would love to see this tilt.
Diaz would not gas and would probably box Leben up but Chris has a chin of iron. Both men are extremely hard to finish and have great heart.
I would have to go with Diaz but I've been wrong many times before. It would be an epic war no matter who wins.
Nick lights him up on the feet or ground. I guess it would be interesting to see how many times Nick punches him in the face though on the FightMetric stats. Maybe an all time record for MMA?
Nick would kill Leben. Not even close.
It would be a great fight
TTT!
caleb - (insert name here) would kill Leben. Not even close.
We've heard that a few times, huh?
i like nick but I think leben might win this one, his punches do more damage
war nick...hes way too technical both on the feet and (especially) on the ground for the brawler to win whis
Zuffa, make it happen!
I would give the edgge to Diaz.
Diaz peppers Leben but cant really hurt him bad enough to put him away.
He could pepper him enough to sub Leben late.
The pretrash would be fun.
This fight would be awesome on the feet!!!
FOPTY canidate.
Best chin at 185 vs most volume thrown ..WOW!
leben would be.. peppered up and down the octagon
Now I really want to see this fight.
I think Diaz picks him apart en route to a decision and while he has a good chin/recovery, Leben always has the big bomb punch. If Diaz gets him down he could finish him.
Diaz would kill him.
It's not a knock against Leben but Nick has the tools to make life miserable for a fighter with Leben's style
michaelkaras - war nick...hes way too technical both on the feet and (especially) on the ground for the brawler to win whis
I could go back 10 days in time and replace "Nick" with "Akiyama", and this is what all of the boards looked like.
Leben would take five thousand of Diaz' punches only to land one, and be the first person to knock him out. COLD.
caleb - Nick would kill Leben. Not even close.
good matchup
Nick
Diaz by UD
Nick Diaz would absolutely destroy Chris Leben. LOL at this even having a thread. Anderson fucking Silva would be shitting bricks after the 1st round with Nick.
PoppinFresh - and LOL at the "nick peppers him" responses as if nick isnt a hard puncher despite absolutely fucking everyone up that he hits.
nick might not be a one hitter quitter type puncher but to suggest that he doesnt have any power in his punches is bullshit.
body punches will be the key against leben and this fight wont be close because of them.
nick might be the ONLY fighter in MMA that has realized the importance of hitting the body. after about 15 or 20 body punches with 4oz gloves, they will start to feel like you are getting stabbed by a knife each time.
You mad that someone doesnt believe Koreans will dominate the sport in 10 years or whatever it was?
Just because I dont think Diaz cant put Leben away with strikes doesnt mean i dont think he can hit hard. We all know he's an accumulator, not so much a power puncher. Leben doesnt exactly have a soft chin either.
Gomi, Hominick are 2 other fighters off the top of my head that realized body punching some years back.