Im not a big fan of the current Diaz bros status quo but you are going off the deepend here man.
C class fighter with no sig wins?
Zero sig strikes vs GSP?
Allow me to help you out:
Vs GSP:
Diaz was outclassed by GSP in almost all areas but to say he didnt land any punches is crazy. He landed 99 strikes, 19 of them considered sig strikes. That doesnt sound great but the Diazes are famous for punches in bunches not power strikes. Again, yes he was outclassed but give credit where its due.
http://m.espn.com/extra/mma/fightstatistics?fightId=171430&src=desktop
No sig wins?how new are you?
Nick Diaz has been fighting forever. His first huge win was his KO of Lawler. The reason for that is that Lawler was a young power puncher with 6 out 8 wins by KO/TKO. Everyone thought Diazs only chance was his Ju Jitsu and he came in and out boxed lawler. After that he won some,lossed some but eventually left the UFC. After a few ups and downs he went on a 11 fight win streak that included Frank Shamrock, K.J. Noons,Evangelista Santos, Paul Daley and ended with his return to the UFC by beating B.J. Penn.
Then he lost a boring decision win to Condit and was suspended for weed.
Upon his return he was lined up for the GSP fight.
So to answer your question, why did he get to fight GSP? Because he was beating everyone else and just lost for the interim belt.
Since the GSP fight he has become a prima donna but before that he was a pretty regular fighter, averaging 2-3 fights a year until he got suspended for weed.
I get the hate. The Diaz bros are a bunch of bullshit these days but to shit on Nate like hes some chump that didnt deserve his opportunities just shows your immaturity or lack of knowledge about mma.
Comparing to other fighters who still kind of care of competition and belts, legacy etc. I know they still care about money but I think Diaz brothers, esp Nick are really just for the money. And he is not even that good
He goes away. Spends money. Comes back after a wait and fights GSP. Then does the same and comes back to fight Anderson Silva
Now he is wanting GSP rematch etc
Thing is, if he was good and at least gave some challenge to GSP or Silva-ok. But dude was just beaten up, played around and got paid
Any fighter could do that. He had nothing to offer vs GSP or Silva. Is that fair that this junkie gets $$$ big money fighting big fighters when he does not put up any challenge?
Hope UFC cuts them both. They seem to be truly there for $$$ and wanna fight big names after spending years in hiatus
I saw his fight other day vs GSP and I was like -Who even thought that he was some big match up for GSP?
Yeah . but if you read me correct-He sits for years not fighting and then comes and fights GSP. That GSP fight was after he was away for long
Then he comes, does not even fight. Did he even hit GSP with any sig strikes? 5 rounds? He just stood there and got paid
Other fighters put health on the line
Dont talk smart to me man. Tell me Tony vs Pettis, Conor vs Khabib, Dustin vs Justin, Mj vs Khabib etc were not beaten and trained hard for fights. Not just $$$
Diaz offered nothing to GSP. he just got beaten up like some C class fighter and got paid
How is that fair?
What prime? Nich Diaz is a C class fighter who has almost no sig wins. Just things here and there
I was coming from competition point of view. If he put up a good fight vs GSP/Silva-then ok. Get paid and go smoke weed
But dude had 0 Sig strikes vs GSP. pretty much anybody from Top 15 can do that, get beaten by GSP and get paid
Why was he there? Hype?