Daniel Cormier: Nick Diaz can’t “embarrass himself” in UFC return
In a current episode of Good Man/Dangerous Man with Chael Sonnen, Cormier reacted to Diaz’s return to the Octagon.
“The factor about Nick Diaz, for me, I would like the man from the photographs. Imma’ simply say it,” Cormier mentioned of Diaz. “I don’t need to see Nick Diaz that’s simply ripped. When he fought Robbie Lawler, I used to be so excited. As a result of I used to be like ‘Man, he’s been again on the triathlons, and he appears even higher than he did in his prime’. Then when he acquired to the Octagon, he appeared nothing like that individual. Like a man that was pushing 40, that hadn’t fought in lots of, a few years and I didn’t know if he nonetheless had that struggle in him…
“Vicente Luque is regarded as on the decline,” Cormier continued. “I form of judged him based mostly on how badly Joaquin Buckley beat him. However now watching Joaquin Buckley do what he did to the child that was 18-1 in St. Louis, what he did to Stephen Thompson…now I look again at Vicente Luque and surprise if I used to be too fast to judgment…Nick Diaz struggled with Robbie Lawler, and Robbie Lawler was just one struggle away from retirement. Vicente Luque shouldn’t be going anyplace, it’s a troublesome struggle. I feel for Nick, although, he needs to be actually locked in if he desires to go on the market and never embarrass himself.”
Diaz’s final victory got here towards BJ Penn at UFC 137. After the win, he misplaced back-to-back UFC title fights to Carlos Condit and Georges St-Pierre.
