Veteran Frank Shamrock Gives Nick Diaz a Lecture in Growing Up

On whether Strikeforce should continue promoting Nick Diaz:

Sadly, it’s a big problem because somebody’s out a lot of money — Strikeforce/Showtime — and you know, that wasn’t fair from a professional standpoint. But you know, I’m not matching the fights, and unfortunately, Diaz has a strong name right now, and he has a lot of value to somebody. I mean, UFC has expressed value. We all like Nick, he’s just a knucklehead. And hopefully, he’ll come into his own because he’s coming into his own as a fighter, but his maturity, I think, is 10 years behind that.

Rationalizing Diaz’s decision to not show up for the pre-license drug test:

I remember being 25, and when I was 25, all we did was train all day. That was it, and then we’d go out on Saturday night and that was my life for 10 years. So I can imagine that being a knucklehead involves: training all day, hanging out with your friends at night, and in Nick Diaz’s situation, doing whatever he does, and then train all the time, and think about nothing but fighting. It makes for great fighters, but I think it kind of makes you a little irresponsible sometime.

In a recent interview with MMA legend Frank Shamrock, he gave his opinion on Nick Diaz – the young star of Stikeforce – missing a scheduled drug’s test that makes him miss his next fight and could even cost him his contract.

“Sadly, it’s a big problem because somebody’s out a lot of money — Strikeforce/Showtime — and you know, that wasn’t fair from a professional standpoint. But you know, I’m not matching the fights, and unfortunately, Diaz has a strong name right now, and he has a lot of value to somebody. I mean, UFC has expressed value. We all like Nick, he’s just a knucklehead. And hopefully, he’ll come into his own because he’s coming into his own as a fighter, but his maturity, I think, is 10 years behind that.”

“I remember being 25, and when I was 25, all we did was train all day. That was it, and then we’d go out on Saturday night and that was my life for 10 years. So I can imagine that being a knucklehead involves: training all day, hanging out with your friends at night, and in Nick Diaz’s situation, doing whatever he does, and then train all the time, and think about nothing but fighting. It makes for great fighters, but I think it kind of makes you a little irresponsible sometime.”

for more from the interview where he complains about Dana White “erasing” him from memory click here.

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