Nick Diaz kommer att ta sig tillbaka in i oktagonen då han fick den matchningen han ville ha, och den 31 januari möter han föredetta mellanviktsmästaren Anderson Silva vid UFC 183. I dagsläget undrar Diaz varför han gick många av de matcherna som han tagit sig an under karriären, och detta hade han att säga via ”MMAFighting”:
I mean, I wasn’t going to walk out of there with something I wasn’t happy with. 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.
I’m not a kickboxer so I’m going to lose to a kickboxer. I’m not a wrestler, my wrestling sucks, so I’m going to lose to a wrestler. Or you know, I’m fighting somebody twice my age, a long time ago. So I’ve always been kinda not favored to win. But, you know, I wound up with a decent performance out there or I pulled it off.
Sist vi såg Nick fightas var vid UFC 158, då han tog sig an och besegrades av Georges St-Pierre via ett enhälligt domslut.
