Can nate beat rda to become the champ?

[muaytao]

I know they already fought but diaz fought 2 tough guys recently and won. Rda will be coming back from a broken foot.

 

[teamfox223]

No.

 

[DawsonLucas]

I like Nate but no. 10-8 rounds are going to be fairly common in this fight.

 

[TheRassler]

nate beats RDA with at least a 3 week training camp.

 

[sidecheckkick]

Nate has a better chance against at WW Lawler who will exchange with him. RDA leg kicked him and took him down at will

 

[P4p Islam]

No.

 

[Thepaintbucket]

I would say yes if he used his ground game more, but that isn't going to happen. He would rather swing for the fences for 5 rounds.

 

[effedup]

Maybe, Nate seems to have a resurgence of motivation lately. He looked good against Johnson and was able to get in Michael's head. That said, beating Conor doesn't gift him a shot at the champ.

Besides I'd rather see bigger money fights anyway. Pettis vs Diaz would be awesome.

 

[welcometohavoc]

No

 

[welcometohavoc]

I would say yes if he used his ground game more, but that isn't going to happen. He would rather swing for the fences for 5 rounds.

Not to mention he isn't taking RDA down, and even if he manages to pull guard, RDA's top game control is probably the best at LW

 

[Zefram Cochrane]

I would say yes if he used his ground game more, but that isn't going to happen. He would rather swing for the fences for 5 rounds.

RDA is a 3rd degree black belt, he is no Conor on the ground. Sure though Nate looks much sharper lately, especially the Johnson fight where everything was on point, but he'll need a good plan or RDA will just do what he did in the first fight.

 

[Th3Sav4ge]

im rootin for him

 

[jumasterflex]

I think Nate could put him away of course I'm bias to and think he could tko Robbie

 

[Kraysla]

RDA dominated him. So, no.

 

[OliverAtom]

No. Nate is a warrior but he has poor fight IQ and is very one dimensional.

 

[LukeSkyRutten]

I know they already fought but diaz fought 2 tough guys recently and won. Rda will be coming back from a broken foot.

I'm going to say yes, it is possible BUT… He still wouldn't be favourite. Versus RDA, Nate was out of shape and in awful condition. He wasn't even checking leg kicks. Today, he is in shape, looking better than ever and has progressed in his stand-up defence.

That being said, he is still very very vulnerable to wrestlers. He looks about as weak as anyone at LW when it comes to wrestling/TDD. If RDA comes in to wrestlefuck Diaz, I can't see how Nate wins.

 

[MrDoctor]

Can he? Yes, he can. Will he? Probably not but who knows.

 

[Fight To Win]

Nate was undeniably not in shape for the RDA fight, that's simply a fact. We cannot know for sure how a second fight would go. I'd like to see it happen somewhere down the line and what better time than next? Ferguson/Khabib winner can get a shot at the winner of that IMO.

 

[DaveHilly]

I didn't see anything in their first fight that makes me think he'd win... I remember that he said he had an injury going into it. I mean every fighter says that after a loss but Nate isn't known for crying about that kinda stuff... Even still... Like unless it was a broken leg there isn't much excuse for that performance.

 

[BVG]

I know they already fought but diaz fought 2 tough guys recently and won. Rda will be coming back from a broken foot.

Conor wasn't a tough guy.