According to Jake Shields, UFC welterweight Nick Diaz had no training before his 2021 return.
The longtime fan-favorite is currently set to return to the cage next month in Abu Dhabi. Back for the first time since a third-round stoppage loss to Robbie Lawler in September 2021, Nick Diaz will face Vicente Luque. āThe Silent Assassinā enters the contest having lost three of his last four fights, last getting stopped by Joaquin Buckley in March.
For Nick Diaz, the fight is one thatās been long in the making. While the 40-year-old didnāt exactly want to fight Luque, he has wanted to return for a while. Prior to making a deal to face the Brazilian, he reportedly approached the UFC about various return bouts. Speaking on the JAXXON Podcast, Diazās teammate Jake Shields discussed his return.
There, the former UFC title challenger revealed that Nick Diazās preparation for his last fight was basically nonexistent. While it was known that the 40-year-old fought Robbie Lawler with an injury, the severity of how poor his training camp was unknown until now. According to Shields, Diaz took the fight for monetary reasons.
Jake Shields reveals Nick Diaz didnāt train at all for UFC 266 rematch with Robbie Lawler
Furthermore, the welterweight didnāt train for the contest either. Shields admitted that he was fearful for Nick Diazās rematch with āRuthlessā, but also that his friend did better than expected. With that in mind, heās not entirely against the 40-year-old fighting Luque next month.
āHe didnāt train at all for the Lawler fight.ā Jake Shields stated on the JAXXON Podcast, discussing Nick Diazās last UFC fight against Robbie Lawler. āThat fight shouldnāt have happened in my opinion. Not going to get into too many details, but I wasnāt too happy. I think he was kind of pressured into that, so people could make money.ā
He continued, āJust people want to make money off of him, and he was pressured into that fight. The fact that he fought Robbie Lawler with zero training in five years, I was freaked out watching that. But, he put on a war. He lost, but he went two roundsā¦ I know heās training, I canāt say how hard but I know heās actually training now. Hopefully Iāll get out there next week and push him.ā
It was obvious to anyone that watched.
yabba dabba unusual to hear excuses after a Diaz loss, must have been serious
I think the infoās been out there that he had a fucked up neck for that fight and couldnāt really train.
Edit: Yep.
Lawler beat his ass, give him some credit.
Yabba Dabba to you too man.
And Iām sure everything is going to be great for Nick this time. Iām sure heās training hard and taking things super serious this time.
Ur mad??
So first his current trainers gave an interview about how Cesar is messing with Nickās head and interfering with this camp, and now Jake says this, along with heās been training this time atleast, but canāt say how hard/if itās adequateā¦
I donāt know what version of Nick weāll see this time, but I know I donāt like floating excuses before a fight. Rarely does that bode well for anybody
he was more stoned than Cheech and Chong in the build up and probably in the fight.
the whole thing was a cash grab and a rip off for the fans.
No sir, Iām feeling tickity-boo.
And yet he still won a round and set a ufc record for that single year
Injured knee. Ruptured discs in his neck. Zero training. Still showed why heās among the best boxers in the sport
Robbie would probably beat healthy drugs free Nick
The young Robbie was amateur, his head movement and powerful strikes would break Nickās face again
Put Nick against that Robbie who fought Rory, Hendricks? And its a long long night for Nick
And on top of that Robbie beat Nick pretty easily like father vs child
That is fuking bad, look at Bas rutten, Mike tyson, even Elon musk had( 3x operation all failed, he said the last one fixed it but i dont believe it, shares would lose value)
Adding his lifestyle he will always have dehydrated discs and its prone to herniations/bulging, and its not just neck it fucks up your shoulder, lats and later lower back and usually one hip(shooting pain to the ankle)
He is trying to sell wolf tickets you all
Nick doesnāt like being pressured. Robbie stuck him im a phone booth and beat the shit out of his body. He was walking Nick down and even had Nick retreating.