Machida vs....Nick Diaz???

http://www.mmajunkie.com/news/2013/08/ufc-president-dana-white-makes-nick-diaz-an-offer-lyoto-machida-at-185-pounds

"I talked to Diaz today, and I made him an offer, so we'll see what happens," White said. "He had been talking about going to 185 pounds. Machida has been talking about going to 185 pounds. So we wanted to see if he wanted to fight Machida at 185."

WTF lol

Nick by KO.

Machida set to retire after this loss.

josh200612 wrote:

Machida set to retire after this loss.

QFT

LOL Machida as like a -600 fav would be conservative

bobbitt15 wrote:

LOL Machida as like a -600 fav would be conservative

Life savings on Diaz, better in all areas.

Machida wins easily.

This is stupid. The fight being considered at all, but just all the rumors about Machida, Vitor, etc.,. I get that by spreading mis-truths you generate interest, but it's getting ridiculous. Just book some fights then tell us about it already. Also, Nick vs Machida is dumb. Machida would and should be considered among the better guys who would be at 185 if he dropped. Diaz is riding a two fight losing streak in the past 22 months at 170.

Vitor vs Diaz would be much more interesting than Machida vs Diaz.

It's not like Machida could knock out or submit Diaz, so it would be a fight.

Nick won't fight at 185lbs....ask Mayhem. Machida would kill Nick anyway

OU wrote:

It's not like Machida could knock out or submit Diaz, so it would be a fight.

 Machida would knock him out.

freakzilla wrote:

OU wrote:

It's not like Machida could knock out or submit Diaz, so it would be a fight.

 Machida would knock him out.

How could he knock him out when he'll be running away losing another decision?

josh200612 wrote:

freakzilla wrote:

OU wrote:

It's not like Machida could knock out or submit Diaz, so it would be a fight.

 Machida would knock him out.

How could he knock him out when he'll be running away losing another decision?

 Just ask Thiago Silva, Rashad Evans, Randy Couture and Ryan Bader from his last 10 fights.

I can see it being a decent fight to be honest..but thats the Condit nightmare for Diaz times 10. He will never back Machida into a corner and Nick's flat footed agressive style plays more into Lyoto's hands than just about anybody Lyoto has fought in the UFC.

This fight will never fuckin happen though.

freakzilla wrote:

josh200612 wrote:

freakzilla wrote:

OU wrote:

It's not like Machida could knock out or submit Diaz, so it would be a fight.

 Machida would knock him out.

How could he knock him out when he'll be running away losing another decision?

 Just ask Thiago Silva, Rashad Evans, Randy Couture and Ryan Bader from his last 10 fights.

People have figured him out and don't add the old man on there that was not an accomplishment.

this one might be fun, i'd certainly be interested to see it if they put it on.

i suspect my interest is morbid curiosity though. i rate the chances of diaz walking straight on to a KO shot he never saw coming at about 95%.

vitor or machida would derail anyone on nicks hype train at this point

cheekynffc wrote:

this one might be fun, i'd certainly be interested to see it if they put it on.

i suspect my interest is morbid curiosity though. i rate the chances of diaz walking straight on to a KO shot he never saw coming at about 95%.

I don't think even Mark Hunt could knock Diaz out 95% of the time.

OU wrote:

cheekynffc wrote:

this one might be fun, i'd certainly be interested to see it if they put it on.

i suspect my interest is morbid curiosity though. i rate the chances of diaz walking straight on to a KO shot he never saw coming at about 95%.

I don't think even Mark Hunt could knock Diaz out 95% of the time.

if nick tried to box him, mark hunt would KO him 100% of the time, as surely nick diaz would never go a bit caleb starnes and run away for 3 rounds like all the pussies he complains about?

similar with machida, if nick wanted to plant his feet and let both hands go as is his want, there's little question in my mind he gets caught with something within those 15 minutes.

bigbeastcardinal12 wrote:

Nick won't fight at 185lbs....ask Mayhem. Machida would kill Nick anyway

lol

Nick's boxing>Machida's karate, Nick's BJJ>>>Machida's BJJ. It would be very unlikely that Machida would knock out Nick. Like 1% chance that would happen. Like mentioned before he would likely be stuck in reverse and counter the whole time like Condit.

You forgot about power and the fact Nick isn't use to being punched by a Light Heavyweight.

I'd much rather see Mousasi or Vitor vs Machida. Actually Mousasi vs Nick could be a fun fight. Vitor vs Machida and Nick vs Mousasi. Sounds more entertaining to me.