Former UFC welterweight Nick Diaz recently earned his black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu from Caesar Gracie.

It’s not breaking news … but the video of the ceremony is pretty crazy.

Check it out:

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May 10th, 2007     39 Comments

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Comment by Mamas Boy
2007-05-10 10:15:56

I’m a fan of Nick Diaz. Hope he returns to the UFC. As for the video, wish someone could cut out the first two minutes of standing around and just get down to the beating.

 
Comment by MoreThanUFC
2007-05-10 10:43:49

[quote comment="52598"]I’m a fan of Nick Diaz. Hope he returns to the UFC. As for the video, wish someone could cut out the first two minutes of standing around and just get down to the beating.[/quote]
Another fan who just wants to see blood and violence. Lol, I was hoping the beating would be worse, he kinda skates through. This is interesting to me because we constantly hear, “Fighter so and so has a BB in JJ.”. Well, we all know what an animal ND is on the ground, and to think he JUST earned his after 6-7 years training goes to show some BBs mean a lot more than others.

 
Comment by Tommy
2007-05-10 10:44:39

Protect your eyes and run the gauntlet

 
Comment by c-war
2007-05-10 11:16:26

Hey I just got my Black Belt In BJJ, everyone gather ’round and beat the hell outta me now. C’mon guys it’ll be fun!

 
Comment by c-war
2007-05-10 11:17:46

A simple hand shake woulda been fine for me.

 
Comment by Mamas Boy
2007-05-10 11:25:15

[quote comment="52637"]Hey I just got my Black Belt In BJJ, everyone gather ’round and beat the hell outta me now. C’mon guys it’ll be fun![/quote]
I have a brown belt in my closet.

 
Comment by Stafo
2007-05-10 11:30:30

I got a leather BB made by an inmate. Thats the closest I ever got. Anyways Nick Diaz is a fighter, and he makes for exciting fights. He is still very young and has tremendous talent. Talks alot of shit but fights impresively when it comes down. The Gomi fight will always be great on that Resume. He has also fought the whose who in the UFC. He deserves to still be around

 
Comment by Chris Valentine
2007-05-10 11:31:36

That was one of the coolest vidoes on here. I love the gauntlet style cerimony. I also aggree with MTUFC, that there are BB in JJ that don’t mean as much as say Diaz who is a true BB in JJ.

[quote comment="52617"][quote comment="52598"]I’m a fan of Nick Diaz. Hope he returns to the UFC. As for the video, wish someone could cut out the first two minutes of standing around and just get down to the beating.[/quote]
Another fan who just wants to see blood and violence. Lol, I was hoping the beating would be worse, he kinda skates through. This is interesting to me because we constantly hear, “Fighter so and so has a BB in JJ.”. Well, we all know what an animal ND is on the ground, and to think he JUST earned his after 6-7 years training goes to show some BBs mean a lot more than others.[/quote]

again I aggree with you MTUFC, someone who just wants blood and violence.

As for Diaz, he is by far one of my favorite fighters, and if take downs did not mean so much in the UFC then he would have won allot of bouts. Take downs “can” be over rated in that if they did not do anything with the take down then it is useless, and in Diaz’s case he has an amazing gaurd and that goes unnoticed in the UFC when it comes to score cards.

My favorite fight within the last couple of years has been the Diaz vs Sanchez fights, that “was like two lizards” (Joe Rogan) going at it in the ring.

I am a submission fan myself when it comes to the fights.

Later
Chris Valentine

 
 
Comment by GasManShad
2007-05-10 11:59:21

parisyan vs diaz
sanchez vs diaz
gomi vs diaz
lawler vs diaz

you just know that when he steps in the ring you are gonna have an exciting fight. how could you like anyone more?

congrats on the BB
im sure you read this site… lol

 
Comment by GasManShad
2007-05-10 12:02:21

[quote comment="52659"]Here is another video of Nick,

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x140p9_nick-diaz-vs-macaco-in-adcc/quote
sick sub. thanx for the link

 
Comment by XXXFactor
2007-05-10 12:05:29

so barbaric hahahaha that’s hillarious…i hope he returns to the UFC asap his fights are always worth watching

 
Comment by Chris Valentine
2007-05-10 12:10:18
 
Comment by tha spida
2007-05-10 12:27:23

i’ve always like nick diaz, he’s an exciting fighter and always puts on a show win or lose, congrats on the black belt you deserve it i’m sure, i hope to see him back in the ufc one day, is his suspension going to be up in time for him to compete in the grand prix? does anyone know? i hope so, i think he could be a contender…

 
Comment by PACO
2007-05-10 12:59:10

i thought he was getting his belt, not joining a gang.

 
Comment by PACO
2007-05-10 12:59:10

i thought he was getting his belt, not joining a gang.

 
Comment by MoreThanUFC
2007-05-10 12:59:46

Cool vid, Chris. I love Diaz/Adcc videos.

Here’s another, not for the squeamish.

http://2.upload.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/nick+diaz/video/x1j0ih_nick-diaz-vs-joe-hurley

OOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWW.

 
Comment by UFCcountdown.com
2007-05-10 13:37:35

Haha he’s like a ninja. check out http://www.askaninja.com funny stuff

 
Comment by machine
2007-05-10 13:42:18

Win or lose, Nick Diaz is one of my very favorite fighters.

Congratulations on your grand achievement Nick!

 
Comment by wildbill
2007-05-10 18:37:03

I like him and his brother, no one can argue they back up their mouths with their fists…

 
Comment by MoreThanUFC
2007-05-10 18:41:02

[quote comment="52912"]I like him and his brother, no one can argue they back up their mouths with their fists…[/quote]

Nick has been one of my favorite fighters since I learned about him. And your dead right, wildbill, they dont talk shit and walk away. They talk then swing and roll. No bullshit with either of them. Props Nick and Congrats.

And yes, I know he reads this site.

 
Comment by Paul
2007-05-10 18:47:05

I’m happy for Nick he earned it.I’m even happier he ko’d Joe Riggs.

 
Comment by jason bang
2007-05-10 18:51:02

If i was UFC i wouldn’t have let him go, i cant think of any of his fight boring. I’m pretty sure in all of his wins in the UFC he’s finished them all before the final bell.

 
Comment by The Anomaly
2007-05-10 18:52:34

Ko’d Joe Riggs? I’m pretty sure Diesel beat im via descision buddy.
If your talking about the after fight conflict at teh hospital, Diaz SUCKER punched him in the face, Riggs fell to his knees, only to get up, tackle Diaz, and by the time the police went to break them up RIggs was kneeing im in the head.

 
Comment by The Anomaly
2007-05-10 18:58:59

Regarding the Diaz’s win over Gomi:

[quote post="2069"]The NSAC has declared the fight a “No Contest” and has suspended him for 6 months with a fine of 20% of his earnings ($3,000) won from the fight against Gomi. The Commission felt that the result of Diaz’s THC test, an enormous 175, was a contributing factor in his performance during the fight.

Alamo went on to say, “Mr. Diaz was 175. This creates a unique situation. I was there at this fight and believe that you were intoxicated and… that it made you numb to the pain.[/quote]
Does anyone else think this is completly rediculous? Nick Diaz still has a win over Gomi in my mind, and I think in the mind of most.

 
Comment by Paul
2007-05-10 19:11:22

[quote comment="52933"]Ko’d Joe Riggs? I’m pretty sure Diesel beat im via descision buddy.
If your talking about the after fight conflict at teh hospital, Diaz SUCKER punched him in the face, Riggs fell to his knees, only to get up, tackle Diaz, and by the time the police went to break them up RIggs was kneeing im in the head.[/quote]
I was talking about the fight at the hospital.But I read a totally diffrent story.Is what you are saying true.

 
Comment by The Anomaly
2007-05-10 19:17:12

According to Wikapedia, which is an unbiased site, I tend to go with the unbiased sites.

 
Comment by MoreThanUFC
2007-05-10 20:30:39

[quote comment="52956"]According to Wikapedia, which is an unbiased site, I tend to go with the unbiased sites.[/quote]
Man, Anomaly, Wikipedia has to be taken with a grain of salt at times. And if something is controversial, then you can almost be gaurenteed its total bullshit, I mean, anyone can edit the articles. I once read that the Dalia Lama was praying for George Bush’s death, and all this other crap. Take it with a grain of salt man.

 
Comment by bw
2007-05-10 20:56:09

i like nick alot also, but ican see why the ufc let him go. he lost to diego,sherk,karo,riggs, there was no where left for him to go in the ufc. but he is young and with a win over gomi probably deserves another shot. i’d like to see a rematch w/diaz maybee at 74. i read somewhere that it was going to be in albaq, new mexico. sorry cant spell to good.

 
Comment by The Anomaly
2007-05-10 21:29:43

[quote comment="52990"][quote comment="52956"]According to Wikapedia, which is an unbiased site, I tend to go with the unbiased sites.[/quote]
Man, Anomaly, Wikipedia has to be taken with a grain of salt at times. And if something is controversial, then you can almost be gaurenteed its total bullshit, I mean, anyone can edit the articles. I once read that the Dalia Lama was praying for George Bush’s death, and all this other crap. Take it with a grain of salt man.[/quote]

Oh yeah well then what other sources would you suggest? Diaz’a site? haha. Like I said there are probably not a lot of internet sources out there that are gonna give you anything close to the real story anyway. So it was a “lesser of the two evils” kind of thing.

 
Comment by MoreThanUFC
2007-05-10 22:21:26

Man, another post with a link in it has vanished. I posted to you about the Riggs thing and that the info on Wikipedia came from Riggs himseld in an interview. I dont know why these posts keep vanishing. Mania, any help?

 
Comment by Chris Valentine
2007-05-10 23:31:19

MA I love the Video MTUFC. As for the post Riggs fight, I love the shit out of that. Nick thought he won that fight, and I am going to re watch it tonight so that I know who I felt one, but besides the point he stood up for that, and people call them sucker punches, but I call it a wake up for Riggs. If Diaz did this to GSP, I would disrespect him, but he did it to Riggs who is a major shit talker himself.

LAter
Chris Valentine

 
Comment by geesus
2007-05-10 23:35:36

Damn!

 
Comment by ShadowoftheDarkgod
2007-05-11 00:11:57

What’s the title of the song they used for that video?

 
Comment by E
2007-05-11 21:48:57

“For Whom the Bell Tolls” by Metallica

E

 
Comment by dennis burke
2007-05-24 13:26:01

i personaly beleive nick to be the real champ idont agree with the judges decisions on his recent so called loses i cant wait for a rematch between him and di san there is no doubt in my mind youll destroy him

 
Comment by MurrCat
2007-06-06 14:26:31

lol Nick stands no chance fighting Diego Sanchez. Diego beat totaly won the fight dude get over it. Now as far as this video go’s whats the big deal so he went through the gauntlet. wow big deal. i take karate and i go through the gauntlet every birthday. its nothing spacial. i don’t even know why you guys where talking about it. or for the matter of fact why I’m talking about it.

 
Comment by Judy Hansen
2007-06-11 16:54:55

Diego Sanchez , Oh the pothead that Josh just beat down, that Punk. I say my pothead Diaz can beat your pothead Diego. REMATCH!

 
Comment by jason
2007-12-24 18:59:35

I wonder if he did Ceasar’s mail order course to get his Black belt… I know that sounds stupid but Ceasar actually gives black belts through a mail order jiu-jitsu course. … so bogus!

 
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