{"id":53759,"date":"2013-03-08T09:01:17","date_gmt":"2013-03-08T17:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=53759"},"modified":"2022-02-06T13:14:55","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T21:14:55","slug":"1diaz-looking-past-diaz-and-to-superfights-at-155-185-ufc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/1diaz-looking-past-diaz-and-to-superfights-at-155-185-ufc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Diaz Looking Past GSP And To Superfights At 155 &#038; 185 | UFC NEWS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/nick-diaz.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-49176\" title=\"nick diaz\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/nick-diaz.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/nick-diaz.jpg 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/nick-diaz-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/nick-diaz-361x250.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>\u201cI\u2019m always on that, looking to the future. Me and Georges St-Pierre, we\u2019re a lot different. For me, I look past every opponent because I know I\u2019m in this. I\u2019m not just looking at one obstacle. I think for me it\u2019s easier to deal with when I accept the fact that I\u2019m never going to get out of this. It\u2019s not just good fights, it\u2019s fighters. I\u2019m looking past every opponent to get to the No. 1 spot of the welterweight division and then I look past that. I look further beyond that. Like, if it were up to me, I\u2019d take that fight with Anderson Silva. I would say, yeah, of course, I\u2019m looking forward to being the best that can be, always. The next best thing has always been the next closer fight to the No. 1 fight, and that\u2019s what I\u2019ve been working toward this whole time. I always have that mindset. If I had that option available to me I would be honored to be in that position and I would be gratefully accepting of that position or fight if you will with the 185-pound champion or the 155-pound champion (Benson Henderson). I would take either fight, and I think I could beat either guy. I would like to be the guy to win a title at both weights. I\u2019d like to be a runner-up in the pound-for-pound rankings. That\u2019s the No. 1 goal aside from the No. 1 ranking in the welterweight division.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Taking the opposite stance from his UFC 158 opponent, Nick Diaz says he wants to fight the two-neighboring champions and would relish the opportunity to do so.<\/p>\n<p>Thoughts?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI\u2019m always on that, looking to the future. Me and Georges St-Pierre, we\u2019re a lot different. For me, I look past every opponent because I know I\u2019m in this. I\u2019m not just looking at one obstacle. I think for me it\u2019s easier to deal with when I accept the fact that I\u2019m never going to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2616,"featured_media":49176,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2681],"tags":[397,11,649,672,15,3428,16],"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>Diaz Looking Past GSP And To Superfights At 155 &amp; 185 | UFC NEWS | BJPenn.com<\/title>\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\/ufcnews\/1diaz-looking-past-diaz-and-to-superfights-at-155-185-ufc-news\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Diaz Looking Past GSP And To Superfights At 155 &amp; 185 | UFC NEWS | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cI\u2019m always on that, looking to the future. 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