{"id":390347,"date":"2022-06-01T11:03:42","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T11:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=390347"},"modified":"2022-06-01T11:03:42","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T11:03:42","slug":"former-mma-referee-says-ufc-champion-kamaru-usman-would-get-lit-up-by-nick-diaz-on-the-feet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/former-mma-referee-says-ufc-champion-kamaru-usman-would-get-lit-up-by-nick-diaz-on-the-feet\/","title":{"rendered":"Former MMA Referee Says UFC Champion Kamaru Usman Would Get &#8216;Lit Up&#8217; by Nick Diaz on the Feet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former MMA referee \u2018Big\u2019 John McCarthy spoke out on his \u2018Weighing In\u2019 podcast and talked about a potential blockbuster welterweight bout. Fan-favorite fighter Nick Diaz recently spoke to TMZ and revealed that he wanted an undisputed title shot against reigning champion Kamaru Usman.<\/p>\n<p>However, given the fact that Diaz hasn\u2019t won a fight since 2012, it\u2019s virtually impossible for the UFC to justify giving him a title shot. On the flip side, it\u2019s all be certain that the UFC will rope in big numbers having a superstar like Nick Diaz on the poster.<\/p>\n<p>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/dominick-snooze-get-in-back-of-the-line-henry-cejudo-takes-no-prisoners-in-verbal-tirade-against-dominick-cruz\/\">\u2018Dominick \u2018Snooze,\u2019 Get in Back of the Line!\u2019- Henry Cejudo Takes No Prisoners In Verbal Tirade Against Dominick Cruz<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Would Nick Diaz spark Kamaru Usman?<\/h2>\n<p>Fans of Nick Diaz would categorize his fighting style as controlled chaos as seen in his striking banger against Paul Daley back in Strike Force. Per \u2018Big\u2019 John McCarthy, Kamaru Usman would get \u2018lit up\u2019 on the feet against Nick Diaz and would then resort to shooting in for takedowns.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nick Diaz wants a crack at Kamaru Usman \ud83d\udc40<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcf0 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kXoHtCMVMt\">https:\/\/t.co\/kXoHtCMVMt<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Qy9MIfM8a8\">pic.twitter.com\/Qy9MIfM8a8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; MMA Fighting (@MMAFighting) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MMAFighting\/status\/1529835559690158083?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 26, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This is a rather bold statement, especially when looking at the way Kamaru Usman\u2019s striking has evolved in recent years.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIf there\u2019s one thing that you know about Nick, he\u2019s gonna come and give you everything that he\u2019s got,\u201d McCarthy said on his podcast. \u201cWould I mind seeing him against Kamaru? No, I wouldn\u2019t, other than this: Kamaru would stand with him until he started getting lit up and then he\u2019s gonna go and use his wrestling \u2013 which he should. I\u2019m not saying he shouldn\u2019t, but what is Nick always complaining about? People wrestling.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ONA4o1rVsjc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cHe\u2019s a handful as far as the way he creates situations that he just touch, touch, touch, and he\u2019ll throw power in there, and he\u2019ll take shots to give shots, and he just keeps this buzzsaw action going that makes you start to become more defensive than offensive.\u201d [h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/2022\/05\/ufc-news-nick-diaz-lights-up-kamaru-usman-standing-says-john-mccarthy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mmajunkie.com<\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Following Usman\u2019s KO of Jorge Masvidal at UFC 261, most fighters aren\u2019t going to take \u2018The Nigerian Nightmare\u2019 lightly in the stand-up department. While Nick Diaz has some unorthodox striking weapons, it\u2019s hard to say whether he\u2019ll be able to rock Usman on the feet. Not to mention, Diaz\u2019s comeback fight against Robbie Lawler left plenty to be desired.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former MMA referee \u2018Big\u2019 John McCarthy spoke out on his \u2018Weighing In\u2019 podcast and talked about a potential blockbuster welterweight bout. Fan-favorite fighter Nick Diaz recently spoke to TMZ and revealed that he wanted an undisputed title shot against reigning champion Kamaru Usman. However, given the fact that Diaz hasn\u2019t won a fight since 2012, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":390350,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2006],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-390347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ufc"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=390347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390347\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/390350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}