Let’s get one thing straight. There has never been any love lost between Miller and Diaz. These guys don’t like each other and they never have, but things started to shift from disinterest to dissent back in 2007. In this video, Miller is interviewing Diaz after his EliteXC debut and Miller’s “showmanship” rises to the foreground at the expense of Diaz.
Diaz has stated that he likes to watch all of his interviews and he obviously saw that one which really put him at odds with Miller. From that point on, there have been brief words exchanged but because of the fact that they compete in different weight divisions, they pretty much avoided each other.
That brings us to the “Strikeforce Brawl” debacle. I’m sure everyone vividly remembers that mess, especially considering that it was not too long ago, so I won’t rehash those events. Past animosity is likely what led to that brawl but the interviews after the fact appeared to indicate a return to form where both men just basically say “Fuck that guy” and ignore each other.
More recently, Miller seems to have switched gears from ignoring Diaz, to bashing him in interviews whenever he is asked about “the brawl”. Clearly Mayhem has been taking a lot of flack about “getting jumped on national tv” and he’s getting upset about it. He feels that Diaz is the one responsible for “the brawl” because he threw the first punch (I tend to agree with him). Miller has expressed this opinion more than a few times but most recently during the Joe Rogan Podcast that I posted last week. Here’s a clip of that where Miller is talking about Diaz.
Someone obviously told Diaz about those comments and now Diaz has a message of his own to relate to Mayhem.
Last week it was rumored that a grudge match between Miller and Diaz was in the works over at Strikeforce. I’m not exactly sure where that rumor came from because nothing was officially announced. During that podcast, Mayhem mentioned that he may be fighting Diaz sometime in October.
So what do you guys think about this fight? 170? 185? catch weight? Who takes it?
UPDATE :Message on Mayhem’s twitter page.
So now Nick Diaz is suddenly a 170 pounder only when he has to fight someone who can whip his ass? Not so gangster, is he? 13 minutes ago via web
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any time you get Nick Diaz in a grudge match its cool, Mayhem being the grudge should quickly turn epic. i can just imagine the kind words these two will have for each other in the coming weeks lol.
I think that would be a great fight… especially if it happens at 185. I doubt Mayhem could make 170, and if he did, it wouldn’t be a healthy 170, if you know what I mean.
Mayhem showed his BJJ defense against Jacare so this would probably end up being a brutal striking fight. Diaz has the technical boxing advantage but Miller hits harder and they both have great chins.
Could be the FOTY. It certainly couldn’t HURT Strikeforce to have a high profile grudge match like that.
if marketed properly it could be a huge draw, but more then likely Strikeforce isnt going to. from a marketing standpoint Strikeforce really frustrates me, half the time i forget about there show till the very last minute whereas the UFC beats you over the head with advertisements till you cant not know about there shows. all they would need to do is shove a mic in Diaz’s face, cut to post-fight melee, shove a mic in Mayhem’s face, rinse and repeat.
I agree RJ, they don’t spend nearly as much as the UFC does on marketing. The other issue is that Diaz is the champ at 170 and it doesn’t sound like he’s willing to fight at any other weight for this match.
yeah he wont fight outside WW till Mayhem starts calling him out on it, then i can see Diaz losing his cool and saying lets do it… i hope anyways lol.
p.s. i never did get t see the last video, at first it was say it is privet and now it says removed by user.
p.p.s did you see the E:60 they did on Lee Murray? if not look it up, its worth the watch.
haha true about Diaz probably moving up. Hopefully that fight happens, it works on so many levels.
That video had Nick Diaz giving Mayhem the “Ricky double whammy” Then he goes on to insult Mayhem for a while lol that’s about it.
I DID watch that E-60 video, pretty cool man. I heard they’re making a movie about him.