{"id":119651,"date":"2014-11-19T09:10:08","date_gmt":"2014-11-19T17:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/?p=119651"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:08:19","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:08:19","slug":"needed-nate-cool-2-potential-melendez-title-reign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/needed-nate-cool-2-potential-melendez-title-reign\/","title":{"rendered":"Nate Cool At #2 During Potential Melendez Title Reign"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Nate<\/a><\/p>\n

With the return of Nate Diaz on the horizon, many are wondering what Diaz will do if his teammate Gilbert Melendez defeats Anthony Pettis for the lightweight title next month.<\/p>\n

Diaz answered the question on everyone’s mind on Chael Sonnen’s ‘You’re Welcome’ podcast<\/a> recently.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m completely content with Gilbert being No. 1 and me being No. 2. I\u2019m good with that, because that\u2019s my partner. When Gil gets the belt, when Gil wins this fight and gets that belt, I won. That\u2019s a win for me. That\u2019s my brother. That\u2019s pretty much my goal here.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople are dumb; they don\u2019t know how to answer the damn question. If someone\u2019s even considering talking about fighting you, then what the f-ck are you friends for? I don\u2019t think people even know what friendship is in this sport.”<\/p>\n

\u201cI hear people, \u2018Oh, I\u2019ll fight him if we get paid a million dollars.\u2019 My partners are my partners and it\u2019s not even a consideration. Other people just give hints and \u2018ifs,\u2019 so it makes everyone curious.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIf anybody ended up stepping up and beating him, which I don\u2019t see, then it\u2019s always been like that. If I lose, he\u2019s going to pick up the scraps and take out the guy. Not too many guys are going to beat both of us.”<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m content with him being No. 1 and me being No. 2, and that\u2019s pretty much the objective here. It\u2019s pretty much you\u2019ve got Pettis and him fighting for the belt and competing for that position. I think I\u2019m already No. 1 and No. 2 right now, so the deal is almost sealed.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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