Nick Diaz spitting truth.
Diaz is full on heel
I dunno how anyone can deny what Nick is saying. Unified rules are killing the entertainment of this sport.
Nick is hilarious in this press conf
"I think I'm done, I've barely got any time to relax between all these fights."
10 minutes later
"I'm not done you know, those 5 rounds woke me up"
Oh Nick.
Damn Diaz needs a hug.
Nevermind, GSP already hugged 'em for 25 minutes.
Nick is taking a very odd position regarding active ground fights in MMA. If you stand up the fighters quicker, it only encourages the person on the bottom to simply tie the guy on top up with a tight closed guard. An active ground fight requires not only intent by the person on top, but also for person on bottom to work for submissions, sweeps, to stand up, and/or strike. Too often we see the bottom guy close their ground game up with a tight closed guard then look for the ref to stand it up. Pride would punish guys on the bottom for this with yellow cards, the UFC rewards it with a stand up.
Diaz was too sleepy for him to do anything else but hug it out.
Nick is taking a very odd position regarding active ground fights in MMA. If you stand up the fighters quicker, it only encourages the person on the bottom to simply tie the guy on top up with a tight closed guard. An active ground fight requires not only intent by the person on top, but also for person on bottom to work for submissions, sweeps, to stand up, and/or strike. Too often we see the bottom guy close their ground game up with a tight closed guard then look for the ref to stand it up. Pride would punish guys on the bottom for this with yellow cards, the UFC rewards it with a stand up.
Lol, Dana isn't cutting Nick. Everyone reacting here will pay to see him get his ass kicked next fight.
I dunno what you mean. His stance is if you take away elbows you're forced to posture up to punch with your fists, which allows the guy on the bottom to have room to escape or work a submission. Nick isn't asking for an opportunity to stall on the bottom.
If i heard correctly, Diaz suggested there should be quicker stand ups. I feel such an approach would only perpetuate the problem of stalling on the ground, because a bottom guy can tie a guy up on top with a tight game to make it an inactive ground fight, and thus result in a stand up. Quicker stand ups will result in more inactive bottom fighters.