Archive for February, 2011

Feb 1st 2011

Big Matt’s Fight Chat: Assessing Nick Diaz

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I’ve walked a long, strange road with Nick Diaz.  In my MMA infancy he was a prospect with a bad attitude who lost as often as he won.  I didn’t particularly like him, but more than that, I didn’t really think he mattered.  Three fight losing streaks will do that.  When Diaz eventually left the UFC, I assumed I’d never see him again.  Good riddance to bad rubbish, thought I.  Better to root for the salt-of-the-earth Christians at the Miletich camp*. *I actually never, ever liked those guys, and I still don’t (although the old man version of Hughes has grown on [...]