Workforce Diaz is returning to a card promoted by Jake Paul’s Most Worthwhile Promotions.
Promotional officers confirmed to MMA Combating that former UFC star Nate Diaz’s teammate Chris Avila is returning to the boxing ring at MVP Battle Evening on Aug. 23 at Caribe Royal in Orlando, Fla. Avila is ready to face undefeated fighter Ariel Perez in a six-round gentle heavyweight bout. Avila vs. Perez opens the principle card of the occasion
“I’m right here to struggle on Saturday, August 23,” Avila mentioned in response to the bout. “I’m coming to win, get the job performed and beat this dude’s ass.”
Avila is 6-1 competing within the squared circle, which features a pair of choice wins over former UFC fighters Anthony Pettis and Jeremy Stephens. Avila seems to bounce again from his first loss within the boxing ring in opposition to former UFC champ Benson Henderson at Misfits Boxing 18 this previous September.
Perez (7-0) is making his fourth look below the MVP banner, together with a knockout win on the undercard of the Jake Paul vs. Mike Perry occasion in July 2024. “Golden Hulk” makes a comparatively fast turnaround following a choice win at MVP’s Most Worthwhile Prospects 12 card in Might, and plans to make a press release in opposition to the previous MMA fighter.
“Avila is a man who likes to do the speaking, however we simply present up and go to work,” Perez mentioned. “We do our speaking within the ring. He’s powerful and it’s going to be a hell of a struggle, however WE HIT DIFFERENT.”
Paul and MVP co-founder Nakisa Badarian promise that the upcoming MVP Battle Evening occasion will likely be one of many greatest playing cards within the promotion’s historical past.
“The addition of Chris Avila vs. Ariel ‘Golden Hulk’ Perez additional elevates an already stacked MVP Battle Evening card,” Paul and Badarian mentioned in a joint assertion. “Each fighters have delivered on the MVP stage earlier than, and now face off in what guarantees to be a press release bout—with Avila representing the notoriety of Workforce Diaz, and Perez trying to rise to the event in entrance of his house state. With Workforce Diaz within the constructing, the vitality in Orlando will likely be on one other degree. Saturday, August 23 marks MVP’s greatest non-Jake and Amanda occasion thus far, that includes 4 WBA world and interim world title bouts, a WBA eliminator, and rather more—all dwell globally on DAZN as a part of our first MVP back-2-back weekend.”
MVP will host a Most Worthwhile Prospects occasion on the evening earlier than in the identical venue.
