Were you more of a Jiu Jitsu guy back then or a striker since day one?
Nate Diaz – I boxed back then too. I was probably more of a Jiu Jitsu guy but I wasn’t planning on going in there and doing a bunch of Jiu Jitsu moves. I was going in there to fight him and box. I probably thought I was just as good at boxing but I wasn’t as technical as now. I was just kind of getting taken down in that fight because he was a wrestler. He kept getting the takedowns on me, but I didn’t get hit one time in the fight even though it went 3 rounds. It was a good experience for me because after that I kind of got better at my tie up and my takedown defense and my takedowns. thaFormula.com – When you were training for your first fight and you actually got in the ring, how effective was all the training and was or is there a time during the fight where you just blank out or maybe forget certain things? Nate Diaz – No it doesn’t. All I do is train and spar so much really that when I’m in there, I try to do everything right. Even if I’m like out of it. I train so much that I wi
