Throwback to Mayhem trashing Nick Diaz

Mayhem could be pretty entertaining before he went off the deep end , just listened to him on the Rampage podcast and it was the best he’s sounded in years .
At that point in time when this interview took place he would have given Nick serious difficulty if they had fought
 
TommyBikes said:
I don’t understand why this fight didn’t happen. Diaz would have beat his ass
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The fight didn't happen because Nick ducked him via catchweight stipulation, which was very hypocritical given that Nick repeatedly missed weight to fight smaller opponents in the past.
 
Elvis. said:
Mayhem could be pretty entertaining before he went off the deep end , just listened to him on the Rampage podcast and it was the best he’s sounded in years .
At that point in time when this interview took place he would have given Nick serious difficulty if they had fought
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He is a bjj guy without great wrestling, Diaz would have beaten him pretty easily imo. And believe me, i would have loved to see Diaz getting embarassed, i just dont see it
 
amok attitude said:
He is a bjj guy without great wrestling, Diaz would have beaten him pretty easily imo. And believe me, i would have loved to see Diaz getting embarassed, i just dont see it
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Your assessment is completely valid , could go that way , I just think Mayhem was a bit bigger at that point and it’s not like Nick had Bj Penn level takedown defence.
Also Mayhem was excellent on the ground at that moment in time , he just fought Jacare and almost the entire fight was on the ground.
But again you are right , if he’s forced to strike with Nick he’s getting his ass kicked
 
Elvis. said:
Your assessment is completely valid , could go that way , I just think Mayhem was a bit bigger at that point and it’s not like Nick had Bj Penn level takedown defence.
Also Mayhem was excellent on the ground at that moment in time , he just fought Jacare and almost the entire fight was on the ground.
But again you are right , if he’s forced to strike with Nick he’s getting his ass kicked
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Yep there was that size thing, i had forgotten. They could not agree on the weigh for that fight.
 
Siver! said:
Weren't they trying to get that at a catchweight?

I'm not sure why it never happened, there was time, I just guess Strikeforce ran out of it.
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After the Jake Shields brawl incident Mayhem never fought in Strikeforce ever again , it was probably a money thing
 
Elvis. said:
After the Jake Shields brawl incident Mayhem never fought in Strikeforce ever again , it was probably a money thing
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Shame, really! Didn't fight much after that full stop, even though he had a short UFC run.

Crazy to think he's only like 43. It's over a decade since those fun times!
 
Siver! said:
Shame, really! Didn't fight much after that full stop, even though he had a short UFC run.

Crazy to think he's only like 43. It's over a decade since those fun times!
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I think his personal problems crept in right around the time he got to ufc , he got battered by Bisping and I think that was really hard for him to accept because I think he felt the ultimate fighter reality show was giving him the opportunity to introduce his personality to a large audience, it’s one thing to lose but it’s another to lose badly.
Then and I can’t remember exactly how it went but he either went into the Cb fight with a bad knee and made it worse , or he blew it out early in the fight , you can tell something is wrong because his guard is nonexistent because his knee won’t bend . Anyway there was apparently some altercation between Mayhem and some ufc staff after the fight, he was doing the “whatever, fuck it “ routine to deal with the loss and grabbed some beer in the back , the ufc staff told him he couldn’t drink until he was done his post fight piss test , he said fuck you and they stopped him but when everyone had settled down it was obvious that he didn’t work there anymore
Kinda sad really, he was a talented guy
 
Elvis. said:
I think his personal problems crept in right around the time he got to ufc , he got battered by Bisping and I think that was really hard for him to accept because I think he felt the ultimate fighter reality show was giving him the opportunity to introduce his personality to a large audience, it’s one thing to lose but it’s another to lose badly.
Then and I can’t remember exactly how it went but he either went into the Cb fight with a bad knee and made it worse , or he blew it out early in the fight , you can tell something is wrong because his guard is nonexistent because his knee won’t bend . Anyway there was apparently some altercation between Mayhem and some ufc staff after the fight, he was doing the “whatever, fuck it “ routine to deal with the loss and grabbed some beer in the back , the ufc staff told him he couldn’t drink until he was done his post fight piss test , he said fuck you and they stopped him but when everyone had settled down it was obvious that he didn’t work there anymore
Kinda sad really, he was a talented guy
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Nice one, mate, I didn't know that story!

Part of me thinks if the sport had been truly professional back then he might have been better managed etc, but then I also think if the sport were super professional he'd have been bombed out anyway. He just wasn't that guy!
 
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