{"id":395030,"date":"2021-09-22T07:28:25","date_gmt":"2021-09-22T14:28:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=395030"},"modified":"2021-09-22T07:29:37","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T14:29:37","slug":"joe-rogan-explains-how-nick-diaz-changed-the-sport-of-mma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/joe-rogan-explains-how-nick-diaz-changed-the-sport-of-mma\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Rogan explains how Nick Diaz changed the sport of MMA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC color commentator Joe Rogan explained how welterweight fan-favorite Nick Diaz changed the sport of MMA during his recent podcast.<\/p>\n<p>Due to a previous engagement, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/joe-rogan-to-miss-commentary-duties-for-ufc-266-paul-felder-takes-his-spot-in-the-booth\/\">Rogan will not be sitting at the commentary booth this weekend for UFC 266 when Diaz rematches Robbie Lawler 17 years after they first met<\/a>, but he&#8217;s still very intrigued with the matchup just like the rest of the MMA world. Speaking on his\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4rOoJ6Egrf8K2IrywzwOMk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cJoe Rogan Podcast,&#8221;<\/a> Rogan praised Diaz ahead of his comeback. As far as Rogan goes, Diaz changed the sport because he showed that cardio was one of the most important elements of the game. By having elite cardio on top of his other skills, Nick Diaz and his younger brother Nate Diaz have both achieved an incredible amount of success in MMA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNick Diaz changed the game in terms of his elite cardio. He did something that was a new thing and that new thing was, he\u2019s not gonna hit you with a hundred percent power, he\u2019s gonna hit you with 50 percent. But he\u2019s gonna hit you twice as much, and you\u2019re never going to get to breathe, and he\u2019s gonna stay on top of you, and he\u2019s gonna talk to you the whole time. Psychologically he\u2019s going to disrupt your breathing by constantly hitting you and once he realizes you\u2019re hurt, then he\u2019s digging to the body, then he\u2019s putting it on you. On top of that, blackbelt jiu-jitsu skills, really good wrestling takedown defense, chin made of iron, and unstoppable will,&#8221; Rogan said (h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/2021\/09\/ufc-news-joe-rogan-praises-nick-diaz-cardio-changed-the-game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAjunkie.com<\/a>). \u201cThose guys (Diaz brothers) do a lot of triathlons. That\u2019s one of the reasons why they\u2019re so durable. That\u2019s why they\u2019re always in insane shape. They don\u2019t get tired like everybody else gets tired. They have insane endurance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Do you agree with Joe Rogan about how Nick Diaz changed the game of MMA?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC color commentator Joe Rogan explained how welterweight fan-favorite Nick Diaz changed the sport of MMA during his recent podcast. Due to a previous engagement, Rogan will not be sitting at the commentary booth this weekend for UFC 266 when Diaz rematches Robbie Lawler 17 years after they first met, but he&#8217;s still very intrigued [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54477,"featured_media":335939,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10151,10085,39610],"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>Joe Rogan explains how Nick Diaz changed the sport of MMA | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"UFC color commentator Joe Rogan explained how welterweight fan-favorite Nick Diaz changed the sport of MMA during his recent podcast.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link 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