Nick Diaz voluntarily put himself back in the spotlight for the first time in a long time on Monday. Anyone who watched his nearly hour-long ESPN interview is sure to have mixed feelings about what unfolded. In many ways, it was classic Diaz (26-9 MMA, 7-6 UFC). The former Strikeforce and WEC welterweight champion and UFC title challenger, who is eccentric but admittedly anxiety-ridden in interview settings, hardly allowed ESPN’s Ariel Helwani to finish forming his questions before issuing responses that lasted minutes and splintered in numerous directions, which may or may not have tied into what he was being asked. Viewers didn’t even get to experience the full conversation, either.
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