Diaz: If I lose this fight, I’m going to the hospital
Diaz seems well aware of that fact, and sounds as if he’s in no hurry to trade punches with the…
Diaz seems well aware of that fact, and sounds as if he’s in no hurry to trade punches with the Brazilian challenger.
“The thing is, if you take shots from this guy, they’re going to be hard shots. If I lose this fight, I’m going to the hospital. That’s how I feel about this. It doesn’t change the way I look at it. He’s a good fighter.”
If he goes on bottom, I’ll wreck him.
The one thing Diaz feels supremely confident in is his assertion that Santos will want to avoid being on his back at all costs – so much so that Diaz said he doesn’t expect to see much in the way of kicking or Thai clinching from him. With his size advantage and his superior jiu-jitsu, he said, Santos will be too wary of being taken down and kept there.
“He can’t go on bottom against me,” said Diaz. “If he goes on bottom, I’ll wreck him. I’ll finish him. He doesn’t want to be there. His only chance is to move around and throw punches, which is what I do. He really does want to come out and do something crazy in the first or second round. I just have to avoid that.”