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DALLAS — Issues obtained bodily onstage Thursday on the Jake Paul vs. Nate Diaz information convention after the 2 main-event fighters did their conventional faceoff.

Each camps’ safety groups obtained right into a shoving match with punches thrown after issues turned heated between Paul, Diaz and their respective groups.

Paul, the YouTuber-turned-prizefighter, and Diaz, the previous longtime UFC star, will combat in a boxing match Saturday evening right here at American Airways Middle.

There was unhealthy blood between the 2 groups for practically a 12 months. Diaz’s staff stated one in every of Paul’s safety guards went after its fighter and his staff onstage. Paul responded in a social media put up {that a} member of Diaz’s staff who was on the stage threw a punch first after which obtained hit by a Paul safety guard.

“Nate’s staff has emailed my staff making an attempt to assert assault after his staff swung first,” Paul posted afterward on X, formerly Twitter. “Apparently the man who swung first is on the hospital getting stitches. Hilarious these pretend gangsters appearing like this!”

Diaz and Paul have been totally on the outskirts of the skirmish.

The information convention obtained heated when a member of Paul’s Betr media staff egged Diaz on with a query, saying he could not watch for Paul to knock Diaz out. The identical individual talked trash about Diaz’s brother, Nick, one other UFC veteran, at a information convention in Might.

Later Thursday, Paul posted about Diaz: “You threatened MVPs co-founder who has been a associate to you and your staff each step of the best way? He is put your greatest good friend on again and again. Silly.”

The 2 groups additionally obtained into it final October at Paul’s combat in opposition to Anderson Silva and Diaz slapped the safety guard through the fracas. Diaz reminded the safety guard of that a number of instances through the media session.

“That safety guard who obtained clowned on stage with Nate, he is the one who began the s—,” stated Chris Avila, Diaz’s teammate who squares off with ex-UFC fighter Jeremy Stephens on Saturday. “He wants his ass whooped.”