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Nate Diaz recently made the headlines for getting into an altercation at a club. The UFC veteran retired after submitting Tony Ferguson at UFC 279 and went on to box former rival Jorge Masvidal in July 2024.
Over the years, Diaz has been in several heated altercations with fellow fighters and regular citizens. Although a lot of fans love to see him throw hands outside the Octagon, such incidents usually end up getting a mixed reaction in MMA circles.
Diaz’s latest brawl with a club bouncer is no exception. While some fans cheered for the UFC legend as he squared up, others like Michael Bisping have criticized him…
Bisping was reacting to Khamzat Chimaev submitting Luke Rockhold in a friendly match on his YouTube channel recently. Before beginning the breakdown, he pointed out how both fighters knew about being recorded.
On a similar note, “The Count” remembered prominent UFC fighters like Israel Adesanya and Diaz getting into conflicts and being recorded in the last week. Bisping claimed that nowadays, people intentionally try to provoke fighters and then sue them.
“That guy knew exactly who Israel Adesanya was. He was probably doing it to goad him on to maybe, sue him down the line because that’s just the state of the world we live in.”
While Adesanya is pressing charges against the person who verbally abused him, the same can’t be said for Diaz. It’s hard to justify his actions as self-defense and Bisping was quite critical of it.
“Nate Diaz, he did the same thing a few days ago. Once again, getting into some kind of altercation out and about on a night out with a doorman, you know what I mean? I’m not going to sit here and bash Nate Diaz because he’s got legions of fans but come on, what the hell? The man’s almost 40 years old, can’t be going out there and getting into altercations like this every time, every time, right? Listen, I wasn’t innocent when I was a kid but you got to grow up and mature at some point. Nate Diaz is a very very famous man, right? You got to know that people again, are going to be on their phones.”
“The Count” looked back at the times he used to get into brawls constantly but claimed to have matured with age. He expects Diaz to follow a similar route and avoid such altercations for his own good.
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He’s right. There’s a lot to appreciate about Nate, but his intellect and decision making is not high on that list.
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Bisping holds the record as the only man to be finished twice in two separate fights. Both times by men named Silva.
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Bisping giving advice on how to not market yourself as a fighter and plummet ppv sales
I deeply respect Bisping. He’s a great example of a person who succeeded by the force of his own self belief and dedication. He was a decent kickboxer when he started with subpar wrestling and he was a very average athlete. He kept working and getting better despite everyone saying he could not be successful. He became a world champion. Dude has an incredible force of will. A lot of fighters say they are willing to die, few actually believe it in their core. He obviously did.
I don’t think I ever rooted for him in a single bout.
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bisping got sucker punched by some dork on video and laughed at him
impressive temper control
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I think he openly admits he wasn’t innocent of stupid behavior on his own behalf but I think his point is that at some point you have to move past the ego tough guy shit.
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Bisping went from luis gomez to anthony lionheart smith because he couldn’t control his emotions. His ability to NOT control his emotions killed his podcast
What happened there? I used to really enjoy the podcast and then the Puerto Rican Rattlesnake was gone and along with it my interest.
It helps that he has a seemingly great family. A hot and loyal wife and two cool kids.
There’s nothing in Diaz’s life that keeps him domesticated.
Besides a life in martial arts that require discipline, lots of money, loads of success, the benefit of age and mentorship.
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Is there vid of the Diaz altercation?
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people become professional fighters for different reasons. some people get into the sport and find they have a natural aptitude for it, so they pursue that. maybe they become greats, but it’s something they do because they good at it.
others are students of the game. they’re so interested in the art part of martial arts that their journey takes them to testing themselves and their style fighting other people. again, sometimes they become greats but it’s because they’re dedicated.
and then there are people who would be fighting no matter what. if they never found organized professional fighting they’d be in jail or dead. maybe dead in jail. that’s guys like the diaz brothers.
point being, now that he doesn’t get his fighting done in the cage, he’ll continue to fight people where he finds fight in them.
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Bisping had a standup show that luis was supposed to be at and didn’t make it.
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trying to act hard in your 30s is gay as fuck
