Sean Strickland is one of the most outspoken and real fighters on the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) roster today, but before him there was Nick Diaz.<\/p>\n
In case you forgot or are new to mixed martial arts (MMA), Diaz is one of the most respected and memorable fighters to ever step foot inside of the cage. Despite never winning a UFC title, Diaz is widely regarded as a pioneer for the sport and helped it hit mainstream audiences.<\/p>\n
Earlier this week, Diaz joined long-time friend, Jake Shields, for a visit to Xtreme Couture\u2019s gym in Las Vegas, Nevada, which is where Strickland trains. Diaz watched on as Strickland went through drills in preparation for his upcoming main event showdown<\/a> with Anthony Hernandez at UFC Houston<\/a> next month.<\/p>\n Strickland, who grew up watching Diaz fight, was basically starstruck. The former UFC middleweight champion proceeded to grace Diaz with compliments before Diaz returned the favor.<\/p>\n \u201cI gotta get rolling with you dude,\u201d said Strickland. \u201cF\u2014king legend over here guys. Crazy. That\u2019s a f\u2014king legend man. Crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWhen I was a kid I used to watch you,\u201d added Strickland. \u201cI\u2019d be in my f\u2014king boxer shorts in the living room watching you scrap dog. It was dope.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cNow I watch you,\u201d replied Diaz.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sean Strickland is one of the most outspoken and real fighters on the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) roster…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":418359,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,40762,785,85,1396],"class_list":["post-418358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=418358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418358\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/418359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}