If Nick Diaz is #dunfighting, what is his legacy?

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Nick's Legacy?

  1. All-time great

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  2. One of the great personalities, did about as well as he could've

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  3. Entertaining underachiever

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  4. Nuisance who never improved his weaknesses and always lost to top talent

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  5. Side-show waste of talent

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  1. speeds

    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    Career record of 26-10-0-1

    7-7 UFC record

    Wins over: Chris Lytle, Robbie Lawler, Drew Fickett, Gleison Tibau, Frank Shamrock, Mach Sakurai, Paul Daley, and BJ Penn

    WEC Welterweight Champion

    IFC Welterweight Champion

    Strikeforce Welterweight Champion

    Tested positive for marijuana metabolites three times, costing him his win against Takanori Gomi

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    Entertaining Underachiever. That is hard to label him as because of all he accomplished, but he could have been so much more. He could have been one of the biggest names in fight history, IMO. His style was popular with the average fight fan. Just talk shit and fight.
     
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    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    Video of Nick Diaz hitting the speed bag for 23-minutes straight

     
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    I honestly feel given his proclivities and his personal issues he accomplished a great deal and probably got a lot further than most would think possible. This is someone who really only enjoys a select few aspects of his profession and seemingly would rather be doing just about anything else. And yet he was a champion and made millions. I really appreciate him and have enjoyed watching him compete and to a lesser extent watching his antics. As the UFC moves into deeper corporate waters we're going to see their guys treated more like NFL players and they will behave more like Marshawn Lynch in turn. I mean I hope not but I can't think of anything harsh (or interesting) Demetrious Johnson or Cain Velasquez has said or done.
     

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