{"id":329955,"date":"2019-10-29T07:05:29","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T14:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=329955"},"modified":"2019-10-29T07:05:29","modified_gmt":"2019-10-29T14:05:29","slug":"nate-diaz-slams-rivals-for-anti-fighting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/nate-diaz-slams-rivals-for-anti-fighting\/","title":{"rendered":"Nate Diaz slams rivals for &#8216;anti-fighting&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nate Diaz is one of the most entertaining fighters in the game, and he knows it.\u00a0Unfortunately, Diaz does not think particularly highly of many of his peers.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of his UFC 244 with Jorge Masvidal \u2014 one of the few men he does respect \u2014 Diaz took a shot at many of the other fighters that populate the UFC roster, criticizing them for fighting to win at the expense of entertainment.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nate Diaz talks Jorge Masvidal fight, making of BMF title, Nick Diaz army | Ariel Helwani\u2019s MMA Show\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qGNKtE8ByoI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Nobody\u2019s been acknowledging me when I did the dopest sh*t in the game,&#8221; Diaz said on Ariel Helwani&#8217;s MMA Show on Monday (transcript via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmanews.com\/nate-diaz-not-surprised-jorge-masvidal-was-happy-with-callout\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA News<\/a>). &#8220;Like f*cking 10, 15 years ago I triangle choked Kurt Pellegrino and was like, \u201cwhat?\u201d after getting worked the first round. I\u2019m like, that\u2019s freestyle too.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve done all kinds of cool sh*t,\u201d Diaz continued. \u201cI\u2019ve done all kinds of good fights and \u2018Fight of the Night\u2019 over and over and over. \u2018Submission of the Night\u2019 over and over and it gets underlooked when they start blowing somebody up. And then they\u2019re acting like you\u2019re not there. I\u2019m like, \u2018hold up, don\u2019t be big leaguing me. You ain\u2019t in no position to be big leaguing nobody because your fights are all wack anyway.\u2019 All the guys that are contenders and championship fighters is cause they\u2019re loopholing themselves into being in those positions. Run from the guy, run from the guy. Hold onto the guy. Anti-fight, \u2018let\u2019s get through this and win.\u2019 And then afterwards they\u2019re so juiced like they accomplished some big thing. I\u2019m like, \u2018dude congratulations, you\u2019re a p*ssy.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nate Diaz and Jorge Masvidal will collide with the UFC&#8217;s first and last BMF title on the line. UFC 244 goes down in New York City this Saturday. <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/how-to-watch-ufc\/\">The card will air on pay-per-view<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think of this comment from Nate Diaz?<\/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 10\/29\/2019.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nate Diaz is one of the most entertaining fighters in the game, and he knows it.\u00a0Unfortunately, Diaz does not think particularly highly of many of his peers. 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