(When is Nick going to start playing the game and hit a tanning booth and wear a little lip gloss for photo shoots?)
Frank Shamrock spoke to FightHubTV recently and former UFC light heavyweight and Strikeforce middleweight champion gave his thoughts on the upcoming UFC welterweight title bout between Georges St-Pierre and Nick Diaz.
Shamrock, who admits he underestimated the Stockton native when they squared off back in 2009 in his final bout, says that he feels that St-Pierre is in for a rude awakening come February 4.
“Nick is going to whoop on him. That is a fighter Georges has not faced and I think will really test him, if not beat Georges. The advantage he has over Nick is wrestling and if he decides to lay on him for five rounds, what has he proven? Diaz has better boxing, better cardio and better jiu jitsu,” Shamrock explains. “If the fight goes to the ground, GSP can’t take his time how he likes to, looking for a submission; Nick will be moving and looking for any submission he can get. It will be a great fight. I know that for sure.”
As far as his bout with Diaz, Shamrock says that he was surprised with how good the scrappy Team Cesar Gracie fighter was.
“[I wanted to] kick the crap out of this kid and teach him a lesson but that didn’t happen. I went in feeling ready and able to shut him up, there were nagging injuries but they didn’t play too big of a factor,” he explained. “At the end, Nick was awesome – he is a different level of fighter and I knew that after he landed the first punch.”