Messing round with Nate Diaz isn’t the perfect thought, so says Jon Jones.
On Wednesday, information broke that Nate Diaz was already out of the truth present he was filming alongside Jones in Russia, with video surfacing of an insane brawl between among the rivals on the present and Diaz and his group. Jake Shields, who was with Diaz as a part of his group, mentioned the scenario escalated when a fighter tried to seize Diaz, and Jones agrees. Although Jones says Diaz was already a bit edgy earlier than issues popped off, he says it’s by no means a good suggestion to play-fight with a Diaz brother.
“We had one among our younger fighters, a man named Zalik, he was taking part in with Nate,” Jones advised Pink Nook MMA. “He wished to play-fight with Nate. Nate sort of got here in a bit bit on edge. I feel he had some earlier beef with some Russian fighters, so he was a bit bit on edge when he acquired right here. Play-fighting with Nate was not the perfect thought. It turned critical straight away, and we needed to substitute Nate.”
Diaz did have a long-standing feud with Khabib Nurmagomedov, even allegedly slapping the light-weight GOAT at one level. Nevertheless, Nurmagomedov has been out of MMA for years and and dangerous blood appeared to have been forgotten. Maybe not, although, as Shields recommended on his podcast that their feud performed a task within the brawl.
For Jones, that could possibly be the case, however the former UFC gentle heavyweight champion additionally mentioned that this expertise is not like anybody he’s ever had in his lengthy MMA profession, with much more aggression and hostility than your customary MMA fitness center.
“I’ve been across the Bushido spirit for a very long time, that martial arts spirit the place everyone has a sure diploma of, sort of sure guidelines you don’t cross,” Jones mentioned. “Like a martial arts spirit and every thing. I don’t suppose there’s a whole lot of that right here. Some guys are like warriors and a few guys are actually simply sort of road fighters. There’s insults, there’s weapons, this present — there’s nothing prefer it. There’s actually nothing prefer it.”
