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Diaz pace and pressure overrated since he's fought a bunch of people who have shit gastanks and a tendency to front run in recent years. Pettis likely the better grappler, and will be able to tee off hard with kicks at will.Diaz beat Miller way worse than Pettis did back when Miller was younger and arguably better.
Chiesa was a pretty favorable matchup for Pettis, not to mention he had an incredibly rough weight cut. Chiesa has god awful stand-up, worse BJJ than Pettis, and is very hittable, which led to his demise in that fight.
I agree Barboza would obliterate Diaz.
I remember going into the Max fight, a lot of people thought Pettis would win using the same arguments that people are using against Diaz.
Max has 7-8 inches less reach than Diaz. I'm not saying Diaz is as good as a boxer as Max, Max has much better footwork than Nate. But Nate's boxing is literally levels ahead of Pettis.
I just don't see a path to victory for Pettis. He'll never follow through with a leg kick heavy gameplan, and barring an early head kick KO, he's going to get beat the fuck up standing by a superior boxer, who's longer, has better cardio, and pushes a pace that Pettis can't deal with.
Nate's boxing is not particularly good. It's just willingness to take punishment and Pettis will win the dick measuring contest by a large margin.