“He would’ve FOUGHT Francis,” Daniel Cormier believes Nate Diaz GENUINELY asked for the Francis Ngannou fight, here’s WHY
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Daniel Cormier is one of the rare MMA popularity to think that Nate Diaz was willing to step up against UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou. Cormier, the former UFC heavyweight and light-heavyweight champion and the former Strikeforce heavyweight Grand Prix winner, is now a successful UFC sports analyst, commentator, ESPN presenter and an independent Youtuber. Cormier, a 2022 class of UFC Hall of Famer, trained for his MMA career out of American Kickboxing Academy alongside the likes of Khabib Nurmagomedov, Luke Rockhold, Cain Velasquez and many more.
Come September 10, 2022, UFC megastar and legend Nate Diaz will face UFC wetlerweight Khamzat Chimaev in what will be Chimaev’s first 5-round fight and Diaz’s last UFC fight. Diaz is a former UFC title challenger who is known for his wins against the likes of Conor McGregor, Michael Johnson, Anthony Pettis, Gray Maynard, Jim Miller, Melvin Guillard and many more. Diaz is the younger brother of MMA Legend Nick Diaz and has trained out Cesar Gracie Academy academy alongside Nick, Jake Shields, Gilbert Melendez and many more.
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“They don’t think like normal people,” says Daniel Cormier commenting about Nate Diaz & other Stockton’s fighters
In one of the videos on his Youtube Channel, Cormier talks about the UFC 280 matchup between the bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling and the challenger TJ Dillashaw, the UFC 281 fight card and much more. In the midst of all, Cormier also talks about the UFC 279 main-event featuring the welterweight bout between Diaz and Chimaev. During that, Cormier heaps praises on Diaz and the guts of the Stockton boys to fight against anyone put in front of them.
“Nate’s always been a guy that steps up,” says Cormier “Nate Diaz asked to fight Francis Ngannou and if you think for one second he wouldn’t, dudes in Stockton are different. That whole area of Northern California is different. They don’t think like normal people think. They don’t process fear, like other people process fear. So when you see Khamzat Chimaev and most go ‘wow this dude’s scary, this dude’s dangerous’, Nate Diaz doesn’t see it that way. Diaz sees just another guy…” continued Cormier.
What do you make of Cormier’s claim on Diaz being serious for the Francis Ngannou fight? Do you believe him or was Diaz just trying to catch attention in exchange of a bizarre newsmaking? Who do you think wins between Diaz and his last UFC opponent in Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 279? Where do you think Diaz goes from the end of his UFC career? The UFC 279 card also features UFC lightweight Tony Ferguson’s welterweight debut as he fights Li Jingliang.
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