistently in the fight for people to be happy.

Jake has been in the Gym without a break for 3 years, after the Fury fight he was back in the Gym 2 days later he said. The best way to get past a plateau after years in the Gym is to take a month or two break. Then when you come back refreshed mentally & physically then improvements happen naturally in my experience.

No he got winded trying to take Nate Diaz out. Similar to what happened to Anthony Joshua when he tried to take out Klitschko and Andy Ruiz. I know, two different caliber of competition, but the concept remains that if you try to force a KO to happen amd it doesn't, then you'll get winded.

He looked good, but nate looked bad

Jake looks good when he stays on the outside against guys who stand in front of him and are either a) slower than him, or b) have a reach disadvantage. He's gotten a little better at countering when being pressured, but he has no inside game whatsoever. About what you might expect from someone who is a high level amateur athlete who has been training hard at boxing for several years: he's got some good tools, but he also has some big holes in his game that a world class boxer would exploit.

U need to understand the styles yes both put on volume but nate does It In such a awkward way Its tougher to see those punches and react to them yeah they dont have much behind them but nates goal was to land a high number of shots. Its way tougher to get out of the way of those kind of punches than normal punches

I mean u not lying u speaking facts straight up 💯💯💯💯

I think this is well argued, but harsh. You can't be in complete control of your trajectory, so your skills are on show as favourably as possible each fight. He fought a tough opponent, it was messy and scrappy at times, but by far he was the tidier, more effective boxer. I don't support Jake, to be clear, was rooting for Nate, but props to the lad. He isn't a "boxer" though, if I want to prove myself at 100m I must race against 100m athletes, not triathletes who do sprints.

Geordie: Jake is getting worse Wade: Jake has now evolved

Fighters always appear to go backwards when they start working with a new coach, for all his chat anyone who knows boxing knows Jake isn't going to get anywhere near world level but credit where it's due he's ground out 10 rounds against a guy who wasn't budging so that's a box ticked

This is the one fight alot of people didn't expect Jake to knockout nate maybe a stoppage at most but definitely not knocked out Nate is a hard guy to knock out

I usually agree w Geordie and I’m definitely not an expert, but I thought Jakes BOXING was hands down improved. His footwork, his output, his cardio, not near as many tie up, clinches, etc. He definitely still has some glaring weaknesses to work on, but to say this version wasn’t better than the fury fight is wild. First he threw almost 500 punches, controlled the fight, and was still fresh, throwing just as much in round 10. For his 7th fight to go 10 rounds with that much output is crazy. The way he was circling, not letting Nate cut off the ring, fighting out of Nate’s barrages, it was all drastically improved. All of his other fights especially Woodley and Silva they were clinch fests. He recognized Diaz who was never ko’d by a punch w 4oz gloves, wasn’t going to be easy to ko, so he outworked and out boxed him. Not near as many shots thrown while not looking, he used to duck his head and throw big shots, and that was vastly improved as well. He has great body work, great left hook, and again wasn’t relying on big power shots as he way to Victory. In past fights, he has little output and chased the big shot. Not this fight. Some weaknesses still, not a lot of combos when he had the opportunities. He still needs to do better when getting barraged w punches to work out instead of sitting. He did use the shoulder more to stop them and would throw a big shot to stop it, but someone w more power can really give him fits if he doesn’t improve that. Again, it was some gigantic leap forward, but he was definitely improved in a lot areas. Looking at a potential KSI fight. I think jake it a better boxer, but realistically we haven’t seen KSI box anyone who gives him any real pushback, so he could be much better than we know. I do think KSI could be kryptonite to Jake bc what he does well in throwing a lot of power shots backing him up, is where Jake has struggled to get out. We will see a lot more once he fights Fury. If I had to pick today, which again isn’t fair bc we haven’t seen KSI really box against a threatening opponent yet, I think Jake is the better boxer still, but think KSI could win, bc of that factor above. Jake has so far had a great chin and great cardio helps a lot with that, but he hasn’t boxed anyone who will throw with the same power shots that KSI will. Jakes best chance would be timing those times that KSI seemingly throws his big shots out of control bc he does leave his chin wide open to be hit, but again that could also be bc he hasn’t boxed anyone he feels threatened by so he doesn’t need to be concerned about it. Ultimately I think it’ll be a very interesting and great fight, but I would pick KSI unless Jake is able to fix that glaring weakness. But to say jake isn’t improved I think isn’t accurate. But just my opinion.

Jake struggles with high volume moments when jakes not leading the fight and not comfortable I think he shells up and gets a bit nervous to throw and exchange punches it wasn’t his best performance but a decent win coming off a loss more confident in ksi now because if ksi lands the punches Nate Diaz did Jake paul will be in trouble

I was thinking that since Jake changed up his team around, brought back Shane Mosley that he will look better against Nate who is lets be honest a walking target, Nate will walk foward wont slip any punches etc. I thought he would see more straight punches and Jake would establish distance with his jab and we didnt see neither. This fight was probably just a confidence fight, we didnt see anything new and at the end of the fight Jake was holding and looking quite tired. This doesnt convince anyone that Jake would be any different against Tommy and I think his coaches know that, at least I hope they do.

Love you Geordie, best combat sport account

Bit like rocky,. Nate burnt him out early jake thought he could stop him early

Geordie, during round 4, it’s clear that is jake off round for him to take a rest and coming back stronger in the next round. It just shows a good ring iq

Don’t know we’re this “this was Jake Paul’s worst performance” is coming from he looked way better in this fight.He was throwing straight punches other than swinging them like he did in past fights and was mixing it up with 1-2 combinations and great uppercuts and left hooks unlike the fury fight and other fight were he was swinging hopping for the right hand to land.also had decent cardio

TG I love your opinion but I think he done great on cardio side. It's Diaz who just keeps coming forward. A jam will never keep him at bay.

Big fan of u mate but get rid of that 2nd camera. Eyes looking over to it al the time. On the fight, bang on as usual.

"I backed him against Ben Askren, I even bet on him" Even Ben Askren bet on Jake Paul to win, it wasn't a hard call.

Damn I can't believe the Anderson fight was 9 months ago.

I think jakes next fight, if not ksi, should be against some random pro that he thinks he can beat. Set up a good card with some other good fighters so that it doesn’t matter that you’re fighting someone who isn’t popular and get some more experience against a pro

Nice to see you actually criticise him for a change

i dont think you are giving Jake enough credit for how much he improved when close range he use to grab and hold he throws a better uppercut and won a lot exchanges on the inside

also Jake being able to fight off the back is an improvement in footwork and he has become at landing more precise punches and not just throwing haymakers

Bro jake aint on regular career path, its what makes sense at that time thats what they choosing , mma or boxing