Todays photo of 185lbs Nick Diaz

[rjmbrd]

That's some real shit

Honestly bums me out a little.

Its easy to forget these guys are humans with families and daily lives and how cage fighting as a career has some pretty enormous downsides. In large part I support fighters getting a more fair split of the revenue (currently an atrocious 18% total) because they are quite literally exchanging brain damage for table scraps.

 

[Drain Bamage]

Honestly bums me out a little.

Yeah I just find his honesty refreshing. He has always told it like it is. Even when he wins, he gets his ass beat. He hates fighting but has to do it. That's the real shit that people don't talk about a lot.

 

[Mangar]

Make your own assumptions, but he's looked big all month. I don't think there was ever a real chance of making 170lbs, if you are familiar with what Nick looks like on the scale at welterweight.


*edit*
War Diaz

Hairline looking intact. Lawler is in trouble.

 

[rjmbrd]

Hairline looking intact. Lawler is in trouble.

You know someone on the dog will always take it there lol

 

[rjmbrd]

Yeah I just find his honesty refreshing. He has always told it like it is. Even when he wins, he gets his ass beat. He hates fighting but has to do it. That's the real shit that people don't talk about a lot.

Love him or hate him, people are definitely attracted to how real Nick is.

 

[Tris]

nick gonna blow our minds and gas out

 

[acannxr]

This. I don't think he had abs during his Anderson Silva fight. I might be wrong .

This is the most flattering picture I could find:

 

[aali14]

If he was smiling then we'd have lost all hope

 

[rjmbrd]

If he was smiling then we'd have lost all hope

It would be super weird honestly, probably would freak me out more.

 

[RogerB08]

Looks good…. Just kinda sketchy how last second the rules were flipped.

Hope Lawler is properly compensated and we get a scrap for the ages!

Robbie was chill about it the press conference.

 

[rjmbrd]

ADDED VIDEO



I'm going to be honest, he doesn't look in the best shape we've seen him. He looks soft, even compared to 185lbs against Anderson which he prepared for. Looking at this, no way in the world could he have made 171lbs this week. It would have been a murder cut.

 

[Noraaq]

Looks like Chuck shadowboxing before getting KOd by Tito smh

 

[rjmbrd]

Robbie was chill about it the press conference.

He's honestly almost always monotone and chill. Its rare to see him get worked up about anything, he's just down the middle.

Even when he caught what he believed was an egregiously bad call on the Askren 'submission,' he literally high five'd Herb Dean about 10 seconds after his initial complaint.

 

[Kinniku]

Nick is going to get a reality check BJ Penn style

 

[mxer31]

Didn't even try to cut. He knew the whole time he was not going to fight at 170. Cheater Gracie crew staying par for the course

why you bitter? you dont like robbies chances?

 

[JudoThrowFiasco]

why you bitter? you dont like robbies chances?

Liking Robbie's chances more every hour since diaz pussed out of the weight cut. All subsequent footage and interviews only adding to it

 

[rjmbrd]

Liking Robbie's chances more every hour since diaz pussed out of the weight cut. All subsequent footage and interviews only adding to it

From the video I honestly don't believe a 'weight cut' was possible for welterweight. He would have needed to diet over the past month to get into range, then water loaded by the time he headed to Vegas.

His body fat is too high to for a water cut from where he is at.

So either Nick was sick, injured, or otherwise unable to diet and do roadwork, or he lost track of how calories work and the weight wasn't off in time. If its the second option, its really unfair to Robbie, which would be disappointing as a big Diaz fan.

 

[mxer31]

Liking Robbie's chances more every hour since diaz pussed out of the weight cut. All subsequent footage and interviews only adding to it

so you like his chances more at 185 then?

 

[Sweater of AV]

Nick always struggles during fight week. He showed up and his shorts aren't on backwards which is a positive sign.

War Nick.

 

[metal7555]

My August '83 brother looking a little old...

...Then I hit the mirror while hobbling into the bathroom because my knee is shredded and back is tweaked.... and was like.... damn, could be worse.