Here at URDirt.com we got the privilege of catching up with Nick Diaz before his big fight with Thomas "The Wildman" Denny on EliteXC's second show on CBS "Unfinished Business". We got to hear Nick's opinion on training, cutting weight and the Dream 5 Lightweight Tournament.So Your training to fight Thomas Denny how did your training camp go?
Actually I managed to put everything together and do everything right you know. I going to be very happy to just get this fight over with and out of the way. This is going to be my third fight in three months and I just want to get back to some of my freedoms here you know. Its been a while now and I'm like, this is fucking nuts.
How long was your training camp for this fight?
Well I just fought three times in three months so I never stopped training, I'm always training. This time I had to do really hardcore hard training from the end of the first fight until this fight. I have been going full speed too, I'm really excellent in putting my weight back on. I fight and I can walk in at 185 pounds to 186 pounds.
Wow I didn't know that?
Yeah absolutely, I'll step on a scale take a picture and prove it to you if you want to need it. I to chill and eat with my friends and eat a lot of Soup and Noodles I like to eat that. While I'm training for camp I can't eat that I will gain 10 pounds. I did that after the first fight (Dream 3) and a couple of days after the weigh-in I just ate like an animal and gained a million pounds.
Is that part of the reason why you had trouble making weight against Muhsin Corbbrey at EliteXC "Return of the King", because you were getting ready to fight Sakurai at Dream 5?
Well I had just fought and gained a bunch of weight and it took a little bit of extra time to get in my diet. As far as calendars I don't even look at the date and I don't know what it is. That time I checked it out and I was like, OK its about freaking time I jumped on this diet already. Then I realized I had about two weeks left and I was like, shit!
So how much time will you take off after this fight if any?
After this fight I should take at least two months and I will have a two and a half week window to eat what I want, train with whoever I want and have a lot of energy. What I mean by that is I get a shot to train with heavier guys, its just before a fight I usually have to train with smaller guys.
How does it feel to be fighting in front of your home town of Stockton, California?
Well its cool, but its a little bit of extra pressure.
The last time we spoke you were supposed to fight KJ Noons did you ever get an official reason as to why that fight didn't happen this weekend?
He's not going to fight me unless he has to, that's why I need to win this fight. He knows it wasn't a win, it was the doctors that gave him that win. But he's a big poser so, he is going to run around and capitalize on that. I wouldn't do that, I was just pissed cause it was like hey this fucking idiot doctor ruined my fight. I guess we will just have to do it again.
Part 2 of the interview Sunday, we ran out of time so we wanted to make sure we got out as much as possible. Check in to hear what Nick thought about Fedor vs Tim Sylvia, Anderson Silva and find out which Dream Lightweights he is not impressed with.
