{"id":330352,"date":"2019-10-31T12:48:31","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T19:48:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=330352"},"modified":"2019-10-31T12:48:31","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T19:48:31","slug":"nate-diaz-ive-been-the-best-for-a-long-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/nate-diaz-ive-been-the-best-for-a-long-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Nate Diaz: &#8216;I&#8217;ve been the best for a long time&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nate Diaz might not be a UFC champion, but he considers himself the best fighter in the sport.<\/p>\n<p>Diaz opened up on his place in the sport ahead of his UFC 244 fight with Jorge Masvidal.<\/p>\n<p>See what he had to say below (video via <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/o9IgZsKiS2E\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SBN MMA<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nate Diaz: &#039;I&#039;ve Been the Best for a Long Time&#039; | UFC 244 | Open Workouts\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/o9IgZsKiS2E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p id=\"lFwfOr\">\u201cJust like people trying to learn the physical game, mental game, technical game of martial arts and catch up \u2014 they spend their whole careers trying to catch up to be the best,\u201d Diaz said (transcript via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2019\/10\/30\/20941170\/nate-diaz-ufc-244-open-workouts-jorge-masvidal-new-york-msg-mma-news-video\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Mania<\/a>). \u201cI think I\u2019ve been the best for a long time. I just had to figure out a way to put it out there and let it be known that I\u2019m the best in the whole sport.<\/p>\n<p id=\"2rRVwJ\">\u201cLook, anybody who fights me, it\u2019s going to be like this,\u201d Diaz continued, drawing attention to the crowd response. \u201cThis is what it is. Baddest motherf\u2014ker, that\u2019s what I already am. I was just letting it be known, now it\u2019s on a large scale. Win, lose, belt, no belt, every fight I fight is going to be the biggest fight. The baddest motherf\u2014ker fight. Cause I ain\u2019t fighting no suckers. No more. Anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Needless to say, Diaz is feeling confident ahead of his UFC 244 fight with Masvidal.<\/p>\n<p>The pair will collide in the UFC&#8217;s first \u2014 and allegedly last \u2014 BMF title fight. BMF, for those living under rocks, stands for &#8220;bad motherf**ker.&#8221; The fight will be commemorated by a special belt that will be presented by <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/video-brock-lesnar-beats-cain-velasquez-at-wwe-crown-jewel\/\">pro wrestling<\/a> legend and Hollywood superstar <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/the-rock-confirms-he-will-award-bmf-belt-teases-special-announcement-for-mma-fans\/\">Dwayne &#8220;The Rock&#8221; Johnson<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Do you think Nate Diaz will win BMF gold at UFC 244? If he does, where do you think he&#8217;ll rank among the sport&#8217;s best fighters?<\/p>\n<p><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\/31\/2019.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nate Diaz might not be a UFC champion, but he considers himself the best fighter in the sport. Diaz opened up on his place in the sport ahead of his UFC 244 fight with Jorge Masvidal. See what he had to say below (video via SBN MMA). \u201cJust like people trying to learn the physical [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54430,"featured_media":303547,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10123,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Nate Diaz: &#039;I&#039;ve been the best for a long time&#039; | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Nate Diaz declares himself the best fighter in MMA ahead of his UFC 244 BMF title fight with fellow fan favorite &quot;Gamebred&quot; Jorge Masvidal.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/nate-diaz-ive-been-the-best-for-a-long-time\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nate Diaz: &#039;I&#039;ve been the best for a long time&#039; 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