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Post by Kliquid on Jun 3, 2011 15:08:29 GMT -5
If you beat someone in the top-10, you're a top-10 guy. Daley beat Kampmann, who was in (pretty much) everyone's top-10 at the time of the Daley fight. Can't say I agree. Beating someone who is a borderline top-10 fighter (ala Sanchez beating Kampmann) doesn't make Sanchez a top-10 fighter. Bottom line is, Diaz has VERY few wins against truly top-level opponents. The only one that's even arguable is Paul Daley. And the talent drop off between Georges St-Pierre and Paul Daley is so dramatic that it's hardly even worth mentioning them in the same sentence. |
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Post by Sonnen on Jun 3, 2011 17:48:19 GMT -5
He lost all those fights, man. Also, it's not necessarily about actually getting taken down, though. As St-Pierre showed in the first fight with BJ Penn, apparently pushing your opponent up against the cage for 3 minutes of the round and *attempting* takedowns is good enough. Also, he got out-boxed by Sherk and his baby T-Rex arms. Granted, that was YEARS ago, but still. Let's be honest for a minute - Nick Diaz has zero wins over top-10 opponents in his career. Meanwhile, Georges St-Pierre has basically cleaned out the top-10 in the division while holding numerous wins over a couple of the guys. You seriously don't consider Daley a top-10 fighter? Heh. I consider Daley a top 10 scum bag. ;D |
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Post by Bartman on Jun 9, 2011 17:53:01 GMT -5
Apparently Nick Diaz has just vacated his Strikeforce Welterweight Championship.
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Post by James Hetfield on Jun 9, 2011 18:23:40 GMT -5
That's a bummer. It would have been really special for him to have both titles if he were to win.
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Post by SteveHulk on Jun 9, 2011 19:38:28 GMT -5
Apparently Nick Diaz has just vacated his Strikeforce Welterweight Championship. Yeah... Dana also said that Diaz will be regarded as a UFC fighter now - although he could return to Strikeforce at a hypothetical point in the future. I can see this sort of thing happening in some of the other divisions too... especially once the HW Grand Prix is decided. |
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Post by K5 on Jun 10, 2011 13:17:51 GMT -5
yikes, look out diaz. and i'm a huge fan.
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Post by sean™ on Jun 10, 2011 13:53:28 GMT -5
I really hope the MMA world starts thinking that GSP will walk through Diaz. Why? Because that would most likely motivate Diaz to  GSP up. |
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Post by tnafan17: The Total Package on Jun 14, 2011 7:16:37 GMT -5
I really hope the MMA world starts thinking that GSP will walk through Diaz. Why? Because that would most likely motivate Diaz to GSP up. This. |
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Post by James Hetfield on Jun 29, 2011 2:37:19 GMT -5
You guys wanna see Nick Diaz' cat?
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Post by Kliquid on Jun 29, 2011 10:40:03 GMT -5
Dog stickin his chin out like a champ
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Post by SteveHulk on Jun 29, 2011 16:20:56 GMT -5
Muhammad Alley-cat.
(....I'll get me coat...)
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