NIck Diaz: I’m not in love with being an MMA fighter
Nick Diaz: “I could see myself going, I didn’t need to do that, I didn’t need to go there. I’m not fanatical or in love with being an MMA fighter.”
Nick Diaz has been fighting professionally since he was eighteen years old. So to hear him saying he’s not in love with being a professional fighter is a bit odd:
Suddenly Diaz’s enigmatic star power was in higher demand than ever, and those demands that once sounded so outrageous… well, they weren’t so outrageous after all.
“I mean, I wasn’t going to walk out of there with something I wasn’t happy with,” Diaz said on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour. “So I just, you know, I was able to score a deal I can’t refuse. That’s how I look at it.
“I look back and think about why did I take one of these, you know, mediocre level opponents or fights, or something like that. I could see myself going, I didn’t need to do that, I didn’t need to go there. I’m not fanatical or in love with being an MMA fighter. It’s just, I’m the right guy for the job nowadays. Pretty much after my first couple pro fights I wound up being the right guy for the job, so that’s why I’m still here, and I’ll fight the right fights if I have the opportunity.”