Messing round with Nate Diaz isn’t one of the best thought, so says Jon Jones.
On Wednesday, information broke that Nate Diaz was already out of the truth present he was filming alongside Jones in Russia, with video surfacing of an insane brawl between a few of the rivals on the present and Diaz and his crew. Jake Shields, who was with Diaz as a part of his crew, stated the state of affairs escalated when a fighter tried to seize Diaz, and Jones agrees. Although Jones says Diaz was already a bit edgy earlier than issues popped off, he says it’s by no means a good suggestion to play-fight with a Diaz brother.
“We had one in all our younger fighters, a man named Zalik, he was taking part in with Nate,” Jones advised Purple Nook MMA. “He wished to play-fight with Nate. Nate type of got here in slightly bit on edge. I believe he had some earlier beef with some Russian fighters, so he was slightly bit on edge when he acquired right here. Play-fighting with Nate was not one of the best thought. It turned critical instantly, and we needed to change Nate.”
Diaz did have a long-standing feud with Khabib Nurmagomedov, even allegedly slapping the light-weight GOAT at one level. Nonetheless, Nurmagomedov has been out of MMA for years and and unhealthy blood appeared to have been forgotten. Maybe not, although, as Shields steered on his podcast that their feud performed a task within the brawl.
For Jones, that may very well be the case, however the former UFC mild heavyweight champion additionally stated that this expertise is in contrast to anybody he’s ever had in his lengthy MMA profession, with much more aggression and hostility than your normal MMA fitness center.
“I’ve been across the Bushido spirit for a very long time, that martial arts spirit the place everyone has a sure diploma of, type of sure guidelines you don’t cross,” Jones stated. “Like a martial arts spirit and every part. I don’t assume there’s a number of that right here. Some guys are like warriors and a few guys are actually simply type of avenue fighters. There’s insults, there’s weapons, this present — there’s nothing prefer it. There’s actually nothing prefer it.”
