Jim Miller Speaks On Loss To Bendo + Upcoming Fight With Diaz

[No More Sorrow]

“Stuff happens, but basically, yeah, I kick myself. I should have known something was going wrong but I am a big boy. I still signed all the waivers, stepped inside the Octagon, still made my mistakes and he capitalized on them,â€￾ he says.

Thinking about the problems that surfaced during his camp when Miller was struggling with his energy levels, the lightweight contender said he should have addressed the problems sooner. However, rather than blame the illness, Miller paid credit to Henderson, though vowed to give a better account of himself if he gets his chance against the new lightweight champion.

“He was the better man that night. If I can earn my opportunity at him again, I'll put on a show,â€￾ he vows.

To do so, Miller will have to get through Nate Diaz first at UFC on FOX 3 which takes place on May 5 at the IZOD Center in East Rutherford, New Jersey. And even if he beats Diaz, Miller may not get his hands on Henderson as former champion Frankie Edgar has won his tussle with UFC top brass and will get his rematch with Henderson in the near future.

And when asked about his gameplan against Diaz, Miller revealed that it's a simple one.

“Fight him. There really is no plans going into it! He is a really well-rounded guy. He did look great in his last fight but I'm a different fighter than [Donald] Cerrone. I'm not expecting the fight to be the same. I'm just training to get better everywhere and make him fight my fight when I get in there,â€￾ he says.

“This is a really exciting one and I'm really fired up. I've a ton of respect for him. His whole camp is a great group of guys so I know what he is training with every day, so I really have a fire under my ass for this one and I am looking at coming in the best I've ever been.â€￾

I like Miller a lot, and I usually hate to see either Diaz lose, but with this fight I wouldn't it mind it too much. I'll be live for this fight too I'll go Miller, by decision.

 

[The Cork]

I'll go Miller too but theres no way this fight is gonna be anything less than brilliant.

My one gripe with Nate Diaz is hes too stiff, in the fight against Cerrone he just plodded forward and his strikes looked really awkward. Not gonna lie, I could see Miller tapping him in the first round.

 

[No More Sorrow]

I'm still on the fence a little bit, It's hard for me to say because one of these two is likely going to be challenging my guy Bendo at some point and time.

 

[The Cork]

Bendo beats Nate Diaz easily, IMO, and hes obviously already beat Jimiller.

As good as the division is, Bendo is just a notch above everyone else. He really is that good, sort of a mini-Jon Jones.

 

[No More Sorrow]

I can agree with all of that. I think he's going to end up cleaning out the division, he's already taken out some top talent at 155.

Maybe it'll lead to a title unification bout with GILBERT when he makes his inevitable way over to the UFC.