Contrary to reports, Nate Diaz wasn’t really training for a triathlon before UFC 196.
It was reported that despite Nate Diaz coming in on extremely short notice at UFC 196, he was in tremendous shape as he was training for a triathlon before receiving the call to face Conor McGregor. Commentators also repeated this multiple times on the pay-per-view broadcast.
Diaz choked out McGregor, and during the post-fight press conference, he mentioned that he had his big win after coming from the beach.
“I had to come in on this fight straight fat boy off the beach in Cabo, but it’s all good,” he said.
Nate has since took to social media showing a video of what he was actually doing prior to getting the call — he was taking shots of Patron from a yacht.
Watch the clip below that came with the following caption: “I wasn’t trainjng for a triathalon before this fight I was on a yacht in cabo gettin my chillax on wit my dudes @gilbertmelendez and crew before I got the call but #alwaysreadyforwar in season or not #100 #patron #ninjashit #theninjaway”