As coach of arguably the greatest mixed martial artist of all-time, Firas Zahabi is well-placed to judge what makes a good fighter.<\/p>\n
In this case, the Canadian heaped praise on the resilience of Nate Diaz. Speaking in a Q&A on the Tristar Gym<\/a> YouTube channel, Zahabi said,<\/p>\n \u201cIf you put (Nate Diaz) in a fight where there is no time limit, I think he beats 99 percent of fighters.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cYou can\u2019t sub him. You can\u2019t finish him. The guy doesn\u2019t stop walking forward. He puts volume on you. He is the scariest, in my opinion, street fighter in MMA.<\/p>\n \u201cI think if you had to fight him in the street, man, you are in a fight for your life. Ain\u2019t going to be no judges standing you up between rounds. There\u2019s no judge to come and give you the win. No, no. This guy ain\u2019t going away. I think if he had a no time limit fight with Leon Edwards,<\/a> he beats Leon Edwards \u2013 and I have a tremendous admiration for Leon Edwards.\u201d<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/RTSportNews\/status\/1408372356326830082<\/p>\n This is not the first time that Zahabi<\/a> has publicly praised the Stockton native. Speaking earlier this month on the same channel, the MMA mastermind hailed Diaz’s composure.<\/a><\/p>\n “It’s normal to lose your composure. It takes a lot of experience to withstand that. That’s why i’m always telling you guys – look at Nate Diaz. He’s very special in his sense of composure. Nate Diaz, in my opinion, is the most composed fighter in UFC,” he said.<\/p>\n\n