NIck Diaz: Fighting teammates is a disgusting thought
Diaz said on a teleconference Thursday there is “nothing” that would make him consider fighting a training partner. “I fight…
Diaz said on a teleconference Thursday there is “nothing” that would make him consider fighting a training partner.
“I fight with him today, yesterday in training,” Diaz said of teammate Jake Shields, who meets Georges St-Pierre for the title next month at UFC 129. “It’s already a done deal.”
“[Jones and Evans are] not real training partners though. You don’t understand, they’re like 10 years apart for one, or something like that. They didn’t grow up training together and [Jones] is brand new to the sport,” Diaz said. “He’s just doing whatever — they got him so busy making photoshoots and press conferences and conference calls and all that — I’m missing practice right now being on this. I missing a very serious practice. I got a lot of people right in front of me on the mat right now training and I need my practice. I’m over here on this call and it’s simple, stuff like this, that’s what they got them doing and they’re not focused on who’s important to them in life.
“I got training partners and I got what works that got me there. That’s my team,” Diaz continued. “That’s a disgusting thought to have to fight my brother. I don’t even appreciate being asked about that.”
