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01:09I know Nick got done wrong.
01:10You don't wanna ruin this guy's life when he's at the peak of his career.
01:14It changed the guy that I loved.
01:16Or was Nick Diaz brought low by his own inner turmoil.
01:19When he told me it shook me that I understood fully what gave him that fire.
01:23Just when you think you've figured out the puzzle,
01:25it resets itself and then you're just confused again.
01:29I still feel like I'm the best fighter in the world,
01:31but at the same time, I'm really disappointed in myself.
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02:13And the turmoil at home carries over to the classroom.
02:18I didn't do well in school.
02:19I didn't like not having the best attention span for, like, you know,
02:24copying off the board.
02:26I would've liked to bring my mom home something that I did that was finished,
02:29or I did good on this.
02:31But this wasn't going to happen, you know?
02:33Where Nick excels is in drawing
02:35attention to himself ā just not always in a way.
02:40I definitely stood out.
02:41It's not like I had to be a center of attention.
02:43That's not what it's at all at.
02:45It's just that I got in trouble for something, you know.
02:48Always something.
02:50When I would get suspended and I had to sit at my desk to a wall like this, it was
02:54rough.
02:55He's eventually diagnosed with attention deficit disorder,
02:59but the local school in his impoverished neighborhood lacks programs to help him.
03:03Nick moves from one school to another.
03:06Finally landing at a high school in an affluent suburb with more resources
03:10But the poor kid in the rich school plays out like a TV afternoon special on bullying
03:16I would get into these fights
03:18They used to hit me, you know, because I wouldn't cry
03:22And then I was getting into fights over the girl
03:26The girl's name is Stephanie
03:27Nick has to fight to keep her, literally
03:30When you're like dating the hottest girl in high school
03:32To me it was a big deal
03:34I had a really, really nice situation for a little while
03:37I was trying to keep that situation
03:40In order to do that, I had to be winning
03:44I remember him telling me, you know, I didn't want to get beat up in front of my girlfriend
03:48Oh, that's embarrassing
03:49I kind of laughed, I thought that was funny
03:51And I told him, you can't win them all
03:53And he goes, oh, I'm going to
03:56To help him win them all
03:57Nick goes to a local gym, Animal House Fitness, to get training
04:01I was teaching at Animal House
04:04Nick, when he came into the gym, I think he was 16
04:07He said he'd been wrestling around boxing with his friends a lot
04:10Some of the guys thought he was, you know, a problem child
04:13Because he didn't talk much
04:15My name's Steve Heath
04:16And I taught Nick Diaz how to fight
04:20Nick really didn't like fighting
04:22I don't even think he liked to hurt people
04:24He was just learning martial arts to defend himself
04:27You know, he looked after his brother, Nathan
04:30He looked after all his friends
04:31They would start trouble with Nick around
04:34And Nick would be there to back him up
04:37People got into gang fighting and doing all that
04:40And I was in the middle of it
04:42You know, and I just wanted to ride my skateboard
04:48But, you know, it's either you or me
04:51I'll tell you right now
04:53I'm only going out one way
04:56So, I was looking to train with the best that I could find
05:00And I had a lot of time on my hands
05:02I was like, are you supposed to be in school?
05:04He's like, I'm not going to school
05:06I'm training
05:08I just kind of took him under my wings
05:09Because I was teaching Gracie Jiu-Jitsu there
05:12It's kind of like a little satellite school of Cesar Gracie
05:15At that time, the Gracie name and Gracie Jiu-Jitsu was very huge
05:20My name is Cesar Gracie
05:22My grandfather, Carlos Gracie
05:24He was really the originator of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu
05:29Steve Heath had told me about a guy he was training
05:31And he said, Cesar, you got to meet this kid
05:34He just picks up stuff so quick
05:35He's amazing
05:36And he found that one thing he liked to do
05:38And he went for it
05:39Nick's martial arts brings you back to, you know
05:42First things first, one foot after another
05:44Breathe in, breathe out
05:45We would show moves in Jiu-Jitsu
05:47It made sense to him mentally
05:49Like, we're going to do a pattern
05:52One, two, three, four, five
05:54In a series of moves
05:55He would take that pattern and go
05:57I need to go
05:59One, four, three, two, five
06:02And I could see he was figuring things out
06:04It was like a computer
06:08Nick started getting a reputation
06:09We had all these big bodybuilder guys coming in
06:13And Nick would cut their strings like a puppet
06:21Any type of recognition for anything I was doing was going so far with me
06:26Because that's what I was looking for
06:29But when I got it, that was something to fight for
06:33Even kids that bullied him before would come in the gym and he'd mop them up
06:36But he would actually be graceful about it
06:38He needed to find his own standards to live by
06:41He understood traditional martial arts and just the code of it
06:45So he immersed himself not only in the Jiu-Jitsu aspect
06:49But the whole, like, Gracie lifestyle
06:52Of the diet, of the training, the mentality
06:57Before you even start thinking about what it would be like fighting for real
07:00Like, you watch these guys
07:02You're like, this dude's in good shape
07:05He probably does, like, a thousand push-ups
07:07You're tripping
07:08I trained so hard just to make sure that I'd be ready
07:12Well, right off the bat
07:13We started putting him in fights
07:18Nick just looks so good
07:20Standing up
07:21On the ground
07:23The judo takedowns
07:28He started to get some national recognition from people in the know
07:34On September 28, 2002
07:36A 19-year-old Nick Diaz enters an eight-man tournament
07:39Including more experienced fighters
07:42Here we go, Nick's going to be looking to get this on the ground
07:45Nick drew the two guys that were favored to run that tournament
07:49Look at that
07:50Full-arm bar
07:51There it is
07:54They were both, like, kickboxers, TIE fighters
07:57But he beat him pretty soundly
07:59Very good
08:00Quick
08:01You have to fight several times that night to win
08:03And Jeremy Jackson was on that card
08:07We never really heard of the guy
08:08So now I'm kind of like
08:10I'm fighting all night
08:11And then he's like
08:13Oh, yeah
08:14Pow
08:17I didn't realize that kid had dynamite in his hands
08:21Jeremy was just clocking him
08:25So Nick suffered his first loss
08:29The loss motivates Nick to train even harder
08:32Not too many fights down the line
08:34Jeremy Jackson was on the card
08:36Somehow these guys got paired up again
08:40Nick brings the tape
08:42VHS at the time
08:43And I was like, oh, you can beat this guy
08:45You can beat this guy, man
08:47Let's work on taking him down
08:50My name is Victor Gowden
08:51I've known Nick Diaz since I was 18 years old
08:54We just became really good friends right away
08:58He had been inviting me to help him train for his next fight
09:01And I was like, well, what do I got to do?
09:02He said, just be my corner man
09:05Jeremy Jackson brings his own team to the rematch
09:07Along with something Nick lacks
09:09A UFC contract
09:10But the night before the fight
09:12Jeremy does something he will regret
09:14At the motel
09:15Jeremy Jackson signed a picture of himself
09:17And had it sent to Nick's room
09:19And said to Nick's mom, my greatest fan
09:22I thought it was a joke when I was told that
09:24That was the worst thing that guy could have ever done
09:26I hope to find a reason why
09:28I actually don't like another fighter
09:30Because then I'm going to come on in
09:32And have a reason
09:33Don't give me a reason
09:34And I think a rivalry was born that night
09:37A member of the Cesar Gracie Steve
09:40He'd like you
09:42And Nick came out
09:45Took him to the ground
09:49Mounted him and beat the shit out of him
09:53When he was punching him
09:54He was like, I should be going to UFC
09:56Mother
09:56You know, not you
09:58I don't think that fight made it a couple minutes
10:00Nick's decisive victory over a UFC fighter
10:03Prompts a life-changing opportunity
10:06I got the phone call from the UFC
10:09It meant national exposure
10:11It meant you might have enough money now
10:14From sponsorships
10:16To pay for better training gear
10:17To not have to worry about a side hustle
10:20But there's a catch
10:22The guy at the time that was the matchmaker
10:24Had the great idea
10:25To have Nick and Jeremy
10:27Fight the rubber match in the UFC
10:30And the UFC was like
10:31The winner gets to stay
10:33On September 26, 2003
10:35Nick and Jeremy enter the octagon
10:39While Nick's fighting to join
10:40The country's biggest fight promotion
10:42Jeremy's fighting to keep his job
10:44You could tell Jeremy Jackson
10:45Really trained hard
10:46I think for that third fight
10:47He was in great shape
10:51Nick was getting so good
10:53So fast
10:54He really dominated
10:56He's got a guillotine
10:57He's going to try to get a guard here
10:58Nick was able to submit him
11:00With a beautiful armbar
11:05It's a stunning victory in his UFC debut
11:08But Nick isn't celebrating
11:10Wait a minute, hold on
11:11You know what?
11:12This is all happening
11:13Really, really, really past
11:14Can we start to put the brakes enough
11:17Just so I can know what's going on?
11:20So the victor is Nick Diaz
11:23I felt like a type of a threat
11:26To my ground that I was standing on
11:30He was kind of saying
11:31Man, I've got to do this
11:32The rest of my life now
11:33And I don't think he was too happy about it
11:35The winner, Nick Diaz
11:49Reacting to his attention-grabbing entrance into the UFC
11:53Stockton-born Nick Diaz
11:55Might be described as ambivalent
11:56These guys are coming in over here from the left field
11:59And I'm like, whoa, whoa, whoa
12:01So as he preps for his next fight
12:03He leans harder on the people he trusts most
12:06His training partners
12:07I said, hey, you guys
12:08You know, like, we've got to train together
12:10Because you guys are good
12:12And we're good, you know
12:13And it worked out
12:15The Nick Diaz army
12:17They're scheduled
12:18Two o'clock in the morning
12:19They'll go for a five-mile run, right?
12:21After that, they'll go and do jiu-jitsu
12:23And then in the evening
12:24They're going to go and do boxing
12:26I'm Balikmatov
12:27And I know Nick Diaz
12:29Since he was 16 years old
12:31At that time, I was teaching
12:32At this particular gym
12:34He looked hungry
12:35He looked like
12:36It meant something different to him
12:38Than everybody else in that gym
12:40Day in, day out
12:42Nick leading by example
12:44You know, a guru
12:45A leader
12:47A warrior
12:47A general
12:49My name's Gilbert Melendez
12:51I'm a teammate to Nick Diaz
12:53Cesar Gracie was our head coach
12:55Who brought us all together
12:56And opened the doors for us
12:58Nick did that to Nate Diaz
12:59His little brother
13:00We'd all meet up together
13:01And beat each other up
13:02But Nick was the most conditioned athlete
13:05He was doing
13:06Triathlons
13:07The most durable
13:08Mentally tough
13:09Outworking the competition
13:12We had really good professional boxers
13:14Nick got in the ring
13:15They would be throwing people at him
13:17Next, next, next
13:20He did 20 rounds straight
13:2220 rounds
13:25He had that combination of good hands
13:29Incredible wind
13:31Patience
13:32And an iron chin
13:34He would always say
13:35I gotta catch up
13:36I gotta catch up
13:37I gotta catch up
13:38And I'd be like
13:38Who do you gotta catch up to?
13:39You're ahead of all of us
13:41But he might not be ahead of the opponent
13:43He's been training to fight
13:44Roofless Robbie Lawler
13:46Robbie Lawler was this crazy hard hitter
13:49His stand-up was phenomenal
13:51He could wrestle
13:52I'm pretty freaking nervous about it now
13:54Because I'm a good striker
13:56Robbie, you know
13:57He's gonna bash your skull
14:00Nick's plan is to be more ruthless
14:02Than his opponent
14:03I wasn't just going out there
14:05To win or fight or compete
14:07I was going out there
14:08To ruin this mother
14:11On April 2nd, 2004
14:13Nick's the clear underdog
14:15When he steps into the octagon
14:16To face his biggest challenge to date
14:23Right away, Nick sends a message
14:25He drops his hands
14:27Oh, he's taunting him a bit
14:28Look at this
14:28Wow
14:29I could see the realization
14:30That he was not overmatched
14:32Hip injury to Pete's breath
14:34And his confidence just boomed
14:37I knew that he wasn't dangerous
14:39Like in a type of way
14:40That was too much for me to deal with
14:43Not anymore
14:43I never expected to see him
14:45Taunting Bobby like this
14:46Then Nick further goads his opponent
14:48Open hand slap by Dia
14:50Oh, oh my
14:51The slap brings the intended response
14:54You slap somebody
14:55And they get upset
14:57They're gonna go 100
14:58And when they go 100
14:59Then all of a sudden
14:59They're gonna drop back down to 30
15:00Then you can really run them over
15:02No talking
15:03Steve Pasegati said no talking
15:05I didn't know that that was a rule
15:07And when it comes to Nick
15:08If you fight him with emotions
15:09You will burn
15:15In the MMA world
15:17Nick's open-handed strike
15:19Across Robbie's face
15:20Is dubbed the Stockton slap
15:22Named for the toughness
15:23Of his hometown
15:24It also signifies Nick's brash
15:27Fearless fighting style
15:28The slap becomes a touchstone
15:31In the UFC's transformation
15:32From human cockfighting
15:34To mainstream combat sport
15:35With Nick being pushed
15:37To be one of the promotion's
15:38Rising young stars
15:39Fix my hair
15:41Ladies and gentlemen
15:42The UFC was starting to evolve
15:46To a point where they were
15:48On Spike television
15:49Hook me up with the right lady
15:51I'm coming after you
15:53Some of the fighters were
15:55On reality TV shows
15:57How you doing?
15:58I'm Tiki
15:58Rebecca
15:58We're at the gym
15:59Nick answers the phone
16:01Calling is a producer
16:02Hoping to cast Nick
16:03On an episode of Blind Date
16:05An NBC Universal reality show
16:08For the UFC
16:09It's an easy way
16:10To broaden the sports appeal
16:12For Nick
16:13It's not what he signed up to do
16:15I'm from Northern California
16:16Going to take me
16:17And sit me next to some
16:18Really, really, really
16:19Really nice 23-year-old girl
16:21And a bottle of champagne
16:23Or something
16:23And everybody's watching me
16:25And I
16:25No
16:26I'm here to fight
16:27I'm here to win
16:27But this is some other
16:29Type of thing
16:30Nick's like
16:31Why do I want to be
16:32On your stupid show?
16:33And I was like thinking
16:33No, Nick
16:34Don't say that
16:35And he hung up
16:36And threw the phone down
16:37And I was like
16:38The UFC's involved
16:39In that somehow
16:39Be careful, you know
16:41He's like
16:41I don't give a shit
16:42But the man
16:43Trying to mainstream
16:44The UFC
16:45Its president
16:45Dana White
16:46Does give a shit
16:48I caught a lot of heat
16:49For that
16:49Did you call Dana?
16:51And I'm like
16:51Well, I mean
16:52No, I didn't call Dana
16:54You want me to
16:55Call Dana?
16:56The
16:56Just don't put me
16:57On blind date
17:01Nick might have
17:02Won the argument
17:03By consistently
17:04Winning in the octagon
17:05But after the
17:06Lawler fight
17:07His results are mixed
17:08Two wins
17:09And two losses
17:10By decision
17:11In his first
17:12UFC fight
17:13Of 2006
17:14Nick
17:15Once again
17:16Has something to prove
17:17Now he's talking
17:18To him too
17:19Even by MMA standards
17:21Nick Diaz
17:22Versus Joe Riggs
17:23Is a brutal
17:24And bloody business
17:25Oh, good elbow
17:26By Riggs
17:27Every time I hit him
17:28He said
17:28That didn't hurt
17:29I'm Joe Riggs
17:30And I fought Nick Diaz
17:31Back in 2006
17:32In the UFC
17:34Everybody I would hit
17:35In the past
17:35Would fall
17:36And he would take
17:36That shot
17:37After three rounds
17:38Riggs wins
17:40By unanimous decision
17:41I had no idea
17:43What was going to happen
17:44After that
17:44Nobody did
17:45He doesn't have to
17:46Wait long to find out
17:47As he and Nick
17:48Soon meet up again
17:49At the emergency room
17:50I knew he was
17:51Going to the hospital
17:51Because his face
17:52Was up
17:53And my hands were broken
17:54I was getting a scan
17:55From my diaphragm
17:56Where he battered it
17:58I'm sitting on a gurney
17:59And getting an IV
17:59He walks in
18:00With his brother
18:01Into the hospital
18:02Looking like a gargoyle
18:03But strolling in
18:04And him and his brother
18:06In there
18:06Just talking shit
18:07He's like
18:08Look at that
18:09Bitchy
18:09Can't even get off the gurney
18:10He's like
18:11I won
18:12I won
18:13I'm all
18:14Yeah
18:14Look at you
18:15He was on a stretcher
18:16And he was just like
18:18Oh yeah
18:18I'm like
18:19Dude
18:19Shut the
18:19Go
18:20I guess
18:20Two in a row
18:21Go back to WEC
18:22And I was like
18:23Ha
18:24That was a good burn
18:24When Joe suggests
18:26Nick will be demoted
18:27To a lower tier
18:28Fight promotion
18:29It's like the bell
18:30Goes off
18:30For another round
18:31I kind of turn around
18:32And I hear like
18:33The clip clop of feet
18:34Boom
18:35And I
18:35And I
18:36And I cracked him
18:37He hit me
18:38I go to lift him
18:39But then the worst part
18:40I shit my pants
18:41That was terrible
18:42Thank God
18:43I was wearing my
18:43Spandex tights underneath
18:44Which kept it all
18:45Corralled in
18:46But I know
18:47He smelt that shit
18:48I yelled to his brother
18:50Dude get your brother off me
18:51And then Nate
18:51Starts hitting me
18:52We were
18:53Each other up
18:54And not getting paid for it
18:55So
18:56That sucked
19:01I got the phone call
19:02Right after it happened
19:03I started laughing
19:04To be honest
19:05Joe was running his mouth
19:07Nick is not
19:08One to listen to that
19:09It's a disrespect thing
19:10You know
19:11Crazy Nick came out
19:13I'll tell you
19:14What happened was
19:15I was really
19:16Been out of shape
19:18Because
19:18During the fight
19:19I saw
19:20My friend
19:21In Joe Riggs' corner
19:23Him and Joe
19:24Are like
19:24Buddying up
19:25And they're like
19:25Team Joe Riggs
19:26Or something
19:27The member of Nick's army
19:29Who defected to Joe's corner
19:30Is former Gracie teammate
19:32Tim McKenzie
19:33And I'm like
19:33Hey well
19:34You Tim
19:35You know what I mean
19:36Piece of shit
19:37I started giving this shit
19:39You know what I mean
19:39Like
19:39For that group
19:42Loyalty
19:42You know
19:43Means something
19:43When you're from Stockton
19:45Loyalty means even more
19:46And then I lost
19:48So I was angry
19:50I would be lying
19:51If I ever
19:52Reprimanded him for that
19:53Because I didn't
19:55As a matter of fact
19:56I think I just
19:57Kind of high-fived him
19:58Hey man
19:58Good job
19:59But Cesar Gracie knows
20:00Not everyone
20:01Shares his enthusiasm
20:02The UFC was not
20:04Too happy about that
20:05They were very aware
20:06Of negative publicity
20:07Coming out
20:08And we're trying to
20:08Make it this
20:09Legitimate sport
20:10He got into a fistfight
20:11At the hospital
20:12That kind of stuff
20:13Has got to stop
20:13I try to tell him
20:14Many times
20:15Just be careful
20:16Where you step
20:16Because they will
20:17Always get you
20:18Nick Diaz
20:19Will refuse to play the game
20:20I mean you have to
20:21Listen
20:22You have to follow
20:23Certain rules
20:24Dana White decides
20:26Nick has crossed a line
20:27Eventually dropping him
20:28From the UFC
20:29They were trying to
20:30Insert their dominance
20:32But losing a contract
20:33That wasn't going to
20:34Make them not do that
20:35It was like
20:36He was going to be him
20:38And they cut me
20:39You know
20:48Once the UFC's
20:49Fastest rising star
20:51Nick Diaz
20:52Is suddenly out of a job
20:53And out of the spotlight
20:54I didn't throw a tantrum
20:56Or make it worse
20:57Than it was
20:58I was just like
20:59Damn
20:59Sucks to be me
21:00But in the early 2000s
21:02The UFC isn't the only
21:03MMA promotion in the world
21:05Not even the biggest
21:06We got picked up by Pride
21:08Japan's Pride Fighting Championships
21:11Has been the UFC's
21:12Bigger and more prestigious
21:13Competition for over a decade
21:15Now Pride is starting to hold
21:17MMA events
21:18In the United States
21:19The UFC
21:20For the United States
21:21It was the premier event
21:22You know Pride was
21:23The world premier event
21:25Nick signs on
21:26And will make his debut
21:27Against Japanese superstar
21:29Takenori Gomi
21:30Takenori Gomi at the time
21:31Was like the super stud
21:33Super champion
21:34Just taking everybody out
21:36Takenori
21:37One of the top
21:37Lightweights in the world
21:39Goes into the fight
21:40Having won 13
21:41Of his last 14 bouts
21:42Nick studies his opponent
21:44I was watching him
21:45And you've seen this guy
21:46Moving his head
21:47Boom
21:49Boom
21:50Boom
21:50He's gonna come
21:51And just
21:52Throws that punch
21:53Like come over with that punch
21:54Boom
21:55And duck
21:56Boom
21:56Boom
21:58No other fighters
21:59Were doing the homework
22:00I was doing
22:03On February 24th 2007
22:05Fans tune in
22:07Expecting a legendary confrontation
22:09Ready
22:10Fight
22:11Nick he gets in there
22:12And he fights this guy
22:13He has a really good fight
22:15And the guy ends up
22:16Hitting him with this super punch
22:17Bam
22:18That shot to the head
22:19Knocks Nick down
22:21He stood back up
22:22The blood started pouring out
22:24But the next round
22:25Takenori Gomi
22:26Now he's breathing heavy
22:27He's gonna be looking like
22:29It's like a wet rag out there
22:30And Nick's Nick
22:31He keeps coming
22:32Nick executes a highly technical
22:34And therefore
22:35Rarely seen submission
22:37The go-go platter
22:38One of the attributes
22:39That Nick has
22:40Is flexibility
22:41I wouldn't even attempt it
22:42That is it
22:44Nick Diaz has defeated
22:46Takenori taps out
22:49You have this kid from Stockholm
22:50Coming in
22:51And doing a go-go platter
22:53You know
22:53Tapping out
22:54One of the best fighters
22:55In the world
22:55At that time
22:57Jiu-jitsu in a way
22:59Was a thing of the past
23:02And then you have this kid
23:03That is bringing it back
23:05I was so interested
23:07In getting better
23:09On a technical level
23:10Nobody's perfect
23:11But I can make him look perfect
23:14Nick's soaring
23:15After earning
23:16Fifteen thousand dollars
23:17For beating Takenori
23:18His largest payout to date
23:20But soon
23:21He'll get his wings clipped
23:23It was an incredible win
23:24And all of a sudden
23:26Oh you tested positive
23:27For marijuana
23:29All through the UFC's
23:31Nick smoked weed
23:32It wasn't a big deal
23:34I didn't know
23:35There was anything
23:36Against it in the rules
23:37I wasn't looking
23:38I wasn't asking questions
23:41He's got like
23:42An ADD type of character
23:44When he was little
23:46Okay here
23:46Go take the ADD drugs
23:48Whatever
23:48And he used to tell me
23:50I don't want to take that stuff
23:50Caesar it made me feel
23:52Cracked out all the time
23:54So his medication
23:56If you will
23:56Was smoking marijuana
23:58That's what calmed him down
23:59His mind would just race
24:01That was his way
24:02To chill out
24:03Relax
24:04Get some sleep
24:06I found it to be
24:07The right move for me
24:09Medicinally
24:09Or recreationally
24:11Or whatever you want to call it
24:12They were like
24:13Trying to say
24:14He was high
24:14That's what kept him
24:15From getting beat
24:15I was like
24:16Yeah right
24:17No he wasn't high
24:18In the night of the fight
24:19Since marijuana
24:20Can stay in the body
24:21For weeks
24:22A post fight drug test
24:23Can't tell when
24:24He last used the drug
24:25The Nevada State Athletic Commission
24:27Was very conservative
24:28And they came down
24:30On him very hard
24:31Nick's win is overturned
24:33He's fined $3,000
24:35And he's suspended
24:36From fighting
24:37For six months
24:39It was frustrating
24:40It's an open secret
24:41That all these guys
24:43They're fighting
24:43Are total juice heads
24:45And all that stuff
24:46Is swept under the rug
24:47Nick oh my god
24:49You smoked marijuana
24:50The week of the fight
24:51And we're gonna take you
24:53From fighting
24:54I wasn't gonna say nothing
24:56Because I was already
24:57In a really shit predicament
25:00But while they can take away
25:02Nick's win in money
25:03No one in the MMA game
25:05Can discount his remarkable
25:06Submission of Takenori
25:08All the other guys
25:09Were knocking on our door
25:11To bring in Nick Diaz
25:14Suddenly the guy
25:15That they might have
25:16Discounted
25:17They wanted that guy
25:18The test
25:20The suspension
25:21The overturning
25:22Of the wind
25:23That stuff didn't matter
25:23He leveled up
25:25With that fight
25:25I just thought
25:26Man if we could get
25:27Our hands on Nick Diaz
25:29We have to get him
25:31My name is Rich Chow
25:32And I was a matchmaker
25:34At Elite XC
25:35In Strikeforce
25:35And that's why
25:36I worked with Nick Diaz
25:39Nobody can fight like Nick
25:40It's an iconic
25:42Kind of style
25:43That fans loved
25:44And was a really
25:46Interesting mix
25:47Of mental
25:48And physical warfare
25:49Daring you
25:50To come at him
25:51Nick is a rebel
25:52And I think that's why
25:54His cult following
25:55Is so strong
25:55I didn't realize
25:57How you know
25:58Popular I was
25:59You know yet
26:00Diaz
26:01Punches
26:02And punches
26:03Nick signs on
26:04At Elite XC
26:05And in his first
26:06Four bouts
26:07For his new promotion
26:08Scores an impressive
26:09Three wins
26:10With his single defeat
26:11Coming
26:11After a cut
26:12Prompted the ref
26:13To stop the fight
26:15Two years
26:16Into his contract
26:17Elite XC
26:18Is bought out
26:19By another promotion
26:20Strikeforce
26:21Once a regional
26:22Kickboxing organization
26:23Strikeforce
26:24Has ambitions
26:25To be the dominant
26:26MMA company
26:26And secures deals
26:28To air its fights
26:29On CBS
26:29And Showtime
26:32We took a completely
26:33Different approach
26:34Than the UFC
26:35In matching Nick
26:36We wanted to put on
26:38Exciting fights
26:38And build stars
26:39And I think that's
26:41What made him embrace
26:42Elite XC
26:43And Strikeforce
26:43We paid him
26:45We promoted him
26:46And we treated him
26:48Like the star
26:49That he was
26:51Brawls
26:52Chaos
26:53That's just part
26:54Of the Nick Diaz
26:55Experience
26:56On Strikeforce's
26:57Cable TV premiere
26:58Nick will fight
26:59A living legend
27:00In front of
27:01Hundreds of thousands
27:02Of viewers
27:02Frank Shamrock
27:03Versus Nick Diaz
27:04Was historic
27:05Because it took
27:07Strikeforce
27:08From being a regional
27:09Promotion
27:09To a national
27:10Promotion
27:11And this was the
27:11First fight
27:12To kick off
27:13This new era
27:13Nick was gonna
27:14Fight him
27:15And no one
27:16Not expected him
27:16To beat him
27:17Whatsoever
27:18He was the UFC
27:19Champ
27:19Openweight champ
27:21He beat a lot
27:21Of really big guys
27:23However something
27:24Happened
27:25At the press conference
27:27Frank Shamrock
27:28He's like the
27:28Old school
27:29Martial artist
27:30And very respectful
27:31Nick Diaz
27:32He walks over to
27:33Frank
27:33Actually pulls his
27:34Hand out
27:34Like oh man
27:35He's gonna shake
27:36His hand
27:36You know
27:37And Frank goes
27:37For the handshake
27:39And he's like
27:40Bam
27:41Like right to him
27:42In the face
27:42He tricked him
27:44Like he tricked
27:45All of us
27:45Nick was
27:47Very confident
27:48It rattled Frank
27:51Shamrock
27:51In trouble
27:52The legend
27:53May come
27:54To an end
27:55He made him quit
27:56Wow
27:57And this is something
27:58That nobody ever did before
27:59But after he finished them
28:01He said
28:01Get up Frank
28:01You're a legend
28:02That's why
28:03I love the sport
28:05Of mixed martial arts
28:06Nick's the man now
28:07You know
28:08Frank was the man
28:09But now it's Nick
28:10And now the promotion
28:12Putting on Nick's fights
28:13Becomes a dominant force
28:15In the world of MMA
28:16Strikeforce was
28:17Gaining so much traction
28:19Every time he
28:20Wins the title
28:21They bring a new guy
28:22And the next guy
28:23Was scarier
28:24Than the last guy
28:25Even the UFC's
28:26Dana White
28:27Openly admires
28:28Nick's abilities
28:36At Strikeforce
28:38Nick is thriving
28:39And his legion
28:41Of like-minded fighters
28:42Named for the area code
28:43Of his hometown
28:44Are right there with him
28:45The 209 boys
28:47That came with Nick Diaz
28:49They were scrappy
28:51They were the scrap pack
28:52This was like straight war
28:54Is how we saw it
28:55At that time
28:55In April 2010
28:57When Gracie teammate
28:58Jake Shields
28:59Is interrupted
29:00During his victory speech
29:01Nick and his army
29:04Step to his defense
29:06I say back up
29:07Maybe just kind of bluffing
29:08And before I could even
29:09Survey the scene
29:10Here comes Nick Diaz
29:12Boy
29:15And then the fight happened
29:18Head back
29:19To the cage
29:20Run in
29:21We're pulling guys off
29:22Wow
29:23This is ridiculous
29:24This is ridiculous
29:26Yeah
29:26My god
29:27I remember
29:28Just this feeling
29:29Of this rush
29:30Of excitement
29:31And adrenaline
29:32Quickly turned into
29:34Kind of dismay
29:35This was on CBS
29:36This is not good
29:37Gentlemen
29:37We're in national television
29:39We are going to step away
29:41Right now on CBS
29:43Back right after this
29:44What happened tonight man?
29:46That little bitch boy
29:46Came in and tried
29:47To push my boy
29:48Right after he's done fighting
29:49Post fight
29:50CBS
29:51They just said
29:52Nah
29:53Yeah
29:54We're gonna
29:55Take a little break
29:56From this sport
29:58At the time
29:59The UFC was in
30:01Hyper growth mode
30:02They ended up
30:03Buying Strikeforce
30:04The buyout
30:05Puts the rebel
30:06Nick Diaz
30:07Back under the control
30:08Of the company
30:08That once cut him loose
30:10For failing to fall in line
30:11And they just
30:12Owned me all of a sudden
30:13And I'm like
30:13Wait a minute
30:14What?
30:15And they're like
30:15Ha ha
30:15I got you bitch
30:21Hello everybody
30:22In 2011
30:24The UFC welcomes back
30:25Nick Diaz
30:26With something less
30:27Than open arms
30:28And a forgiving heart
30:29I've had my reservations
30:30About Nick Diaz
30:32For a long time now
30:33It was a rocky road
30:35With Nick and the UFC
30:36The UFC at the time
30:37Wanted the clean cut guy
30:38They thought that
30:40That's where the
30:41Sport had to go
30:42To be legitimate
30:43Nick Diaz
30:44Is not that guy
30:45So it makes sense
30:46When the UFC
30:47Matches him
30:48Against one of the
30:49Best fighters
30:50In MMA history
30:51The squeaky clean
30:52UFC poster boy
30:53George St. Pierre
30:55Known as GSP
31:01GSP is different
31:02From Nick
31:02In other ways
31:03As well
31:04He earns
31:04Multi-million dollar
31:05Purses for each fight
31:07And millions more
31:08In sponsorship deals
31:09Now that there's
31:10Apparel
31:11Can I get some
31:12Apparel
31:13I don't have
31:14Any stuff
31:15And if I did
31:16I wouldn't wear it
31:18Nick didn't have
31:18Sponsors
31:19He was upset
31:20The fact that
31:21Here these guys
31:21Like George St. Pierre
31:22They were making
31:23More money
31:24And he wasn't
31:25Getting the sponsorships
31:26But he is presented
31:27With the opportunity
31:28To dethrone the UFC's
31:30Beloved welterweight champ
31:32I was already training
31:33For this fight
31:33Because I was going to win
31:34And with a bit of effort
31:35Outside the gym
31:36He can win back
31:37The respect of the UFC
31:39He believes
31:40They've unfairly denied him
31:41Instead
31:42He's a no-show
31:43At press conferences
31:44In Toronto and Las Vegas
31:46To promote the fight
31:47All I ask this kid to do
31:49Is play the game this much
31:50Nick hated the promotions
31:53He was anxiety filled
31:56Sitting there with this camera
31:57On his face
31:58When Nick fought
31:59It was easier for him
32:00To express himself
32:01Because he was comfortable
32:03In that environment
32:04Coupled with punching
32:05It just put
32:06He became a poet in motion
32:08Then stick the camera
32:09In his face
32:09He didn't know
32:10How to go about that
32:12I don't want to say
32:12I was looking for
32:13Some sort of a way out
32:15But I definitely
32:16Was looking for a way out
32:17Of getting on a flight
32:18Anywhere
32:19Always
32:19Because I don't like the idea
32:22I'm like
32:23Wait a minute
32:23You're telling me
32:24I have to go where
32:24I didn't know
32:25It was an obligation
32:26And there was no room
32:27To be difficult
32:29Or hard to work with
32:30With them
32:30Because they get mad
32:31And they get rid of you
32:32But in my mind
32:33I was like
32:33You ain't getting rid of me
32:35Because I knew
32:35I was the best
32:37Dana White punishes Nick
32:38By dropping him
32:39From the title fight
32:40Against GSP
32:42But the UFC
32:43Keeps Nick
32:43On their roster
32:45In the cage
32:46Nick continues
32:47Pushing for the fight
32:48With GSP
32:48That never was
32:52Nick Diaz
32:53I think he's scared
32:54I think he's scared
32:55To fight everybody
32:55Right now
32:56What's up
32:57Where you at George
33:00Less than two years later
33:01In 2013
33:02Nick finally gets his shot
33:04And at the press conference
33:06To promote the fight
33:07He is, well, once again
33:08A no-show
33:09But this time
33:11The UFC capitalizes on it
33:13Dana White told me at the time
33:15The fact that he didn't even show up
33:17For the press conference
33:18Is gonna be great
33:19Everybody's talking about it
33:20My name is Georges St-Pierre
33:22I'm from Montreal, Canada
33:24And I had a big rivalry
33:26With Nick Diaz
33:28It was a great promotion
33:31To your left, right
33:32Mere weeks before the event
33:34Nick finally shows up
33:36At a pre-fight presser
33:37Not just to promote the fight
33:39But to defend his character
33:41George likes to say
33:42I remind him of the bullies
33:43That picked on him
33:43Growing up
33:44I doubt he was ever
33:45A hopeless person
33:46If it wasn't for
33:48What I went through
33:48I wouldn't
33:49Who knows if I would've
33:50Made it in life
33:51Who knows if I'd be
33:52Who I am today
33:52A lot of these fighters
33:54They play a character
33:55And for Nick
33:56It wasn't about being a character
33:58He fought because
33:59This is what he had to do
34:00To live
34:02On March 16th, 2013
34:04In front of a sold-out crowd
34:05Nick Diaz and George St-Pierre
34:08Step in to settle
34:09Their long-standing feud
34:10In a scheduled
34:11Five-round fight
34:12Good jab
34:13Landed right away by Nick
34:14Round after round
34:15They battle
34:16It's deafening in here
34:18When you fight him
34:19He makes you feel
34:21That everything you do to him
34:23Has no effect
34:25A little bit of taunting begins
34:27The worst thing you can do
34:29About it is to panic
34:30Because that's what he wants
34:33Nice jab by George
34:34Because once you throw
34:36Your best shot
34:36You have nothing left
34:38In the gas tank
34:38Now he's taking over
34:40I knew I had to
34:41To fight him
34:42In a long
34:43Painful
34:44Grinding fight
34:46And they go the distance
34:49Nick loses by decision
34:50The loss
34:51Leaves him uncertain
34:52About his future
34:53In the sport
34:54I think I'm done
34:54With mixed martial arts
34:55Look at you know
34:56I'm tired of getting
34:57Banged up like this
34:57I've been doing it for a while
34:58Well listen
34:59I hope you go back
35:01And think this through
35:02And calm yourself down
35:03Nick takes Joe Rogan's advice
35:05Steps away
35:06And considers
35:07Whether he still needs
35:08MMA fighting
35:09He begins reflecting back
35:10On the challenges
35:11He faced as a kid
35:12Growing up in the 209
35:14That first led him
35:15To the cage
35:17I was having
35:19A really hard time
35:19Like around
35:20Around that age
35:21Not knowing what I was
35:22Going to do
35:22I'm not doing good
35:24In school
35:24You know
35:26That whole entry
35:28Into the martial arts
35:30And so everything else
35:32Was kind of like
35:32On the rocks
35:33I'm trying to hold on
35:34To this girl
35:35I'm dating
35:36It's not working out
35:38And I'm
35:40You know
35:40Becoming stronger
35:41And more angrier
35:42And about
35:43That I'm not
35:44Able to like
35:45Handle this situation
35:47And trying to just
35:49Somehow keep
35:50What I had
35:51In my mind
35:53And I just
35:54Couldn't
35:54You know
35:55It just slipped
35:56Like right
35:57Through my fingers
35:58Nick is also
36:00Still processing
36:01Past trauma
36:01The girl he fought
36:03For in high school
36:03His first love
36:05Stephanie
36:05Doesn't live
36:06To see graduation
36:08I'd like to
36:09Dedicate this
36:09Performance
36:10Tonight
36:11This whole night
36:11And this whole night
36:12And everything
36:12To a few
36:13Friends of mine
36:14That passed away
36:17First off
36:18A special girl
36:18Very special girl
36:19In my life
36:21Named Stephanie Wise
36:24Stephanie when she
36:25Had died
36:26And I didn't know
36:27How much it
36:28Affected him
36:28It wasn't until
36:29A couple years later
36:30I'm giving him
36:31A ride home
36:33And he's
36:33Telling me about
36:34Stephanie
36:35You know
36:35What had happened
36:38They were all
36:38Partying earlier
36:39And she got into
36:40An argument
36:41With somebody
36:42And she just
36:43Jumped on the
36:44Freeway
36:46When he got
36:47Word of it
36:47She was still
36:47Out there
36:48On the freeway
36:51And yeah
36:52Well
36:52And anyway
36:53He said that
36:55He laid down
36:56By her
36:57And she was
36:57Laying there
36:58And he said
36:58He couldn't
36:58Make a noise
36:59He just
36:59Tears run down
37:00His eyes
37:01And when he
37:03Told me
37:04It shook me
37:05And I realized
37:06That that was
37:07Like his first
37:08Love
37:08And I understood
37:12Fully
37:13What gave him
37:13That fire
37:15It shaped him
37:16In a way
37:16That I always
37:17Wondered how
37:17He would have
37:17Come out
37:18If nothing
37:19Happened
37:19You know
37:26Two years
37:27After losing
37:28To GSP
37:28Nick returns
37:29To fighting
37:31The one thing
37:32He's sure
37:32He knows
37:33How to do
37:34His comeback
37:35Bout
37:35Is against
37:36Future UFC
37:37Hall of Famer
37:37Anderson Silva
37:39It's another
37:40Tough fight
37:41And again
37:41Nick loses
37:42By decision
37:44But if this
37:44Was supposed
37:45To be a step
37:45Forward
37:46It instead
37:47Returns him
37:48To one
37:48Of the darkest
37:48Moments
37:49In his career
37:50Mr. Diaz
37:51Would you
37:51State your name
37:52For the record
37:52Please
37:56It's Nick Diaz
37:57Once again
37:58Post fight
37:59He tests
38:00Positive for
38:01Marijuana
38:02Respectfully
38:05I'm not going to
38:06Answer the question
38:09And the reason
38:10Why
38:10Fifth amendment
38:13Fifth amendment
38:14The Nevada
38:15The Nevada State
38:15The Nevada State
38:16Athletic Commission
38:16Imposes a strict
38:17Penalty for the
38:18Repeat offense
38:19A $165,000 fine
38:22And a five year
38:24Suspension
38:24Five years
38:26It was crazy
38:27For marijuana
38:28You guys have been
38:29Trying to hold me
38:29Down from day one
38:32That's pretty much
38:33This whole sport
38:33Is trying to keep me
38:34From where I belong
38:35And that's the
38:36Number one position
38:36His opponent
38:38Anderson Silva
38:38Also fails the drug test
38:40And his win
38:41Is overturned
38:42Anderson Silva
38:43Tested positive
38:44For steroids
38:45He didn't get
38:46The suspension
38:46That Nick got
38:48Here's a guy
38:49That literally
38:50Smokes weed
38:51To slow down
38:52His ADD
38:53Because he doesn't
38:53Want to use
38:54The pharmaceutical drugs
38:56They took his
38:57Livelihood away
38:58They put him
38:59In a bad space
39:01You want to ruin
39:02This guy's life
39:03When he's
39:04Probably at the
39:04Peak of his career
39:05I had to be
39:06The example
39:07I guess
39:08That's okay
39:10That's you know
39:11That's um
39:13That's what I was
39:13There for
39:20It's so not right
39:22For him to be
39:22Suspended five years
39:23For marijuana
39:24I'm against
39:25For them even
39:25Testing for weed
39:26At all
39:27Nick Diaz's
39:28Marijuana suspension
39:29Brings MMA fans
39:30And even former
39:31Opponents
39:32Rallying to his
39:33Defense
39:33I mean that's
39:34Just ridiculous
39:35It's not life
39:36But it's pretty
39:37Much life
39:38It's like five years
39:39Nick being the
39:40Cult hero
39:40That he is
39:41He got everybody
39:42Upset
39:43Free Nick Diaz
39:44Smokers
39:46And core fight fans
39:47Everyone was chanting
39:48Free Nick
39:50Legalize it
39:51You know
39:52Eventually we're
39:53Going to have to
39:53Figure out what
39:53Medical marijuana
39:54Really means
39:55I'm not an activist
39:57I'm not
39:57That's not what I do
39:58I just happen to be
39:59The guy for the job
40:00The commission
40:01Eventually reduces
40:02His suspension
40:03To 18 months
40:04But the damage
40:05Is done
40:06Can they give him
40:07Those years back?
40:08Can they pay him
40:09For those years off?
40:10They can't
40:10So it's like
40:11You cheated a man
40:12Out of the time period
40:14Of when he would
40:15Have been the greatest
40:16The funny thing is
40:17They overturned
40:18All those rules
40:19And today
40:20You smoke as much
40:21Marijuana as you want
40:22Unfortunately
40:23It got overturned
40:24Kind of late
40:25For Nick
40:26Everyone that was
40:27Part of it
40:28They know Nick
40:29Got done wrong
40:30I literally didn't
40:31See Nick
40:32For a couple years
40:33It changed
40:34The guy that I loved
40:37It's hard
40:39On September 25th
40:412021
40:42After a nearly
40:43Seven year hiatus
40:44Nick returns to the cage
40:46For a rematch
40:47With the man
40:47On the other end
40:48Of Nick's famous
40:49Stockton slap
40:50Ruthless
40:51Robbie Lawler
40:57For the first time
40:58In his career
40:58Nick verbally submits
41:00That's not the Nick
41:01We grew up watching
41:03Robbie Lawler
41:04Gets the win
41:05By TKO
41:06I do love
41:07The end though
41:08When Robbie
41:09Gets down on one knee
41:11Embraces him
41:14When they get up
41:16Robbie says
41:16Nick are you okay
41:17Man like really
41:18Are you okay?
41:20Robbie Lawler's concern
41:21Is warranted
41:22Desperate to pay off
41:24The remaining
41:24$75,000
41:25He owes
41:26From the marijuana
41:27Offense
41:27Nick takes this fight
41:29Despite two
41:30Ruptured discs
41:31In his neck
41:31Robbie just offered
41:33His support
41:34And this tremendous
41:35Amount of respect
41:36That was a beautiful
41:37Moment
41:38Because everybody
41:39Loves Nick
41:40So
41:41Robbie spoke
41:43For the whole
41:43Community right there
41:44Because yeah
41:45He's the man
41:46I'm glad to be back
41:55I think a lot of people
41:57Can identify with Nick
41:58They can see him rising
42:01Where the odds
42:02Are against them
42:03Unfair things
42:04Have happened to him
42:05And he's still
42:07This badass
42:07It was almost like
42:09A James Dean character
42:11You know
42:12Fighting MMA
42:12He was that cool
42:13I know he wanted
42:14The respect
42:15He wanted the accolades
42:17But he never wanted
42:18To be the poster boy
42:19He's the anti-hero
42:21He said he was
42:22The most overworked
42:23Underpaid
42:25Martial artist
42:25To ever be in time
42:27And you guys
42:27Didn't know
42:28That he was like
42:28Had to hurt me
42:29And a hurt elbow
42:30And a hurt jaw
42:31And he was still
42:32Going there
42:33And looking like
42:33He was invincible
42:35I just love his approach
42:36On this conflicting
42:38Relationship he had
42:39With fighting
42:40He's gone on record
42:42And said
42:42I hate fighting
42:43I hate this
42:44But I have to do it
42:48And I don't think
42:49He's lying
42:49He was 100%
42:51Real and authentic
42:52I think people
42:53Appreciated that
42:56Nick honestly
42:57Marched to the beat
42:58Of his own drum
42:59He made it his way
43:01And told me
43:01He was going to
43:02Do it his way
43:02And he did it his way
43:04Whether people
43:04Liked it or not
43:06There's so many people
43:07Who are like
43:08Holding their ground
43:09And saying
43:10Now hell no
43:11Because of Nick Diaz
43:12Give him the double bird
43:14You know
43:14You know what I mean
43:15Like that's the Nick Diaz
43:16Right there
43:18But at the end of the day
43:19That's why we love him
43:20We all deep down
43:22All wish we had
43:23A little Nick Diaz
43:24In us
43:25There's so many people
43:26That got into the sport
43:27Because of Nick Diaz
43:29I think he's well aware
43:31Of what he's accomplished
43:32And he knows
43:34That he's a pioneer
43:36He knows it
43:41I still feel like
43:42I'm the best fighter
43:43In the world
43:44It's a privilege
43:45To be a prize fighter
43:47It's about pushing
43:48Yourself to the limits
43:49And coming back
43:51I may not have come back
43:52How I left off
43:54But I came back
43:55That's the important part
43:56And then
43:57You know
43:57We'll go from there
43:58I'm the best fighter
44:03KONIEC