WATCH: $20 Bet by $400M Worth Shaquille O’Neal Gets a Chuckle Out of UFC Superstar Nate Diaz

Afnan Chougle | 30/11/2022

Shaquille O’Neal is inarguably one of the best basketball players that ever step foot on the court. Outside the court, however, ‘Shaq’ has an amusing personality that is liked by many, including notable UFC stars.

The Lakers’ former center is a part of numerous TV programs post-retirement from the sport because of his entertaining ability. Many of his moments from such shows go viral on the internet. One such video of Shaq made the former UFC welterweight fighter Nate Diaz laugh.

What did Nate Diaz post about Shaquille O’Neal?

Recently, the Stockton Slugger took to his official Twitter account and shared an old clip of the NBA legend Shaq from a show on TNT. In the video, Shaq took up a $20 challenge with the co-host.

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The NBA legend stated that he can eat the Paqui Carolina Reaper chip, which is one of the hottest chips, without making any faces. However, Shaq failed the challenge as soon as he ate the chip.

Back then, the Paqui Carolina Reaper chip challenge called the one chip challenge was famous among the netizens. Many did the challenge and uploaded videos on the internet. But most of them failed the challenge similar to the NBA great.

However, Shaq made the challenge even more hilarious with his expressions. Diaz uploaded the video on his account with a laughing emoji in the caption and also tagged the NBA legend.

Diaz after UFC

The Stockton native departed from UFC this year after his last fight against Tony Ferguson. He won the bout and bid adieu to the UFC universe. However, Diaz has yet not stated what he will do next.

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Despite that, there is a lot of speculation that the fan favorite might try his hands inside the boxing ring against the famous YouTuber Jake Paul. The two have exchanged words on the internet. However, there has been no official announcement about the fight yet.

Do you think Diaz should fight Paul in boxing? What are your thoughts on the video Diaz shared?

 

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Afnan Chougle

Afnan Chougle is a UFC author and content manager at The SportsRush. Afnan has written over 900 articles about combat sports before joining The SportsRush. He has now worked in the industry for over two years. He uses his expertise and enthusiasm to advance his professional career and offers insightful commentary on anything related to combat sports. Since UFC 229, Khabib Nurmagomedov fan Afnan has faithfully followed MMA. Besides "The Eagle," Muhammad Ali is his favorite athlete. Apart from his professional exploits as a UFC journalist, Afnan enjoys honing his skills as an amateur actor/boxer and loves going on occasional treks.

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