SUMMARY
- Mikey Musumeci and social media influencer Sneako had a heated back and forth.
- The ONE Grappling Champion tapped out the streamer in a relatively swift manner.
ONE Flyweight Submission Grappling World Champion Mikey Musumeci has found himself responding to yet another online video, this time involving MMA star Nate Diaz.
Diaz appeared in the background of a stream shared by online personality Sneako, who recently was involved in a tense exchange with Musumeci after “Darth Rigatoni” labeled him a bully over his comments about jiu-jitsu athletes earlier this year.
Nate Diaz says he would smash Mikey Musumeci on Sneako’s stream pic.twitter.com/fI8nyOWtA5
— Sneako Updates (@Sneak0o) February 14, 2024
In the clip uploaded to YouTube, Diaz unloads in an expletive-laden rant, expressing his desire to fight Musumeci and offering to teach Sneako to do the same.
“I’ll show you exactly how do it, but f*** I’ll smash that little p****. You need to work for a minute though, before you f*** with that guy,” Diaz says. “The good thing is, he can’t fight, but he’s good at jiu-jitsu. I’ll bash that little b****, I want to beat that little f***** down. You’re the bully? He knows that you don’t know sh**.”
Diaz’s words have apparently reached the ears of Musumeci, who felt compelled to respond.
Mikey Musumeci responds to Nate Diaz callout
Mikey Musumeci has responded to Nate Diaz in characteristically polite fashion. The Evolve MMA representative took to his Instagram page with a video recorded from his car, tagging Diaz in the caption.
“Wow, so I just learned from a video that Nate Diaz called me out. In no way am I calling him out right now, this is just me responding to that video,” Musumeci began.
“The first thing I’ll say is that I was always a huge fan of watching Nick and Nate Diaz in MMA, they’re absolute legends. Amazing grappling, amazing striking, they’re about that life. Obviously, I can’t fight Nate in an MMA fight, he would kill me. But, I would absolutely accept a grappling match with him, since we’re both black belts in jiu-jitsu.”
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“It would be an absolute honor to face such a legend like Nate, a once in a lifetime opportunity, right? I don’t care about weight class or anything, I would be 100 percent down to grapple with him.”
Musumeci has enjoyed success in openweight contests in the past, with his last bout being a submission win over former ONE Lightweight MMA World Champion Shinya Aoki late last year.
Regardless of whether a Musumeci-Diaz grappling match is to materialize, the five-time IBJJF World Champion has his hands full. He has recently returned to the United States to prepare for his next fight against a yet-to-be-named opponent.