Nathan Donald Diaz, professionally known as Nate Diaz, expressed his dismay after Phil Brooks, also known as CM Punk, signed with Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), MMA Junkie reported.
Since Brooks has been a former World Wrestling Entertainment champion, wrestling fans would be anticipating his fight. Diaz, however, said that the recent signing is "horrible for sport."
"I don't dig it," the UFC fighter said. "He has got no fights. I know he's a big draw. I looked him up. Everyone's going to buy tickets. It's going to be great for the venue and the UFC, but at the same time, it downgrades all the fighters."
He considered Brooks as an "amateur" and questioned his qualifications.
"He might do great, but why does he get a chance? He's an amateur," Diaz continued. "You're going to put an amateur in there with pros? That makes us all amateurs, so I think it's ridiculous. As far as I'm concerned, f-ck him, f-ck the whole situation. Anybody who takes that fight is tripping."
He also made an analogy on how Stefan Struve, a Dutch mixed martial artist who has competed as a heavyweight in the UFC, and himself can't play in the NBA.
"If I want to, I can't go play in the NBA - not even Stefan Struve's big ass. He can't go play in the NBA if he wants to because he feels like making a change. For a publicity thing? They wouldn't pay him no money, and they wouldn't even let him play. It's ridiculous."
"I don't think you should just let some millionaire WWE guy just come on over and play a little game, like have fun with his career. I'm over here busting my ass, fighting for 10 years and doing my thing and having a serious job that I have to do for this. And this guy is going to come over and probably get paid more than everyone in the room."
"I'm sorry, but this guy's making a joke out of my serious life and getting compensated more for it. I don't mean no harm on him, but I don't think it's right."
Meanwhile, Brooks, who has no in-ring experience in mixed martial arts, will finally join other fighters in the Octagon the following year. It is speculated that he will spar as a middleweight, according to Rolling Stone.
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