{"id":333582,"date":"2019-11-29T06:22:43","date_gmt":"2019-11-29T14:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=333582"},"modified":"2019-11-29T06:22:43","modified_gmt":"2019-11-29T14:22:43","slug":"jorge-masvidal-explains-appeal-of-nick-diaz-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jorge-masvidal-explains-appeal-of-nick-diaz-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Jorge Masvidal explains appeal of Nick Diaz fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nick Diaz hasn&#8217;t fought since early 2015, but he&#8217;s still the kind of opponent that Jorge Masvidal finds very appealing.<\/p>\n<p>Masvidal, who is currently the top contender in the stacked UFC welterweight division, explained the allure of a fight with Nick Diaz during a recent chat with Brendan Schaub.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jorge Masvidal | Food Truck Diaries | BELOW THE BELT with Brendan Schaub\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OJPOvFxrhA4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf he\u2019s got that fire lit under him, I know we\u2019re going to have a fight,\u201d Masvidal told Schaub on a recent episode of <em>Food Truck Diaries<\/em> (transcript via <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/2019\/11\/jorge-masvidal-nick-diaz-fight-that-pumps-me-up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Junkie<\/a>).\u00a0\u201cI know Nick\u2019s a dog. He\u2019s going to take whatever I can give, and I\u2019m going to give him everything that I got to hit the off button, to turn him off, as well, so I\u2019m excited for the fight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know he wants to hurt me. He has to avenge his little brother, so it\u2019s a fight that pumps me up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Masvidal continued, praising Nick Diaz for his heart and his fighting style.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHuge fight, and it has a huge backstory, too,\u201d Masvidal said, before looking back on the time he and Diaz spent competing under the Strikeforce banner. \u201cIt\u2019s definitely a fight, and always growing up, me and Nick both fought in Strikeforce in different shows, and I\u2019ve always liked Nick\u2019s style, as well. I\u2019ve always liked how he scraps. I never thought he was the most skilled guy, but I think he\u2019s one of the guys with the biggest heart, you know? Would just lay it all out there, win or lose. He\u2019d always give it his all, and that\u2019s something that I truly admire, that quality in a fighter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If he\u2019s the fastest, strongest, it\u2019s good, but my favorite quality in a fighter is the dog, is the guy that just doesn\u2019t take no for an answer \u2013 even if he \u00a0gets beat up, but he just never took no for an answer,&#8221; Masvidal added.<\/p>\n<p>Do you think this Nick Diaz vs. Jorge Masvidal fight will get made?<\/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 11\/29\/2019.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nick Diaz hasn&#8217;t fought since early 2015, but he&#8217;s still the kind of opponent that Jorge Masvidal finds very appealing. Masvidal, who is currently the top contender in the stacked UFC welterweight division, explained the allure of a fight with Nick Diaz during a recent chat with Brendan Schaub. \u201cIf he\u2019s got that fire lit [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54430,"featured_media":325964,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10515,10085,39610],"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>Jorge Masvidal explains appeal of Nick Diaz fight | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former Strikeforce champ Nick Diaz hasn&#039;t fought since early 2015, but he&#039;s still the kind of opponent that Jorge Masvidal finds very appealing.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, 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