(When is Nick going to start playing the game and hit a tanning booth and wear a little lip gloss for photo shoots?)
Frank Shamrock spoke to FightHubTV recently and former UFC light heavyweight and Strikeforce middleweight champion gave his thoughts on the upcoming UFC welterweight title bout between Georges St-Pierre and Nick Diaz.
Shamrock, who admits he underestimated the Stockton native when they squared off back in 2009 in his final bout, says that he feels that St-Pierre is in for a rude awakening come February 4.
“Nick is going to whoop on him. That is a fighter Georges has not faced and I think will really test him, if not beat Georges. The advantage he has over Nick is wrestling and if he decides to lay on him for five rounds, what has he proven? Diaz has better boxing, better cardio and better jiu jitsu,” Shamrock explains. “If the fight goes to the ground, GSP can’t take his time how he likes to, looking for a submission; Nick will be moving and looking for any submission he can get. It will be a great fight. I know that for sure.”
As far as his bout with Diaz, Shamrock says that he was surprised with how good the scrappy Team Cesar Gracie fighter was.
“[I wanted to] kick the crap out of this kid and teach him a lesson but that didn’t happen. I went in feeling ready and able to shut him up, there were nagging injuries but they didn’t play too big of a factor,” he explained. “At the end, Nick was awesome – he is a different level of fighter and I knew that after he landed the first punch.”
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commentsAnd oh yeah...fuck you Shamrock. Nobody gives a shit about your opinion. You haven't been relevant since parachute pants and flat-tops went out of style.
I agree, Diaz has a very exciting and fan-friendly style but that also often leads people to over-estimate him a lil' bit IMO and overlook the fact that GSP is a stylistic nightmare for Diaz.
I know all about his surgery to remove scar tissue that plagued him during the first Noons fight but until I see someone grind him out or pound him with elbows from the guard (another thing GSP likes to do), I still have my doubts that he might bleed all over the cage in any given fight...
Also, part of the reason why some gave Diaz a puncher's chance is due tot he myth that GSP has a glass jaw. WTF?!? The guy's been TKO'd exactly once in his entire career, it's not as it's a common occurence for him to faceplant like Arlovski or Chocolate Al. He's also tapped once, where's the talk about his sub defense?
Diaz had surgery to remedy the cut issue a few years back now.
Since his surgery he has not experienced issues with cutting.
Diaz's boxing is entertaining more than anything, large in part due to his ability to absord punishment in the pocket.
I do think the day will come when he get's Ko'd, but until then he will be heralded for his willingness to stand and trade with anybody in front of him.
Diaz has to be the most entertaining fighter in MMA today, you have to go way back to find a fight involving Diaz that was not exciting.
Diaz out boxes his opponents as of late and thus people underline his boxing skills, but I think it has more to do with his superior conditioning that allows him to throw with such volume and consistency(power wise). They are not haymakers, but he punches as hard in the first round as he does in the later rounds(if the fight goes that far) all the while taking weaker and weaker shots from his opponent as the fight goes on.
The style is effective until he faces someone who can A)wrestle(early UFC career opponents) or B)has the conditioning/reach/power(something we have not yet seen) to stand and trade. It looks like Condit will fight Diaz now, this may be the B) fighter I was describing. You may get to see Diaz get Ko'd, but you will see one hell of a fight regardless.
Diaz has a shot against Condit though, I think Condit vs. Diaz is going to be a great fight! I'm more pumped for this fight than GSP vs. Diaz, probably because I'm a Diaz fan and I didn't think he had too good of a chance against GSP.
Daley, Noons, Zaromskis and even Mike fuckin' Aina all dropped and rocked him at some point in their fights! He doesn't possess blinding speed or one-punch knockout power, rarely uses knees or kicks, his TDD is average and he gets cut pretty easily.
He wins fights against one-dimensionnal dumbasses without much of a gameplan that trade with him (Daley, Cyborg, Zaromskis), guys who just gas (Penn).
GSP follows a gameplan to a t, has great wrestling,likes to use elbows and doesn't gas...worst possible matchup for Diaz.
"GSP blown acl will be out for 10 mos.," White tweeted. "Now Condit vs Diaz for the interim welterweight title on Feb 4th in Las Vegas!!"
An interesting aspect to consider is that most if not all of Diaz's losses to wrestlers took place in 3 rounders. Anyone who has done it knows that repeatedly taking down and controlling a resisting opponent is insane exhausting. While I'm tempted to give the edge to GSP, because he's such a ridiculously talented athlete and wrestler; the reality is that controlling Diaz (who you have to admit has grown a lot in recent years) for 5 rounds is tall fucking mountain to climb.
GSP will not get sucked into Diaz b. s. stockton respects his wrestling so much jake fucking shields became a boxer when he fought him. He didn't respect Dan hendersons wrestling that much. Nicks only way to win is goad this into a brawl. I don't see it happening, and I really don't see him fighting the takedowns off. GSP via dr. Stoppage. Diaz cuts easily and he has to take a ton of forearms trying to set submissions.
"Real" boxing? So many "no true Scotsman" fallacies here.
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Nick is an amazing fighter and although I don't like him I have to respect his ability. I just don't see GSP getting baited into a trading match when Nick sticks his chin out and talks shit. I also don't see GSP gassing out like some of Nicks last few opponents.
IMO Nicks best two assets are baiting people into boxing/brawling and his endurance. GSP is too smart/safe to be baited and has enough endurance to go 25 minutes. It will probably be a decision and might be boring, but GSP will do enough to defend the title once again.
GOOOOOO LITTLE NICKY
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