MMA Fighting<\/a> recently, Askren shared his thoughts on the UFC 241 fight between Diaz and Anthony Pettis, and was not particularly kind in his assessment of the former.<\/p>\n\u201cWhen it gets down to it, I know Nate Diaz said he\u2019s not a 155 pounder anymore or whatever bulls\u2014t he says but at the end of the day, Nate Diaz is 1-3 at 170 [pounds]. Nate Diaz is a terrible 170-pounder and that\u2019s all there is to it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnthony versus Nate is going to be fun. I think Anthony is going to kick Nate\u2019s ass and I don\u2019t know that will really affect me that much.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe is not a threat in the slightest bit to the welterweight division. I think we\u2019re getting down to the point where he\u2019s just delusional.\u201d<\/p>\n
While Ben Askren is not impressed by Nate Diaz’s fighting ability, he does give him props for maintaining the interest of fans despite having not fought since 2016.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor what it\u2019s worth, he does a great job making people interested in him. It\u2019s a funny thing because to me he comes off as fairly unintelligent and he says some crazy s\u2014t,\u201d he said. \u201cLike where he said he\u2019s the king of lightweights. It\u2019s kind of funny. In a little demented way, he believes it even though there\u2019s no way it\u2019s close to actually being true. In the same way that a lot of people do, I find it entertaining and in another way it\u2019s like holy s\u2014t this guy is out of his damn mind.\u201d<\/p>\n
What do you think of these comments from Ben Askren? Do you think Nate Diaz will respond?<\/p>\n
This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 7\/2\/2019. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ben Askren is not impressed by Nate Diaz. Speaking to MMA Fighting recently, Askren shared his thoughts on the UFC 241 fight between Diaz and Anthony Pettis, and was not particularly kind in his assessment of the former. \u201cWhen it gets down to it, I know Nate Diaz said he\u2019s not a 155 pounder anymore […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54430,"featured_media":317967,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10184,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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