Nick Diaz: ‘I’d like to fight for the title’
Nick Diaz: “I’d like to fight for the title. I think that would be a big deal and worth fighting for. I want fights that will lead to a title fight.”
At last, Nick Diaz is unretired, with a three-fight contract extension, and hopes to fight in early 2015.
“[I came today] to sort things out with Dana White and Lorenzo,” said Diaz to Matt Parrino for UFC.com. “It was hard times for a little bit, but people act like I’ve been doing nothing. I’ve been getting some things done. Just because I’m not getting punched around every day doesn’t mean I’m not focused on what I’m doing. Now, here we are.”
“I’ve been doing a whole lot of not getting punched around-type stuff. I’ve been staying in shape pretty good, doing a lot of running. It’s been a good experience having this much time off.”
“I can fight tomorrow; tonight. You have to do what you have to do.”
Realistically, Diaz eyes a 2015 return, and has his eyes on huge fights.
“I’d like to fight for the title,” said Diaz. “I think that would be a big deal and worth fighting for. I want fights that will lead to a title fight. Whoever is in line and whoever has the title, that’s who I’m going to be fighting.
“I’d be interested in fighting [Anderson Silva] and anything that’s going to do well. As far as Anderson Silva, I think that would be a great fight for people to see because he has my type of style.”
“I think he has a little bit more of a kickboxing style. I think people have pointed that out to him, especially the way he lost his last couple fights. He’s working on that now, and he has a lot of work to catch up on as far as his punching. Usually with my style, people have a hard time. You have to come forward if you’re kicking and stuff. You got guys that are moving in and out, but I work hard. I don’t jump in and out. You can wind up all indecisive out there.”
“You got people running around – you got Johny Hendricks running his mouth. People yelling at me that I’m not at Top 10 level. You learned to fight by watching me. Your guy that trains you was somebody that was in my era.”
So, UG, who do you want to see Nick Diaz? And how much catching up does Anderson Silva have to do with his hands, anyway?