Messing round with Nate Diaz isn’t the very best concept, 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 number of the rivals on the present and Diaz and his group. Jake Shields, who was with Diaz as a part of his group, mentioned the scenario 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 certainly one of our younger fighters, a man named Zalik, he was enjoying with Nate,” Jones instructed Red Corner MMA. “He wished to play-fight with Nate. Nate form of got here in just a little bit on edge. I believe he had some earlier beef with some Russian fighters, so he was just a little bit on edge when he obtained right here. Play-fighting with Nate was not the very best concept. It grew to become severe straight away, and we needed to substitute 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 instructed on his podcast that their feud performed a job within the brawl.
For Jones, that might be the case, however the former UFC gentle heavyweight champion additionally mentioned that this expertise is not like anybody he’s ever had in his lengthy MMA profession, with much more aggression and hostility than your normal MMA gymnasium.
“I’ve been across the Bushido spirit for a very long time, that martial arts spirit the place everyone has a sure diploma of, form of sure guidelines you don’t cross,” Jones mentioned. “Like a martial arts spirit and every part. I don’t assume there’s lots of that right here. Some guys are like warriors and a few guys are actually simply form of road fighters. There’s insults, there’s weapons, this present — there’s nothing prefer it. There’s actually nothing prefer it.”
