Nate Diaz segrade senast via submission mot Conor McGregor, när de möttes i weltervikt under UFC 196. Det blev då hans största seger i karriären och han kammade hem en rekordstor summa pengar.
Några dagar efter segern skrev Diaz på sin Twitter att McGregor blev spöad av en vegan, och han bryr sig inte om vad kritiker som till exempel Joe Rogan har att säga om hans diet.
Här berättar Diaz om sitt val om att leva som vegan och varför han anser att fighters som är veganer kan ha ett övertag mot de som äter kött.
Via ”Men’s Journal”:
Who’s the real caveman here? Who’s the real beast? [Eating predominantly raw and vegan] is more savvy and animalistic than anything. If anything, meat’s gonna slow you down.
People are jumping on slowly but surely, but I think it’s cool. I think you’re a smarter and more intelligent fighter. Me and my brother are at the top of the game and have been for a long time. We’re obviously doing something right. Besides knowing how to kick somebody in the head, you should know how to feel good tomorrow.
I stopped eating dairy when I was about 17 for a fight. And about a month went by that I didn’t eat cheese or milk, and then after the fight was done I got a big bowl of Fettucine Alfredo, and I was like, ‘Finally, I get to eat what I want.’ Then I went home and was sick and had a headache and was in and out of the bathroom for a week. That shit really messed me up. So after that cleared up, I was like, ‘OK, I don’t need that anymore.’ I felt better and realized I work better without that stuff.
I like to promote the vegan industry. I hear a lot of criticism from people saying you need meat to be strong and for recovery, and it’s a bunch of bullshit, because I train harder than everybody. It’s so easy to argue with these people. I’m like, ‘Dude, have you done a tenth of what I’ve done?’
