Both Nate Diaz and Chael Sonnen are curious of the incoming UFC 183 fight. The UFC lightweight Nate Diaz is off to face former middleweight champion Anderson Silva for this fight. But even if Silva over powers Diaz in more ways than one, the fighter is not going to back down.
According to Nick's brother, Nate Diaz "Nick's a good size. Anderson Silva fought Ryo Chonan, Jeremy Horn. All those guys weren't the biggest guys. Nick's a good size for 185. He's not huge, but it should be a good fight. That's a fighters' fight."
He adds "Oh course [Silva's] probably going to hit hard and be bigger a little bit, but he's not the 'hold you down and use his weight' type of guy. He's more of a martial arts type of fighter. In the technical aspect the weight could have a slight advantage but I don't think it's going to be too much. I mean, it could be a slight advantage if you get hit and s**t, but I don't think the weight thing is going to be some big, crazy ordeal."
Nate understands that Nick may lose some speed with the added weight, but he sees that Nick is not stressing on it.
"Look at that Ryo Chonan [Silva] fought. That was a just little person. I met Ryo Chonan. I'm like, 'You're just a little ...' I think when he met and saw me [and said], 'You fight at 155?' I think he dropped a weight class right after he saw me. This little motherf***er's fighting at 185 so I've seen [Silva] have some harder fights with smaller guys."
"Jeremy Horn is a good fighter, but he's not the biggest guy, either. I trained with Jeremy Horn back in the day and I've seen Anderson Silva have a pretty rough fight with him."
With size in the conversation, Chael Sonnen, took that point home saying "Your brother's been in there with Georges St-Pierre. I fought Anderson Silva before and I've worked out with Georges St-Pierre and I had a much harder time with St-Pierre. That was my experience. Styles come into it, but St-Pierre was far superior of an athlete and a fighter. I think your brother has been in harder fights. I guess that's my point and I think that's going to help him."
