Nate Diaz loses every close fight he's in

Not that I'm upset with Gray getting the Decision,it was a close fight.It just seems he can't win a decision.Maynard,Guida and Stevenson all got very close wins over him.I think 2 of them were split Decisions.It seems if he doesn't finish his opponent he can't win.

Nick Diaz is kind of the same way...he lost close decision to Karo and Diego.

These wrestlers are able to take Nate down easily. Nate is fine working subs from the back which is great because he's good there, but it doesn't score. Finally Nate's pitter patter punching doesn't hurt anyone so he doesn't ever score big.

Should've been a draw. Neither fighter wanted to take a chance to win the fight. That was the worst fight on the televised card easily.

Bigs03 wrote:

Should've been a draw. Neither fighter wanted to take a chance to win the fight. That was the worst fight on the televised card easily.

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Bigs03 wrote:

Should've been a draw. Neither fighter wanted to take a chance to win the fight. That was the worst fight on the televised card easily.

While I agree because it was an awesome card, I still thought it was a sweet fight. Gray looked to finish it with every punch he threw. The guy was swinging for the fence every time. If Gray wanted to take an easy win, he could have gone the Clay GUida or Joe Stevenson route and just take him down every 30 seconds or so -- Gray could have done that better than those guys with his wrestling background. I didn't understand the boos, the fight was great. If I coached Gray, I would have told him to take Nate down just before the bell, to score a takedown and let the clock defend his subs. I really don't know how Nate could have done any better, maybe more kicks the way Goldberg said.

Gray should've taken Nate down...but he didn't. He didn't do any more than Nate did. They both threw wild punches, barely any combinations put together. It wasn't that great of a fight. Maynard kept you on the edge of your seat because he was throwing haymakers the entire time and the fight could've been finished with one punch but that's it.

This was by far the worst fight on the card but you're right, there weren't really any bad fights on this card at all.

No Gray shouldn't have taken Nate down. He knew Nate wouldn't be able to win standing, but Nate could always sub him like he did in TUF. Gray fought a smart fight and won, plus I'm sure he wanted to knock him out.

Gray said he let it get personal, dropped the game plan, and tried to knock Diaz's head clean off.

Who wants Griffin vs Diaz next. Someone really needs to KO that cocky little dweeb.

GDPofDRC wrote:

Who wants Griffin vs Diaz next. Someone really needs to KO that cocky little dweeb.

I don't think a short armed guys like Griffin is the on to do it.

I wanna see Sam Stout vs Diaz

I just mention it because Diaz has been calling Griffin a punk ass bitch all weekend.

GDPofDRC wrote:

I just mention it because Diaz has been calling Griffin a punk ass bitch all weekend.

Oh yeah I forgot about that storyline. Yeah that'd be a good fight just based on the former Caesar Gracie buddies or whatever. I still don't think Griffin knocks out Diaz.

Nate loses close fights cause he is too busy talkin shit and not fighting. He lands big shots and instead of trying to finish he stops to talk trash. Sooner or later he will realize maybe I should shut the hell up and win a fight every once in a while.

Kid is still young, and fighting some good fighters.

As Tim says he needs to be a bit more agressive when he has a fighter hurt, and while the hell he crouches down to the level of his opponent is beyond me.

He's another guy who could get in better shape as well. A little more strength training.

Oh and I thought the fight was very good. Some nice momentum swings and both guys eating a bunch of punches.

Both Diaz's have the same strategy... Awkward stand-up and trash talking trying to lure their opponents into their grips. They rely on the opponent making a mistake more than they rely on thier own skills to finish a fight. Sure, both are more than capable of finishing on the ground... If they can lure you down there. Sure, both are semi-capable of landing a good shot standing, but skilled strikers with their head on straight are immune. I love them for winning me money against guys with skills and a brain, because they're tiny, shared brain never lets me down...

MikeyLikesIt wrote:

No Gray shouldn't have taken Nate down. He knew Nate wouldn't be able to win standing, but Nate could always sub him like he did in TUF. Gray fought a smart fight and won, plus I'm sure he wanted to knock him out.

Yes he won a decision with a lackluster performance. Had he looked good he could've gotten a title shot out of it but because no one was impressed with his performance he's not going to get a title shot anytime soon.

Gray is a wrestler and has good gNp, he should've gotten some takedowns and tried to gNp Nate into the floor. Sure, Nate's good off his back but so is BJ and you didn't see GSP worried about taking BJ down did you?