Green: Training with the Diaz brothers ‘changed my life’
Bobby Green: “It’s not many times you get to be around the guys you looked up to in fighting and get to experience how they train and how they do things.”
Bobby Green is an impressive eight win streak, four in Strikeforce and four in the UFC; an impressive feat for any fighter in any division. Green next fights Edson Barboza this weekend at UFC Fight Night 57 and he feels more prepared than ever to win and credits his move to Stockton for his new confidence:
“I went to train with the Diaz brothers,” Green revealed when speaking to FOX Sports. “It was fun, it was a great experience. It changed my life.
Green teamed up with Nick and Nate Diaz as well as UFC lightweight contender Gilbert Melendez and former UFC title challenger Jake Shields. The results have not only put him on the right path to get a victory this weekend, but he believes it helped him feel a sense of family around again.
“It’s not many times you get to be around the guys you looked up to in fighting and get to experience how they train and how they do things. It was a very enlightening thing just to get to experience that,” Green said.
“It was amazing. I got to stay at Nate’s house the whole time. He really treated me like a little brother. I’m just very appreciative. I don’t have words for it.”