UFC NEWS – UFC 141: Cerrone Better Knock Me Out, Says Diaz
“I feel like I’m better than all the guys in my division. I don’t see where any of them are better than me. He’s definitely a guy that likes to fight and come forward. I think I’m better than him everywhere. On the feet, he better knock me out, if not, he’s gonna be in trouble.”
The younger Stocktonian, Nate Diaz, tells ESPN.com that his opponent, Donald Cerrone, better knock him out this Friday in their co-main event if he wants to win the matchup.
A pivotal lightweight fight that sends the winner up the ranks is just four days away from going down.
Diaz has only lost at lightweight to the very top of the division and even in defeat; he has looked good and often battered his opponents only to lose via decision by points.
Cerrone has looked virtually unstoppable since crossing over from the WEC in all of his UFC appearances.
The outcome is anyone’s guess, but with the fight just around the corner, who you picking Penn Nation?
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“I thought right away it’s a great matchup, great fireworks. I’ve got a lot of…
Cerrone is the better fighter in every aspect. But he has to work for it cause I sense a war.
Better fighter in every aspect? How? You seem to blurt out BS in with confidence..
What part of every aspect don’t you understand? It’s a simple sentence. ok I’ll explain it cause this simple statement is apparently a bit too much for you to comprehend…
He is better on the feet. And he is better on the ground. Get it?
This is Nate Diaz, not Nick.
Cowboy is better on the ground? Better than a Cesar Gracie brown belt?? Have you seen Nate and his reel of submissions not to mention his drastically improved stand up..Cowboy may have a chance on the feet but if this fight goes to the ground he will have no answers for Nate’s ground game..JMO
We’ll just have to see, Cerrone’s BJJ is highly underrated. I know Nate is really good and I do like his fights, I just think Cerrone is a bit too much for him.
Since icant reply to xaniho ill reply to heath, diaz’s jits is better and weve seen it used effectively many times, their striking is different but cerrone has a slight advantage id say, hes a good kickboxer whereas diaz just boxes (hes pretty good too but not as good as nick). This is a coin flip in my mind.
how isnt he his bjj is second to non and his striking is awesome he is more skilled than nate diaz no doubt just watch his fights diaz has been dominated before of of rory mcdonald and other fighters cerrone has never been dominated he got caught with a sharp guilatine of ben henderson apart from that he has destroyed every 1 so why dont you give your bs a rest !!!!
you’re buggin. nate diaz is a 100 times better on the ground. and after the boxing he showed in his last fight i would say he’s better on the feet too. it’ll be a close one on the feet
NATE DIAZ!
I’ll go with that…
Cowboys muy Thai is better and bjj is just as good as nates. But I think someone is going to sleep
his muay thai* might be better, but if you think there bjj is at the same level your a tard
I think cerrone’s best chance would be to Knock him out…unfortunately for diaz that doesn’t seen farfetched…cerrone has power. more than diaz anyway.
OH! He will !!
Diaz! 1st rd. gogo plata
But possible. Cowboy is putting Diaz to sleep though
Cerrone by however he wants to finish it, sorry Nate but the guy is gonna get a shot at the gold soon and your just another name on the list.
nate by b#*$h slap
nick isnt even fighting fag
^ LOL
wow. internet toughie.. Nick will be there to corner him more than likely, and might end up fighting. just because he isnt in the fight, dont me he wont fight. lolz..
should have said don’t mean he won’t fight..
cerrone better knock him out because diaz boxing is alot better so if the fight goes deep round wise diaz will pick him apart and they go to the ground diaz will submit him his bjj is on another level
COWBOY by way of murder
Get some CERRONE!!!!
diaz, by submission in the third.
cerrone possibly has a SLIGHT power advantage, and a kickboxing advantage. but diaz’s boxing is better, and i’ve got to assume his ground game is a little bit, if not quite superior. this fight i think will be better than overeem vs lesner. im predicting a 3 round war, nobody is gettin finished
Cowboy!
Diaz striking game is not even comparable to Cerrone’s. Cerrone was a kickboxer long before his MMA days. He battered Siver and everyone thought Siver was the better striker. Cerrone is going to win this in the first round. An now Diaz is talking trash it makes me even more confident. WAR Cerrone.
Cowboy never knocks people out and Nate has been submitted once and that was 6 years ago. Cowboy is gonna throw alot of kicks and get a couple take down to win a decision. If this fight ends early its gonna be Diaz with his hands up. ALL DAY!
Cowboy’s striking has more power and range. Corrine isn’t this go to the floor even though he has a ground game as well.
watch out for what you ask for!
Cerrone is going to beat him so bad that both Nate and Nick are going to move from Stockton and buy a thug ranch in Texas.
lmao!!!
i believe cerrone will beat diaz.. but it ain’t gonna be a walk i the park.
lol diaz is gonna get ****ed up so hard..
Is this 3 or 5 rounds? It’s a co-main event so I thought 5?
Nate is a Scraper!!!!!! So is Cerrone! good battle May the best man win……
This is going to be a good fight, but come on, nothing is better than watching **** Lesnar get his face smashed in as he turtle shells from strikes. Well, maybe watching Diaz’s face get smashed will be just as good…
Cerrone’s stand-up IS undoubtably bettter he was 28-0 in pro Thai 18 first rd.Los nate’s jitz may be better than the cowboy but certainly not better than vagnar Rocha who lost a very lop sided Dec. To cowboy Donald winner at 5 mins. 3rd. Dec.
Whos corrine? They have a womens division now?
Winner vs winner for the #1 contender
Melvin vs Miller….Diaz vs Cerrone
cerrone n guilard are both in jackson-winkljon camp. That team is too talent deep, they got guilard, cerrone and guida, all three potential no 1 con, n thats just off the top of my head.
Has the makings of fight of the night, I’m going to go for Cowboy, really rate Diaz but after the way Cowboy walked through Siver I think he has to much power and speed for Diaz.
I was watching the Cerrone – Rocha fight and it got me worried for Cerrone. If Cerrone fights like that, Nate will have a lot to work with. Cerrone is a beast though and obviously having Greg Jackson in your corner as the strategist will only help him. I mean Greg Jackson has pretty much figured out Nate Diaz (Stevenson fight) so we’ll just want and see. In the Rocha fight, Cowboy got hit a couple of times by way of boxing, and this really can’t be the case for Diaz because his boxing is precise and sharp. Still, Cerrone has a lot of ways to win and I hope he does!
cerrone is going to **** slap nate
Cowboy is SO much bigger and stronger and it will show the second they stand next to eachother. After the first leg kick and/or strike from Cerrone, Nate will look to run away. Cowboy is in the top 3 of the division – Nate isn’t in the top 5. Donald will stop him easy – will steam roll right through his skinny ass.
Diaz wins if it goes to the ground. ~BobbO
Really interesting fight. For me Nates better on the ground but I think Cerrone has an advantage on the feet.
It should be a war either way as the Diaz brothers including nate like to bring it
Personally I think Cerrone will take it.
S7N
cerrone’s bjj isnt on the level of Nate’s not even close. what he does have over nate is strength and kick boxing. this is a toss up but ima go with nate.
i got cowboy all the way. should be a barnburner tho!
Nate diaz vs donald cerrone…. Hmm im going with nick on this one hahahahahaha DUMBASS
This fight is an even match up. They both have world class stand up and ground skills. My pick is Cowboy. Not JUST because he is from the Jackson camp but because he really benefits from the Tapout Ranch. He has a lot of highly skilled people that come live and train. It’s all about having bodies and he has a better overall camp. Plus he has the confidence, the winning streak, and record to back it up!
COWBOY by decision
COWBOY!!!
Cerrone wins, prob goes the distance but will be a war.. Nates standup is good but his little tapidtap punches won’t affect cowboy..
lol ^^^