He doesn't have a giant advantage over them though. That's just your way of explaining the improbable to yourself. They are much more skilled and experienced than him. A lifetime's worth in fact. You can't blame them on being old or washed up because Nate Diaz looked just fine in his last fight. Night and day. Please explain why Nate threw like 12 punches in the whole match that didn't touch Jake Paul's face but then threw 50x as many in the first round and the last round of the masvidal fight. Use your brain.
They are much more skilled in MMA.
That's what you don't seem to understand.
MMA is not boxing.
There is a world of difference In the boxing level between an MMA fighter and someone who's trained pure boxing under a legitimate coach in a disciplined way.
In that circumstance, Jake Paul has been the more experienced fighter against everyone except Fury.
Even a mid level amateur boxer who hasn't even gone pro is good enough to beat the vast majority of MMA fighters with relative ease. That's how big of a gap there is between the two sports.
His whole team is dissecting these opponents from every conceivable angle strategically, tactically. Every tendency, every strength and weakness picked apart. Sparring partners are brought in to mimic the style and danger being presented, on an even higher level than they're capable of.
Nate is best on the inside, when he can swarm you and gain momentum.
However, movement, staying on your bike and timed counters are a strong pattern interrupter for Nates style. He was also hit hard early, every time he would move forward, Jake would counter.
All of which lead to hesitancy. As opposed to Masvidal, who struggled to let his hands go and basically moved backwards the entire fight with no real strategy.
Two vastly different scenarios.
Nate is historically a very slow starter as well. Both Conor fights, the masvidal fight in MMA, the Leon Edwards fight, his whole career is full of bouts where he didn't come online until later in the fight. He's literally known for it.
His last fight with Masvidal is actually the only one I can recall off the top of my head where he was 100% on from the jump.
So, again, reaching heavily.