{"id":87785,"date":"2014-02-26T12:57:22","date_gmt":"2014-02-26T20:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=87785"},"modified":"2022-02-06T12:00:52","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T20:00:52","slug":"nick-diaz-im-a-better-stand-up-fighter-than-anderson-silva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/nick-diaz-im-a-better-stand-up-fighter-than-anderson-silva\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Diaz: “I\u2019m a better stand-up fighter than Anderson Silva.”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cA lot of the fan base can conceive why I\u2019d be a good fight for either guy (Lawler or Hendricks). Either one of these fights would be a good fight for me. I\u2019m the No. 1 draw in this weight division, that\u2019s just the way it is. I win by submissions, knockouts. There\u2019s guys ranked above me, but no one\u2019s interested in seeing them fight. They want to see me fight. You want to make a good fight, this\u2019ll be a good fight. The guys [Hendricks has] beat haven\u2019t been stand-up guys. He\u2019s a wrestler who punches hard. I\u2019m not sure what the UFC\u2019s agenda is when it comes to me. It\u2019s their show, their press. They can change to whatever they want to do at any point. They own this thing. They can do whatever they want. If they don\u2019t want this right now, they don\u2019t have to do it. It\u2019s more about the fans wanting this.”<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cPeople aren\u2019t stupid. You can\u2019t ignore their real, ultimate understanding. They know what\u2019s going on. It\u2019s mixed martial arts. The real fans of martial arts understand intuitively \u2026 there\u2019s a connection with me. You know when I fight, I\u2019m going to sell out the show. Everyone wants to see someone get knocked out or tapped out.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cMe calling out Roy Jones is disrespectful. But if they want to do that, want to do something like that, [combining] sports [in a boxing match], I\u2019ll do it. I feel I\u2019m a better stand-up fighter than Anderson Silva.”<\/em><\/p>\n

It’s weird to see so many statements from Nick Diaz come out in the past week<\/a> or so. We usually never hear from the Stockton Bad Boy himself, but here he is and he wants a title shot.<\/p>\n

He just doesn’t want to earn it. ‘He’s the only draw’<\/a>, so that should be enough.<\/p>\n

In this most recent of interviews with the L.A. Times<\/a> (above)<\/em>, Diaz also stated that he would fight Roy Jones Jr. in a boxing match and believes he stands a better chance than Anderson Silva.<\/p>\n

Thoughts?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cA lot of the fan base can conceive why I\u2019d be a good fight for either guy (Lawler or Hendricks). Either one of these fights would be a good fight for me. I\u2019m the No. 1 draw in this weight division, that\u2019s just the way it is. I win by submissions, knockouts. 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