{"id":284729,"date":"2018-09-11T06:25:23","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T13:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=284729"},"modified":"2018-09-11T06:25:23","modified_gmt":"2018-09-11T13:25:23","slug":"nick-diaz-shares-his-thoughts-on-tyron-woodley-vs-darren-till-stop-making-bullst-fights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/nick-diaz\/nick-diaz-shares-his-thoughts-on-tyron-woodley-vs-darren-till-stop-making-bullst-fights\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Diaz shares his thoughts on Tyron Woodley vs. Darren Till: &#8220;Stop making bulls**t fights&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last Saturday night, in the main event of the action-packed UFC 228 card in Dallas, Texas, UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley defended his title with a second-round submission of formerly undefeated British striking specialist Darren Till. While most fans and pundits were very impressed by Woodley&#8217;s big stoppage win, not everybody was. Nick Diaz, for example, seems to think it was a bit of a squash match.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on his Instagram story, the former Strikeforce welterweight champion and UFC welterweight title challenger Nick Diaz shared his thoughts on the fight. See what he had to say below.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nick Diaz weighs in Tyron Woodley vs. Darren Till. (Via his Instagram story). <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uMIr21TCN7\">pic.twitter.com\/uMIr21TCN7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chamatkar Sandhu (@SandhuMMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SandhuMMA\/status\/1038752021220872192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 9, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI missed the whole fight &#8230; I\u2019ve never had an easy fight in my life,&#8221; Diaz said, admitting he actually missed the whole fight (transcript via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2018\/9\/11\/17844686\/midnight-mania-nick-diaz-on-woodley-till-stop-making-bullsh-t-fights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAMania<\/a>). &#8220;Fight that kid &#8230; I wouldn\u2019t take one&#8230; It\u2019s like &#8230; stop making bullshit fights with this guy!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nick Diaz has not fought since January of 2015, when he fought Anderson Silva in a bout that was ruled a no contest when Silva tested positive for drostanolone and androsterone and Diaz tested positive for marijuana metabolites.<\/p>\n<p>That being said, Nick Diaz has recently been hinting at a possible return to the Octagon. As always, the possibility has generated a tidal wave of excitement among fans, who have been dying to see him return to the cage since he last fought.<\/p>\n<p>If Nick Diaz returns to the cage, who do you want to see him fight? How do you think he&#8217;d fair against the current UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 9\/11\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last Saturday night, in the main event of the action-packed UFC 228 card in Dallas, Texas, UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley defended his title with a second-round submission of formerly undefeated British striking specialist Darren Till. While most fans and pundits were very impressed by Woodley&#8217;s big stoppage win, not everybody was. 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