Nate Diaz talks Jake Shields and more at the 2009 Gracie Open (Video)

by Jesse Holland on Oct 12, 2009 8:55 AM EDT

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I laugh every time I hear this guy talk. Talk through your mouth and not your nose you tool.

by jimmy_dean on Oct 12, 2009 10:04 AM EDT reply actions

We don’t care to hear what gets you off jimmy_dean

by Crackbaby on Oct 12, 2009 10:35 AM EDT up reply actions

Yeah, that was annoying jimmy_dean sausage fest. Anyway, I believe Nate really needs to develop a stand-up game like his brother to stand any chance against the best in the division. His getting-his-butt-kicked-early-only-to-pull-off-a-slick-submission strategy will only carry him so far.

by RedDog on Oct 12, 2009 8:50 PM EDT up reply actions

Yea…Im sure he has the choice, you tool. Make sense please. I hate when children comment this website.

by RobMania on Oct 12, 2009 1:32 PM EDT up reply actions

I guess you look and sound perfect?

by Robert(1) on Oct 12, 2009 1:34 PM EDT up reply actions

jake shields is the guy i want to get beaten the most, after calling out gsp, he went from an overrated fighter to a straight joke.
guys that would crush shields: (at WW)
GSP
Alves
Kos
Fitch
Swick
Hughes
BJ (at any weight class)
Serra

All of his past wins are over ok strikers with NO ground game, anyone with ok hands and decent wrestling would knock shields out of any top ten talk

by sac165 on Oct 12, 2009 10:28 AM EDT reply actions

Scratch Serra.
Fitch, Kos wouldn’t take it to the ground so we would be stuck with a boring decision for Fitch and over hand rights from 15 feet away for Kos.
I’m not sure BJ would be the fave against anyone at WW.
Swick would be submitted.
Hughes would get subbed because his stand up is atrocious.
So you have GSP and Alves left and everyone knows they are 1-2. No one said Shields was 1 or 2, but he would beat most people on that crap list of yours. I don’t even like Shields, but writing(or copy-pasting) a list of the top 8 UFC WW fighters is useless.

by jay on Oct 12, 2009 12:12 PM EDT up reply actions

no, i think bj could not only beat, but destroy shields at ww.

by an 8yr old boy on Oct 12, 2009 12:53 PM EDT up reply actions

for sure bj would destroy him.

by roy on Oct 12, 2009 1:06 PM EDT up reply actions

Fitch would GnP Jake on the ground. I’m sure Jake would try to submit him a few different times but I don’t think we’ll see Fitch get sub’d anytime in the near future or KO’d for that matter.

Also until fitch gets beat by Alves or anyone other than GSP, I don’t see how people can claim Alves is #2…

by Arnold on Oct 12, 2009 3:10 PM EDT up reply actions

jay how the hell is hughs gonna get subbed if his stand up is bad? that makes no sense whatsoever hughes DOES have horrible stand up is still better than shields in every aspect

by sac165 on Oct 12, 2009 4:23 PM EDT up reply actions

Nah, Fitch would take this to the ground with Shields anytime!
As for Koscheck, screw him, who cares…

by Syd on Oct 12, 2009 9:52 PM EDT up reply actions

Shields fights way to smart to lose that easily. Anyone dare go to the ground will be submitted. I understand he has no stand up, but he can beat a striker with ease.This is why hes so dangerous. Stand up with him, and hell take you down and make you tap. Take him down, and 2 minutes later, youd either be waking up or complaining about your broken arm.

by RobMania on Oct 12, 2009 1:35 PM EDT up reply actions

BJ would dominate him tho.* And if GSP “fights” and not “survives”,then maybe hed get tapped.

by RobMania on Oct 12, 2009 1:38 PM EDT up reply actions

Lawler was wooping his @ss man!!

by What? on Oct 12, 2009 11:15 AM EDT reply actions

Larger man sometimes does.

by jay on Oct 12, 2009 12:13 PM EDT up reply actions

Shields is a puss.Get some decent take down defense and any1 could woop shields ass,in the cage or at a fricken bbq.Bully beat down exsposed that.lol.Overated ass.

by The Legacy on Oct 12, 2009 3:52 PM EDT up reply actions

Serra!!! HAHAHAHA, Do you watch MMA?

by Nick Diaz 209 on Oct 12, 2009 11:25 AM EDT reply actions

No but he’s really good with the copy and paste feature.

by jay on Oct 12, 2009 12:13 PM EDT up reply actions

yeah i said serra thats how overrated shields is, serra has better hands a bjj than him

by sac165 on Oct 12, 2009 4:20 PM EDT up reply actions

Can’t open the video from work! What’s it say?!

by haglnuts on Oct 12, 2009 11:37 AM EDT reply actions

Man, that dude looks weird. Diaz sounds like a complete spastic.

by Matt on Oct 12, 2009 11:43 AM EDT reply actions

I’d much rather see Shields fight GSP than any of the other “top” ten WW’s.

by merk on Oct 12, 2009 11:58 AM EDT reply actions

Nate Diaz, talking to an ant here……….

by Paul The Ham on Oct 12, 2009 11:59 AM EDT reply actions

Interviewer is weird as hell..Is there something wrong with him?

by Ron Konkoma on Oct 12, 2009 12:08 PM EDT reply actions

yeah. a cartoon anvil was dropped on his face.

by an 8yr old boy on Oct 12, 2009 12:55 PM EDT up reply actions

Shields is the shiiizzznit and would take BJs arm off your smoking some serious shiiiit if you think BJ who is alot smaller would be beat Shields. Shields take out everyone in the UFC WW division except Alves/GSP/Kos.

by Khaos_Warrior on Oct 12, 2009 5:13 PM EDT reply actions

Come on Khaos! BJ has way more tools to win the match and Shields would not submit him. BJ keeps the fight standing and knocks him out. IMO.

by haglnuts on Oct 12, 2009 5:29 PM EDT up reply actions

Nate Diaz is the MAN! The interviewer thought he was being cool dropping cuss words left and right, and Nate not once.
Earlier comments have Shields lined up with almost all UFC fighters. Shields to the UFC!!!

by poyb on Oct 12, 2009 6:10 PM EDT reply actions

Spot on, Diaz came across great in this interview and didn’t need to swear for the sake of it like the interviewer. The Diaz Bros are genuine blokes and I’m a big fan of their entertaining personalities as well as their world class skills but it was good to see Nate conduct himself professionally here.

Shields is an awesome fighter, a top 5 WW in my opinion and along with Nick Diaz the only decent match-up for GSP at that weight class. Shields has some of the best BJJ in the sport and proved against Lawler that even against larger opponents he can submit you in an instant if you give him an opening. His stand-up may be poor but he has the wrestling and BJJ to get the fight to the ground and submit the majority of WWs and even a few top MWs. He should be able to handle Mayhem relatively easily then he can defend the SF MW title against Jacare and we get to see a grappling masterclass.

Funny news came out today, a huge cannabis farm was raided by police in Stockton, Teeside (the English town of Stockton), so maybe the Diaz Bros live in our Stockton after all.

by David W-S on Oct 12, 2009 6:47 PM EDT up reply actions

Shields is a top 10 WW
He would would be a worthy opponent for any of the top 5 ww, including GSP

by mmaone on Oct 13, 2009 8:00 PM EDT reply actions

Honestly, Iexpected that portion of the interview to be edited out as the announcer was talking behind us. I really try not cuss THAT much. Sorry guys

by Fast Eddie on Oct 14, 2009 9:41 PM EDT reply actions