Nick Diaz and Joe Riggs not only threw down in the cage, but also in the hospital, when an argument escalated past the point of return after the fight.
On February 4, 2006, the MMA stars waged war in UFC 57, in the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
After three rounds, Riggs was announced the winner and his opponent was not happy.
So when the couple finally crossed paths after the game, it didn't broke out any surprise voltages.
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Nick Diaz hit Joe Riggs in the hospital fight
To win that day, Joe Riggs had to put his body at stake and push himself to the limit to lift his hand.
Then the warrior had to go to the hospital to check out. The MAINER was on a stretcher who received an IV when his rival walked in and started to fire verbal shots.
In an episode of Dark Side of the Cage, with Vice, the 42-year-old remembered: 'He walks with his brother to the hospital and looks like a fusider of F-strayed inside. Him and his brother, they were just talking s -.
“He said,” Look at that mother-b–, he can't even get rid of the stretcher. “
Although injured, Riggs refused to take the insults that lie, in which Nick Diaz remembered: “He is like:” Well, I won. ” I have something like: 'Oh yes, f— -look at your mother -. He was on a stretcher. '
With the two men at Loggerheads, the Victor made a remark that the UFC legend really worsened.
He said: “Oh yes, I am something like:” Close the F – up. Now, that's two in a row, go back to WEC. “And I had something like:” Ha, that was a good burn. ”
Riggs heard the 'clip-clump of feet' before he was beaten in the face. Diaz enthusiastic: “Boom, and I cracked it.”
Although some would not approve this behavior, things like this are partly what made the former Strikeforce champion so popular. Joe Rogan goes so far that Diaz has changed the game with his wild antics.
Georges St-Pierre reveals the mind game that Nick Diaz used that he had 'in panic'
Surrounded by Mayhem, Diaz developed an unparalleled aura, with perhaps the greatest mixed war artist of all time, worried about what he put on the table.
In his appreciated career, Georges St-Pierre showed formidable gripping skills and an awesome fight IQ, with the Canadian who was able to surpass everyone who dared to set foot in the cage with him.
However, the self -confidence of the icon went out the window when he had to come across one of the biggest trash can in the history of the UFC.
Now St-Pierre is open about the tactics that Diaz strives in his head.
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