Nate is one of the most active fighters on the bottom I've ever seen, his performance off his back in TUF vs Gray Maynard was brilliant. Wrestlers at 155 aren't going to have the weight, size & strength advantage over Nate that guys like Rory MacDonald did at 170. Guys like Ben Henderson would be extremely difficult for Nate to deal with, but I don't think he'll be getting pinned down for 3 rounds anymore, I think he'll be a handful for anyone at lightweight. And other than someone like Barboza who is on a different level technically, I don't see many fighters having much success against him on the feet, his reach, chin and volume-punching will be horrible to deal with for 99% of 155ers. Frankie Edgar would not enjoy fighting Nate, at all.
I still think the UFC are to position heavy when it comes to scoring a fight on the ground. As I said Nate is a very good fighter one of my favourites not to many can stand with him but his TDD is very suspect in my opinion he always ends up on his back in a fight when someone is determined to take him there. I thought he should of got the nod over the Korean when he was working from the bottom. If someone is fighting him with good TD's and good top control you know Nate is going to have to do something special from his back with the way the UFC judging is at the minute. He seems to happy on his back but as you said he is always working but not too many judges would side with that. Just my opinion as I said I hope I'm wrong because I'm a big fan of Nate's
The fight against Kim showed how hard it is to win a round from the bottom. Nate was striking and went for about 5 subs but it wasn't enough to win him the round!
Haha, not a one-day tournament, but they should definitely make 3 fights with those 6. :think How about Guida/Maynard, with the winner fighting Miller. At the same time we have Lauzon/Pettis, while Diaz could fight Barboza. Then the winners of these two fights would square off, and the winner would face the Miller/winner of Guida/Maynard fight winner. :shock:
http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2012/1/24/2731621/ufc-on-fox-3-nate-diaz-vs-jim-miller-announced-mma-news :thumbsup
UFC/Zuffa 155 is probably the deepest competition in all of sports. In the Premier League I would say you have 7 top teams, maybe 4 to 7 top guys in Tennis etc Lightweight is almost every fighter is dangerous but beatable. The top 10 are all battling so hard for top dog status.
WAR DIAZ vs MILLER - how nice is it when the best matches get made in any sport but especially combat!
