Suspended UFC fighter Nick Diaz was a guest on the Chael Sonnen Podcast this week. He talked his brother’s upset victory at UFC on Fox and the possibility of Nate fighting Conor McGregor in the future.
“You can’t lie to the fans,” said Diaz. “They know what they want to see. It’s the fight that needs to happen. My brother’s definitely relevant. You can’t just act like he’s not. This fight should probably happen, as far as I’m concerned. You’ve got these other guys that aren’t very popular, even though they’re holding the belt. Belts aren’t important. It’s the fights that are important. Important to the fans, important to the show. That’s more money for everybody.”
“I think Conor was saying he wanted the fight, too, one time on account of somebody pulling out because they were hurt. He was asking for the fight, too, so give him what he wants.”
Sonnen later asked Nick about comments Joe Rogan & Brendan Schaub made about Nate retaliating to Conor’s pre-fight trash talk.
“[Rogan and Schaub] didn’t come off out of line or anything,” said Diaz. “For instance, like my brother’s ‘going to hit him before the fight happens.’ Someone could definitely get slapped up, but that could easily go both ways. Conor’s going back and forth with guys and you don’t see anything really happen, but they probably would happen on the outs and they would on account of nobody acknowledging what’s what.”
The Diaz brothers are no strangers to trash talk and they’ve been known to fight in and out of the octagon. Nick hinted at things outside of the octagon escalating.
“If [McGregor] doesn’t want to acknowledge what my brother said out there, in my opinion, that’s a huge insult. Hey, who the f**k are you? You’re going to get punked out. We’re all on planet Earth walking around. We have to be at the same places. You want to get punked out in front of all your fans? My brother’s fighting for 20 and 20. It doesn’t matter to him. He’s doing a free fight.”
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