Nate Diaz put on a clinic with his unorthodox boxing style

1HitterQuitter · Sep 1, 2010

yea Diaz is a badass. I thought Marcus was gonn aoutbox him (pro boxer). Boy was i wrong. Diaz vs Joe Lauzon!!!

1HitterQuitter · Sep 1, 2010

scurlaruntings said: ↑

Charles will make anyone look good. Primarily because he's an absolute idiot. As for Diaz's peformance "meh". Iv got very little time for the Diaz brothers. I hate the whole macho bravado antics in and out of the ring. I find them painful to watch with their sloppy super overated striking. Its just ****ing abysmal.
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overrated striking?? who has ever praised their striking so much? theyre know for their BJJ. As for Nates recent fight, sloppy but effective.

Mob · Sep 1, 2010

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I'm not fan of the way the Diaz boys act, but some of of you are really going over the top. Since the first time I saw Nate fight on TUF I thought "He's going to get smashed when he fights a good boxer! He's so sloppy and wide open!". Same with his brother. You know what though? They almost always get the better of the striking in every fight they're been in. In fact, the Noons fight and the Gomi fight are the only two I can think of; I can't think of any fight where Nate gets beaten on the feet. As someone else said, it might look different when they fight someone taller and longer than they are, but most guys don't USE their height and length as well as the Daiz boys do. Sure they don't put much behind their punches, but they keep their opponents at the end of them and snap them well enough to bust up nearly everyone they fight.

As for the Davis fight, lets give some credit here. Sure Davis is past his prime and seems a step or so slower than he was a couple of years ago, but as far as punchers in the UFC go, he's got to be near the top. His boxing record is padded, but it's padded against professional boxers and a lot of his knockouts in the UFC were quick and brutal. To put him in the class of guys who don't know how to handle just an average tall opponent is nuts. For someone with his experience and skill to be owned as badly as he was the other night means that Nate Diaz knows what he's doing.

It took me a long time to finally admit that as aesthetically displeasing as I find it, his style WORKS. Who will they have to beat before people get passed how it looks? If Nate beat someone like Alves or Rumble Johnson on the feet, would that do it? I'm not saying he would, but do THOSE GUYS count as the level of striker that would make you see things differently?
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Beebs · Sep 1, 2010

If you get to watch Nick Diaz fight, you know it's going to be fun.

bachatu · Sep 1, 2010

I prefer to watch Nick over Nate. Nate reminds me of a poor man's Nick.

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