Mixed martial arts stars Nate Diaz and Jorge “Gamebred” Masvidal will go face-to-face at a public event in New York City on Tuesday April 16th. Diaz and Masvidal will reignite their rivalry at this public event before they meet in a ten-round professional boxing light heavyweight showdown taking place at 5:30 pm Saturday, June 1st on a Fanmio pay-per-view event at The Kia Forum in Los Angeles. Tickets for fans are free and are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Fans can get tickets to the event by visiting the Palladium box office at 201 West 44th Street in Manhattan beginning at 3 p.m. ET on the day of the event.

Masvidal is 1-0 as a boxer, having won a very low-level fight in 2005. He defeated Diaz in MMA in 2019. Diaz is 0-1 as a boxer, having lost to Jake Paul on August 5, 2023 in Dallas, Texas. In that fight, Paul defeated Diaz via unanimous decision over ten rounds via scores of 98–91 (twice) and 97–92.