UFC 158: St-Pierre vs. Diaz (March 16th)

REDDzone · Post #101 » by **REDDzone** » Fri Mar 8, 2013 3:41 am

Susan wrote:Honestly, as disjointed as Nick 's comments were, he did have a point. He's not a terrible person. He's never done anything heinous besides be annoying or loud. The whole I want to beat him violently thing is kind of creepy and Nick deserves to be offended by it.

I love his comments about what martial arts is about. Not about being being strong and athletic, etc.

Post #102 » by **blkout** » Fri Mar 8, 2013 7:44 am

Uneducated fool is my new go-to insult

SDM · Post #103 » by **SDM** » Fri Mar 8, 2013 11:47 am

That was a really weird interview. He needs help. Fewer yes men, more people who actually care about him.

Post #104 » by **Headliner** » Fri Mar 8, 2013 1:21 pm

Diaz is out to lunch.
His sentences are so disjointed it's sad. He seems like the kid that has smoked himself into a state of anxiety filled depression and dwells on conspiracies as an explenation to explain everything going on around him.

And how is it any different to say I'm going into this fight angry and i'm going to put a hurting on him, than when Diaz says I'm going into this fight and going to put an ass whoopin on him?
The guy is so delusional it's sad.

Post #105 » by **Headliner** » Fri Mar 8, 2013 1:29 pm

" The bottom line is Georges is being a little b****. He didn't step up and say anything when the UFC pulled me out of this fight. I understand sometimes you have to do what you're told, but why wouldn't you tell the media you still want to fight me? If I was Georges, I would want to fight the best. I would have asked for the Anderson Silva fight. I would have asked to fight the Strikeforce champ. But he sits there like a robot and doesn't say anything at all, just like he's not going to say anything about me calling him a b**** now. If I saw B.J. Penn walking down the street and called him a b****, we would be fighting right there on the spot."

LOL Diaz is so stupid I doubt he remembers even saying this.
So he calls him a bitch, and says that if this were the streets they'd be fighting. So GSP gets mad and says I'll put a hurting on ya, and Diaz replies that he's crazy and why would someone think like that?

I think an 11 year old has a more rational sense of reality than Diaz does. He's obviously not bright.

tracey_nice · Post #106 » by **tracey_nice** » Fri Mar 8, 2013 4:14 pm

ck Diaz: I deserve to get beat down, that's what you said right? Honestly, I don't think you deserve to get beat down. I don't want anybody to get beat down. I'd like to win the fight. You know me real well. You know I deserve to get beat down.

I believe you believed what you said to the cameras that I deserved to get beat down. You're making those statements to the whole world that I'm a piece of **** that deserves to get beat down and you let Dana say I'm the most disrespectful person you've ever met

the "deserve" part is bad. gsp is implicitly saying that nick diazo's personality/behaviour is SO BAD that he deserves to get beat. which jives with the marketing for the event. diaz as some evil, disrespectful guy. getting fans riled up. stupid.

Post #107 » by **Shaazzam** » Fri Mar 8, 2013 4:29 pm

the thing is that when you play the bad guy, which Diaz has, don't be surprised if people buy it

Diaz has tried to excuses his statements by saying that he was just trying to talk **** in order to climb the ladder. I get that. sonnen has made a career off of doing just that. but don't be surprised if there is pushback from the **** talk. you can't just operate in a bubble in which the actions you take in order to generate attention in turn generate negative attention. the world doesn't work like that.

Post #108 » by **Shaazzam** » Fri Mar 8, 2013 4:35 pm

oh and as for the Dana quote... wasn't that right after Diaz ran down George and called him a coward? George Goes to the back loses his **** on Dana and Dana comes out and starts hyping the fight. sounds like what a promoter does.... how was George supposed to stop that? that sound byte was made a long ass time ago and is getting play now. is George supposed to shut it down?

GetBuLLish · Post #109 » by **GetBuLLish** » Fri Mar 8, 2013 5:00 pm

Susan wrote:Honestly, as disjointed as Nick 's comments were, he did have a point. He's not a terrible person. He's never done anything heinous besides be annoying or loud. The whole I want to beat him violently thing is kind of creepy and Nick deserves to be offended by it.

Diaz has talked a ton of sh*t and GSP wants to beat the crap out of him for it. How is that at all offensive?

It's not like these are two golfers, and one of the golfers says, "I want to get on the course and violently beat up my opponent." These are fighters...

cowboyronnie · Post #110 » by **cowboyronnie** » Fri Mar 8, 2013 5:01 pm

REDDzone wrote:
Susan wrote:Honestly, as disjointed as Nick 's comments were, he did have a point. He's not a terrible person. He's never done anything heinous besides be annoying or loud. The whole I want to beat him violently thing is kind of creepy and Nick deserves to be offended by it.

I love his comments about what martial arts is about. Not about being being strong and athletic, etc.

But that's B.S. Cos it is. It might not be about lifting weights-type strong, but it's certainly about body alignment and angles of leverage and balance and so on. Which is exactly what Georges has. I doubt Georges does much weight training anymore unless it's injury-prevention. Technique and strength aren't oppositions. Nick is just bitter grapesing about being a scrawny aerobic athlete.

REDDzone · Post #111 » by **REDDzone** » Fri Mar 8, 2013 5:06 pm

I didn't get out of it that he was saying technique and strength are in opposition. I just took it to mean that he believes himself to be more technical, maybe not even than GSP but just in general. I didn't listen to the interview though, just read some quotes, so maybe I missed something. Also, I doubt Nick is too bitter about his build, some of the most successful athletes in mma history have been skinny, long dudes. Hell, the best athletes right NOW are. See Cruz, Silva, Bones, etc.

cowboyronnie · Post #112 » by **cowboyronnie** » Fri Mar 8, 2013 5:09 pm

Nick complaining about not getting Nike or Adidas endorsements! No s***, capn no show.

tracey_nice · Post #113 » by **tracey_nice** » Fri Mar 8, 2013 5:16 pm

"You worked on your backflip and got your sht right." --Nick Diaz

LOOL

Post #114 » by **Headliner** » Fri Mar 8, 2013 5:20 pm

tracey_nice wrote:
ck Diaz: I deserve to get beat down, that's what you said right? Honestly, I don't think you deserve to get beat down. I don't want anybody to get beat down. I'd like to win the fight. You know me real well. You know I deserve to get beat down.

I believe you believed what you said to the cameras that I deserved to get beat down. You're making those statements to the whole world that I'm a piece of **** that deserves to get beat down and you let Dana say I'm the most disrespectful person you've ever met

the "deserve" part is bad. gsp is implicitly saying that nick diazo's personality/behaviour is SO BAD that he deserves to get beat. which jives with the marketing for the event. diaz as some evil, disrespectful guy. getting fans riled up. stupid.

This is coming from the guy who is screaming 'this is **** war' blah blah blah. It's not as if he's articulate and calculating with his words. The guy is a boner, not a wordsmith. Yet he's trying to pinpoint a fragment of a sentence from a guy who's speaking in his second language (although he is strong in it).

Saying "I'd slap you in the street" "You're a bitch" etc to a guy allows that guy to say you deserve to get beat down (by his hands). GSP is not saying he's going to murder him. He's saying he's going to beat him up, and put a hurting on him, which is different than Diaz saying "Im going to whoop his ass' how?

Diaz is a complete boner.

REDDzone · Post #115 » by **REDDzone** » Fri Mar 8, 2013 5:21 pm

This is the fight I want but honestly I think GSP beats Diaz anywhere he wants to, tbh.

SDM · Post #116 » by **SDM** » Fri Mar 8, 2013 5:32 pm

REDDzone wrote:This is the fight I want but honestly I think GSP beats Diaz anywhere he wants to, tbh.

I think I've always been more interested in the build up than the actual fight itself. MMA foreplay.

Post #117 » by **Headliner** » Fri Mar 8, 2013 5:36 pm

REDDzone wrote:This is the fight I want but honestly I think GSP beats Diaz anywhere he wants to, tbh.

I'm so ready for this fight. I've been wanting it for awhile.
It's not often you get those 'lines in the sand' fights for fans, where they are divided so strongly on which side they are with.

I think if GSP comes out, and views this fight as a legacy fight, he might put on a dominant showing. Georges wrestling should such be a massive advantage, and he has never fought anyone near the calibre of GSP.

He's got like 1 big name win and it's against Penn, and he couldn't finish him and Penn has beeb 1 w 4 L - 1 D
during this whole episode.

Diaz is gonna get mauled.

I would love to see Rory get a go at him after GSP

REDDzone · Post #118 » by **REDDzone** » Fri Mar 8, 2013 5:39 pm

GSP does seem emotional though. Maybe he overextends or leaves himself open and Diaz grabs something or lands something. This isn't gsp/Hardy here, but I still really favor gsp.

Post #119 » by **Shaazzam** » Fri Mar 8, 2013 5:47 pm

I'm really interested in seeing gsp's jab vs diaz's all around boxing. not saying all gap has is a jab, but its a damn good one.

Post #120 » by **Headliner** » Fri Mar 8, 2013 5:50 pm

I don't think he needs to be worried too much of Diaz's one punch knockout, so he may play around on his feet some, but I think he's going to want to put on a dominant showing, and he can do that more effectively on the ground.

Personally I think GSP is the best strategist in the sport. He mentally breaksdown and frustrates every guy he fights for the first 2-3 rounds, you can see it on their face, they are in hell. Diaz is such a hot head that I could see after a round or two of being on his back, or getting taken down at will, he just goes balls out and leaves himself open for something that GSP can really capitalize on.

I think the key for Diaz is to stuff a few take downs early and win round 1 and not get mentally shook...which I don't think GSP has lost since...I have no idea when. He's a first round beast.