{"id":331886,"date":"2019-11-12T19:37:29","date_gmt":"2019-11-13T03:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=331886"},"modified":"2019-11-12T19:37:31","modified_gmt":"2019-11-13T03:37:31","slug":"nick-diaz-says-bmf-belt-is-truly-his-but-didnt-want-to-get-in-nates-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/nick-diaz-says-bmf-belt-is-truly-his-but-didnt-want-to-get-in-nates-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Diaz says BMF belt is truly his but didn&#8217;t want to get in Nate&#8217;s way"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Nick Diaz believes he is MMA\u2019s true &#8216;Baddest Motherf****r&#8217; and should thus hold the title. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ufc-244-results-jorge-masvidal-defeats-nate-diaz-highlights\/\">Jorge Masvidal beat Nate Diaz in the main event of UFC 244 to win the BMF title<\/a>, Nick doesn&#8217;t consider &#8220;Gamebred&#8221; the real BMF. He says that belt should have been his from the get-go but he didn&#8217;t want to get in the way of his younger brother, Nate, pursuing it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s my belt,\u201d Diaz said on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/espnmma\/status\/1193978023357407232\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Ariel Helwani's MMA Show about the BMF belt (opens in a new tab)\">Ariel Helwani&#8217;s MMA Show about the BMF belt<\/a>. \u201cBut I\u2019m not going to get in my brother\u2019s way of taking it, you know what I mean? But as far as I\u2019m concerned that\u2019s my belt. I\u2019m like, \u2018you just fought my baby brother. The reason why I say that is because he ain\u2019t got nothing to be mad about. \u201cHe ain\u2019t trippin\u2019. Trust me. We never skipped a beat. I have ups and downs with everybody but never with my younger brother. You know what I mean? We don\u2019t have that issue.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Something else Nick Diaz got mad about is Jorge Masvidal saying he wanted to baptize Nate. He said<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/nick-diaz-absolutely-not-interested-in-fighting\/\"> about the possibility of fighting Masvidal down the line<\/a>, yet many are unsure if they want to see Diaz fight again. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nick Diaz has not fought since January of 2015 when he lost to Anderson Silva by decision which was overturned to a no-contest. Before that, he lost to Georges St-Pierre for the welterweight title and Carlos Condit for the interim welterweight title. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Stockton, California native was known as a fan favorite and a real BMF early on. He would fight anyone and defended the Strikeforce welterweight three times. Nick Diaz also holds wins over B.J. 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