Earlier today, CagePotato contributor Trent Reinsmith asked us to consider whether perennial lightweight contender Nate Diaz might secretly be a hell of a lot more cunning than we give him credit for. The main takeaway from you readers seemed to be that the article was “retarded”, “fake”, and also “gay.” Quite the cunning linguists, you guys are. #wordplay #layers
While initially skeptical myself, I was at least willing to hear Trent out, as my own recent revelation about Tito Ortiz has forced me to reconsider that any and every MMA fighter might be some kind of evil genius beneath all the punch drunk slurs and mispronounced maxims.
Until about an hour ago, that was, at the UFC on FOX 13 weigh-ins. Scheduled to face Rafael Dos Anjos in a pivotal lightweight matchup, Diaz showed up a whopping 5.6 pounds overweight and, in a shocking twist, appeared to give less than zero fucks about it. I’m just saying, if I spent a year-long hiatus from my job complaining about not getting paid enough, I sure as hell wouldn’t force the athletic commission to deduct 20% of my paycheck upon my return. So let’s all just go ahead and put that debate to bed.
The rest of the UFC on FOX 13 weigh-in results are below.
Main card (FOX at 8 p.m. ET)
Junior dos Santos (242) vs. Stipe Miocic (243)
Rafael dos Anjos (156) vs. Nate Diaz (160.6)* 5.6 pounds overweight
Alistair Overeem (253) vs. Stefan Struve (254)
Gabriel Gonzaga (256) vs. Matt Mitrione (259)
Undercard (FOX Sports 1 at 5 p.m. ET)
John Moraga (126) vs. Willie Gates (126)
Claudia Gadelha (116) vs. Joanna Jerdzejczyk (116)
Joe Riggs (171) vs. Ben Saunders (170)
Jamie Varner (156) vs. Drew Dober (156)
Derek Brunson (185) vs. Ed Herman (186)
Joe Ellenberger (156) vs. Bryan Barberena (155)
Undercard (UFC Fight Pass at 3:30 p.m. ET)
David Michaud (155) vs. Garret Whiteley (156)
Henry Cejudo (136) vs. Dustin Kimura (136)
Anthony Birchak (136) vs. Ian Entwistle (136)