Nate Diaz Doesn’t Think Nick Will Ever Fight Again

[No More Sorrow]

MMAFighting.com’s Ariel Helwani caught up with UFC on Fox 3 headliner Nate Diaz today at the press conference today in New York for the New Jersey event and the lightweight contender revealed that he thinks his brother Nick’s days in the Octagon are over.

“Triathlon season is starting so he’s just training, getting in shape for that. [He's] concentrating on being in shape, being healthy, helping me out and coaching me for my fights. Right now, I don’t think [we'll ever see him back]. He’s just big on, like I said, just being healthy and staying in shape and not worrying about [fighting] and thinking about it. I think he’s retired. He hasn’t been into this whole fighting thing for some time, you know? Since everything that goes on with the funny wins and losses — for not just him — for me and for people on our team. I think he’s just relaxed right now and he’s pretty set on his retirement. I kind of agree with him, you know? It’s hard to say, especially when it’s somebody like my brother,†Nate explained.

“I’m not going to tell him to go fight somebody. I think he’s doing the right thing, you know? Whatever. He made enough money to just chill back, sit back and relax, you know? People don’t understand, Nick never had nothing. He came from not much, so… He complained a lot about not making much money because there’s so many people making more money than him that he works 10 times harder than, so. But they definitely paid him enough money to not have to do anything. He don’t need to fight,†he told Helwani

Still think that once the whole failed drug test thing gets all cleared up then we'll see him back, won't be until late 2012 early 2013 though.

 

[Deuce]

We will see him back, I doubt we won't see him again.

 

[Slim]

Fighting is in their blood. He is still very young. He is going to fight again.

 

[No More Sorrow]

Pretty much, the Diaz brothers love to fight they don't think of it as work or anything they just do it because as you said Slim it's in their blood, they love to do it.

 

[The Cork]

The press conference made me lol.

Diaz just gave short, 3 word answers to all questions and the crowd went crazy like "Woooooo fuck yeah Diaz 209 wooooo" lol.

 

[Slim]

Makes me want to see the press conference. Sounds awesome. WOOOOOO DIAZ! YEAHHHHHH TELL IT!!!!

reporter: So... you think you going to fight again?

Diaz: I don't know.

Crowd: WOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

Reporter: How do you feel today?

Diaz: I feel fine.

Crowd: YEAHHHHHHH DIAZ! YEAHHHHHHHH!!!!

 

[No More Sorrow]

That's pretty much how all press conferences he's at go. It's cool though, like for somebody to say pretty much nothing but for the fans to eat it up is awesome.

 

[Troy]

Seems like this break will be good for him. He can focus on other things and then as soon as someone insults him he will return to UFC.