Nick Diaz: ‘It’s just kind of my life to fight’

I was angry for a long time (about the first fight where the ringside doctor brought a halt to the fight due to cuts, handing Noons the EliteXC 160-pound divisional title in the process), admitted Diaz. I was real upset that it ended the way it did because it wasn’t like I was hurt.

I never considered the first fight as a loss. I just always looked at it as a fight that was stopped (too soon).’’

I kind of dropped the idea of ever fighting a rematch because he got out of MMA.

I don’t look at it like I love to fight. I look at it like I have to fight. Because if there was any quit in this game, I wouldn’t have made it this far.

It’s just kind of my life to fight.

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