Nick Diaz: I’m Disappointed With Eddie Alvarez After UFC 205
Coming in to UFC 205, the story of the main event and the show itself focused on making history. As the first ever show to take place in New York City, the November 12 pay-per-view had a lot on the line, before even considering the three titles up for grabs on the main card. When all was said and done, it was Conor McGregor who emerged as the biggest winner, arguably overshadowing the history-making event with his own record-shattering victory. Claiming a promotional first of two titles held at once, ‘The Notorious’ put away Eddie Alvarez with a dominant TKO.
There’s been plenty said about the Irishman’s masterful performance in NYC, and understandably so. Once again living up to his own hype and trash talk, McGregor’s show at UFC 205 proved a lot of people wrong. On the opposite side of the coin, questions over Alvarez’s performance were raised. Not shying away from these, the former champion himself claimed he had no-one to blame but himself. Straying away from the expected ground game, Alvarez chose to stand and trade with McGregor.
Nick Diaz’s Opinion
Speaking during an appearance on The Jasta Show, popular UFC welterweight Nick Diaz gave his opinion on UFC 205’s main event. Although Alvarez had taken shots at Nate Diaz before his fight with McGregor, Nick insists there are no hard feelings:
“I have nothing against Alvarez, I actually like Alvarez. He started popping off (about Nate) but I don’t care. Just in general, I’m just disappointed in him for that fight. I want to feel sorry for him, I don’t want to disrespect Eddie Alvarez, I don’t. What I’m saying is, he invested a lot of time and energy elsewhere. In the time leading up to that fight, I think McGregor put a lot more time and understanding in to it. Eddie Alvarez kinda just thinks he’s the winner, and he believed that. McGregor knows why he is the winner. I have to base my faith on stuff I know, things I see, not just by pumping myself up. I know what I’m looking at. A lot of other people don’t have the time of day to do that, and have a whole life on the side. I think that’s what he’s got, these guys are like waist deep. I will beat you down in to the ground.”
Half-Hearted?
After hearing what Nick Diaz has to say, has your opinion about Eddie Alvarez’s performance changed? Obviously not taking anything away from Conor McGregor, but was the former champion simply focused on too many other things in his life?
Check out the full interview with Nick Diaz on the Jasta Show:
