UFC superstar Nate Diaz trains with jiu-jitsu master Jean Jacques Machado ahead of his rumored fight against Dustin Poirier
One of the most important reasons why Nate Diaz has developed such a cult following is because he has stayed true to his roots. Nate started training jiu-jitsu under Cesar Gracie and never fails to give credits to his team, whenever he gets the opportunity.
A third degree black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu himself, Diaz trains with the likes of Kron Gracie [one of the greatest jiu-jitsu competitors of all time] on a regular basis. He even gives back to the jiu-jitsu community by organizing seminars and workshops across the USA.
Jean Jacques Machado, a master of the art, recently posted a picture of him post training with the Stockton slugger. He captioned the post, ‘ It was great to see you @natediaz209 🥋’
Machado is famously known to be the instructor of world-renowned podcaster Joe Rogan, and founder of 10th Planet jiu-jitsu, Eddie Bravo. Tony Ferguson is one of the most familiar faces to train out of 10th Planet. Machado is a student of Rickson Gracie, the youngest red belt in jiu-jitsu [highest degree ranking widely regarded as grandmaster]
Comedian Shane Gillis shares a hillarious story involving Nate Diaz and Marvin Vettori in a street fight
Former SNL comedian Shane Gillis took some time out to hang out with his favorite athlete Nate Diaz and his crew after one of his shows. Gillis, a 34 year stand up comedian, radio personality and podcaster was awestruck when he met Diaz and recounted a funny incident involving the Stockton superstar.
He said, “Bro….Bro… Nobody on earth is better than Nate Diaz. So I did a show with Rogan, Rogan brought me out there. We did Irvine again but he had to do UFC at Anaheim the next day. Bro… I love Nate Diaz so much. This is my only chance to hang out with him. He’s the nicest dude ever. I walked in and it was him shotgunning a fking seltzer. As soon as I walked in he said ‘get that motherfker one also.”
He went on to add, “We walked outside and he front kicked a stranger. Got into a fight we a stranger immediately. Everybody that comes up, like lets get a picture, (Diaz) says ‘yea f*ck you’. And one dude walked up that was jacked. And Nate Diaz was immediately ‘you want to run up on us?’ As soon as Nate called him out the dude is like ‘whats up’, Diaz is like ‘whats up’. Nate connected on this dudes hip and he just flew everywhere.
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