Brendan Schaub: Nate Diaz won’t make UFC Hall of Fame, made mistake ripping ‘MMA royalty’ Daniel Cormier
MMA Fighting • • sports
Key Points:
- Brendan Schaub sided with Daniel Cormier in the recent feud with Nate Diaz, criticizing Diaz for targeting fighters with more accomplished careers than his own.
- Schaub argued that Nate Diaz, despite his fame, lacks the individual accomplishments to be considered MMA royalty or a UFC Hall of Famer, unlike Cormier.
- Schaub believes Diaz’s personal grudges, including past conflicts with Schaub himself, fuel his disdain for analysts and former fighters turned commentators like Cormier.
- He defended Cormier’s transition to an analyst role as a prestigious and sensible career move, contrasting it with Diaz’s need to participate in less traditional fights due to being past his prime.
- Schaub also agreed with Cormier that Diaz’s aversion to showing emotion publicly may have hindered his ability to become a world champion, highlighting the emotional toll of high-level competition.
