#649 - Nate Diaz & Chris Avila

Summary

Podcast Summary: This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von

Episode #649: Nate Diaz & Chris Avila

Release Date: March 31, 2026
Host: Theo Von
Guests: Nate Diaz & Chris Avila

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Overview

This episode of "This Past Weekend" is an unfiltered, hilariously candid conversation with UFC legend Nate Diaz and his longtime friend and training partner, Chris Avila. Together with Theo, they explore their roots in Stockton, the realities of fight life, the meaning behind the "Stockton slap," why jiu-jitsu should be required learning, and their new foray into acting with the indie film "Busboys." The discussion dips into MMA business, the upcoming Netflix card, forming their own promotional paths, the challenges and culture of MMA, and includes plenty of behind-the-scenes stories, lighthearted roasting, and signature humor from all three.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Stockton Roots and Building Grit

• Stockton Upbringing: Both Nate and Chris attribute their drive and “realness” to Stockton, CA (the 209), describing it as a tough but formative place.

  • Nate Diaz (06:30): "That's just where we come from. And everything started there. And that's the core, baby. You gotta rep where you're from."
  • Representing Stockton: The discussion gives insight into what makes Stockton special, including its culture, family ties, and the notorious Stockton slap.

• Meeting Story:

  • Nate and Chris first met when Nate was getting his truck windows tinted at Chris’ dad’s Stockton shop, eventually reconnecting at the gym and becoming training partners and friends (04:44–05:36).

2. Origins of the "Stockton Slap"

• Diaz Lore: Nate traces it to his brother Nick, who first slapped Robbie Lawler in the UFC (08:26–08:43).
  • Nate Diaz (08:29): "My brother was slapping people in the UFC the whole time… He slapped Robbie Lawler."
• Theo’s Anecdote: Theo shares his own “honky at a pizza spot” slap story, connecting the move to setting boundaries and male communication (09:06–10:46).

3. Fighting Philosophy and Training Culture

• Fighting Styles/Philosophy:
  • Emphasis on fighting “real fighters” not point fighters, valuing legacy and war over record-padding.
  • Both have never been finished in competition—pride in resilience and grit (15:25–15:39).
• Training Environment:
  • The Nick Diaz Academy is described as a “family tree” with close ties to Cesar Gracie; lively with young up-and-comers (25:40–27:12).
  • Both still train with everyone and see themselves as part of the team rather than above it.

4. Making MMA a Career and Fighting on Their Terms

• Leaving UFC & Building Promos:
  • Nate details his exit from UFC for promotional freedom, fighting only peak opponents, and working to set up his own Real Fight Incorporated (50:53–59:10).
• The Netflix Fight Card (May 16th):
  • Nate discusses how the bout with Mike Perry came about, the evolution of fight promotion with streaming, and why he values Perry as a worthy and dangerous opponent (40:38–43:12).
  • Nate Diaz (43:27): "The feeling is just get in there and get out of it alive and don't fuck up. So excited, bro."
• Chris Avila’s Fight: Announced for the same card, Avila returns to MMA against Brandon Jenkins after a run in boxing (46:04).

5. Jiu-Jitsu and Self-Defense for All

• Jiu-Jitsu Advocacy:
  • Both advocate for jiu-jitsu being taught in schools and to law enforcement for confidence, humility, and real-world self-defense.
  • Nate Diaz (32:06): "It's like learning how to swim. I think everybody should learn how to swim. What if you fall in some fucking water? ... That's what I think about Jiu Jitsu."
• Life Skills Beyond Fighting:
  • Discussion on how martial arts builds communication, social skills, and helps break social anxiety (33:33–35:18).

6. Humor, Brotherhood, and Busting Balls

• Theo’s Comedy and Relationships With Fighters:
  • Banter about being “groomed” as young fighters, slapping, joking about napping and “medium sausage” pizzas, and calling out Theo’s “Rat King” moniker keeps the tone irreverent (13:01–14:32, 38:50–40:00, 45:47).
• On Spelling & Trash Analysts:
  • Nate rants about former fighters-turned-analysts criticizing active fighters, especially Daniel Cormier, bringing the classic Diaz honesty (82:55–86:39).

7. Weed, Work, and Life Outside the Cage

• Their Early Jobs:
  • Nate sold weed and barbecued tri-tip at a burger spot (22:26), Chris worked at a winery and with his dad (23:27).
• On Weed Use:
  • Jokes about smoking before fights, commission rules, and not sharing with “rookies” keep the stoner humor alive (74:31–101:15).
• Family and Bringing the Squad to Fights:
  • Discussion about family’s involvement and support, with Nate inviting everyone but not always having them show (12:03–12:51).

8. Acting Debut: “Busboys” Movie

• Realness On-Screen:
  • Both admit to zero acting experience before Theo’s indie film (“We keep it real”), embracing the awkwardness and fun of acting (88:49–89:04).
  • Nate Diaz (88:49): “We don't have any acting experience. We keep it real.”
• Bloopers and Set Stories:
  • Reflecting on memorable moments, busting up David Spade, and wanting to play more positive roles next time (93:41, 95:10).
• Naming Characters:
  • Nearly 2 hours in, Nate coins their movie names as Bart and Billy Williams (103:30).

9. Candid Thoughts on MMA Business & Rivalries

• UFC, Conor, and BMF Legacy:
  • Nate explains his current beefs, declining a Conor rematch out of respect for timing, and feeling Oliveira “stole” the BMF belt (52:05–57:07).
  • Nate Diaz: “I ain't trying to be the ending to some story like that, right? ... I want to fight the best of the best when they are the best of the best.”
• Jake Paul and Boxing Crossovers:
  • Reveals he’s “hunting” Jake Paul for an MMA bout after the Perry fight, rejecting easy paychecks or legacy-diminishing matchups (64:00).
• Word Association & Roasting:
  • Rapid-fire comments on MMA personalities, politicians (Lindsey Graham, Brendan Schaub), and pop culture—e.g., calling a monkey at the zoo “Trump monkey” (11:38).

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Memorable Quotes

• Nate Diaz on representing Stockton:
  • "That's the core, baby. You gotta rep where you're from." (06:30)
• On the Stockton Slap:
  • "I've seen people just get slapped growing up, like, bam. And scaring the life out of people and no fight even happening...you just own somebody with a slap." (08:56)
• Nate on Jiu-Jitsu:
  • "It's like learning how to swim. I think everybody should learn how to swim. What if you fall in some fucking water?...That's what I think about Jiu Jitsu." (32:06)
• On fighting feeling:
  • "The feeling is just get in there and get out of it alive and don't fuck up. So excited, bro." (43:27)
• On acting debut:
  • "We don't have any acting experience. We keep it real." (88:49)
• On UFC Analysts:
  • "Why are you Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson in the Best of the Best, talking about negative, about what I should have done when I made more money than you ever made in your whole career at any fight, Mr. Champion?" (84:08)
• On legacy:
  • "Fighting for me is just what I do now. And it sucks and it's great and all that." (37:49)

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Notable Segments & Timestamps

• [02:37] – Nate Discusses New Restaurant with Vegan Options
• [04:44] – How Nate and Chris Met in Stockton
• [06:30] – Meaning of 209: Stockton Upbringing & Culture
• [08:26] – The Origin of the 'Stockton Slap'
• [12:03] – Family Support & Inviting Them to Fights
• [16:10] – Never Been Finished in Pro Fights – Fighter Resilience
• [25:40] – How Nick Diaz Academy Functions Today
• [32:06] – Jiu-jitsu as Self-Defense for All
• [36:39] – Why They Still Love Fighting
• [40:38] – Setting Up the Perry Fight, Netflix, Leaving UFC
• [52:05] – On Declining Conor Rematch & BMF Belt
• [74:31] – Fighting High & Stories of Pre-Fight Weed
• [88:49] – Admitting Zero Acting Experience in “Busboys”
• [95:10] – Turning Down “Roadhouse” Role Over “Brokeback Mountain” Gag
• [103:30] – Naming Characters: 'Bart and Billy Williams'

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Podcast Tone & Dynamic

The conversation is loose, honest, and full of camaraderie. Nate and Chris banter with Theo, blending fight analysis with street stories, stoner jokes, playful roasts, and personal reflections. There's zero filter: Diaz’s signature honesty on MMA politics, stories of weed and growing up rough, and blunt takes on rivals and analysts. Comedy is woven through tough talk, giving listeners a genuine behind-the-curtain look at fighter life.

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For Listeners:

This episode is a must for MMA fans, aspiring fighters, and anyone who appreciates raw, unscripted perspectives on sports, loyalty, hustle, and keeping it real. You’ll come away entertained, informed, and with some classic Nate Diaz lines to keep in your mental highlight reel.

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End of Summary

Transcript

[Theo Von]

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[Nate Diaz]

Woo.

[Theo Von]

We got Nate Diaz and Chris Avila. So I can't believe you. So you. So you're opening a restaurant?

[Nate Diaz]

I'm opening, yeah. I'm gonna open a restaurant. Where I live. I'm not opening. I got some people opening it up. Yeah, it's just gonna have options like same thing regular restaurant has but with vegan and gluten free options also. Oh damn.

[Theo Von]

Do you eat vegan?

[Nate Diaz]

Yeah, I like, I like Vegan. I'm not full vegan, but, yeah, mainly vegan.

[Theo Von]

Lentils. You eat a lot of lentils and stuff like that or what are y' all eating over there?

[Nate Diaz]

Yeah, I. Yeah, I eat all vegan food, but I eat seafood as well. And I eat eggs, too.

[Theo Von]

I love seafood. Boy, if I was in the ocean, bro, I think I wouldn't mind it, because I know I do like seafood.

[Nate Diaz]

Yeah, it's the best.

[Theo Von]

But anyway, thank you guys for coming in, bro. You guys are only three hours late, dude. You guys. You both. You guys. You got the only dude that y' all were later to. Booy's the only guy that really been late. So when y' all are later than a black guy, bro. But we would. Wait.

[Nate Diaz]

Come on.

[Theo Von]

Who does he say that?

[Nate Diaz]

Remember when they were trying to cut off the.

[Chris Avila]

On somebody's kid talking about his kid going, like, transgender? He's like, no, come on down.

[Nate Diaz]

Come on, come on. He's like 12. He was like, oh, yeah.

[Theo Von]

I think he's talking about Dwayne Wade. Oh, his. Dwayne Wade's kid.

[Nate Diaz]

He ain't there yet.

[Theo Von]

They got into it about that.

[Nate Diaz]

They got into it, huh?

[Theo Von]

Yeah, they got into it.

[Nate Diaz]

I support boozy. I support Boozy. Yeah, he.

[Theo Von]

Yeah, that was one of the best episodes. We had to have a big bag of weed for him, and we had to have, like, a. Like a lot of weed. Two pounds in specific kinds. Like, I was on a scavenger hunt. Yeah, they had like.

[Nate Diaz]

Hello. Hey, tell these we need two pounds of weed. Yeah, Tom. Three. We should be good.

[Theo Von]

We'll make sure, bro. Thank you guys for coming in, man.

[Nate Diaz]

Oh, thanks for having us.

[Theo Von]

Where did you guys even meet each other?

[Nate Diaz]

At the gym. Did I meet you at the gym? No, I met you the 24 hour tenant windows.

[Chris Avila]

Yeah, my dad had a tent shop in Stockton. And then he got his tent or his truck. Tenant. My dad tenant his truck. And that's where we met my dad's shop.

[Nate Diaz]

And he was like 15 or 14 or something like that. And did you already find you already? His dad. I was getting my windows tended my. In my truck, and. And I went to pick it up, and him. And I think your brother was there.

[Chris Avila]

I think it was just me and my dad and Ernie.

[Nate Diaz]

Yeah. And we all took pictures.

[Theo Von]

Ernie Reyes?

[Chris Avila]

Nah, the guy back home. He's a sponsor.

[Nate Diaz]

Erod. Shout out to Erod. Let's go. He. He was the guy who sold me the Honda Civic when I went for a Cadillac. Yeah, another kid. He's My first sponsor, though. He's the man. He's cool.

[Theo Von]

He sponsored your fights early.

[Nate Diaz]

My first fights and my brother's fights, too, when we're young. And he'd always take care of us with cars and my whole family's cars and stuff like that. So he was the man. And then I was like, I need my Windows 10. He's like, yeah, I got you. And he called his dad, and then that's why I came to pick my car up. And they were all there. And then he came to train with me because I think his dad was telling my brother, hey, my son boxes. He wants to come train with you guys. So he came in a spar with my brother, and then he came in the spa with my brother. Nick introduced me to him again, him and his. Eddie's son. And then we started training together after that.

[Theo Von]

Because y' all talk about Stockton a lot. What is it about Stockton that gives it that grit? Do you feel like. Because you guys always, you know, I mean, you guys kind of represent the 209. I don't know if there's any other fighter that represents, like, a place as much as people correlate you guys with Stockton.

[Nate Diaz]

Yeah, well, that's just where we come from. And everything started there. And that's the core, baby. You gotta refer rep where you're from. I think. I think I had Yancy Medeiros come out from Hawaii one time to train with us, and he started training with us, and he's like, yeah. And then. And he was telling me all about Hawaii. I was asking about Hawaii and growing up there, and I was just like, that's. I was interested. I was like, that's cool. Yeah. Like, you're like. You're like, yeah, there's my boy right there. And then he's telling me all about all kinds of stuff that I culture that I knew nothing about. And I was like, that's badass, dude. I like. And then we're talking and. And he was like, yeah, two or nine. Because he's. He's a soldier. He was down with us. And I was like, bro, you need to, like, tell people where you come from and represent all that shit. Because, like, I could listen to it all day. I'm like, if people. People see you as the fighter, if they could hear what you're about, dude, you're. You're a rock star. So I'm like, you should be. And I feel like that about anyway, because interesting people come from.

[Theo Von]

And so he kind of put you on that kind of Energy a little bit.

[Nate Diaz]

No, that's just a thought I had off of where I come from. I'm like, I don't know. That's where I come from. That's what it is. That's what you see, is what you get, what you come from. Where is. That's the core. And wherever you go, I think it comes from the core of where you're from, what you do. Not to get all deep and. But that's tight. You know what I'm saying?

[Theo Von]

It's important, I mean, that people draw

[Nate Diaz]

where they're from, and you see them, too. And, you know, we see you, and you're like, New Orleans dude. You know what I'm saying? Right? New Orleans. Yeah. Yeah.

[Theo Von]

So, yeah, L.A. that's.

[Nate Diaz]

Yeah. And that's cool. That's different than just people sitting there like, yo, whatever. Well, who are you, dude? That's a New Orleans dude right there. So I think that. My, my. When you come from where. There it is tonight. What's poppin? That's it.

[Theo Von]

How did the Stockton slap start? How did that start?

[Nate Diaz]

My brother was slapping people in the UFC the whole time.

[Chris Avila]

Was that Robbie Lawler?

[Nate Diaz]

Yeah, he slapped Robbie Lawler. Right on. That's his second fight in the ufc. So in the mainstream, that's where it came from.

[Theo Von]

That's it. He started it.

[Nate Diaz]

And that's Robbie Lawler. So it's like, bro, you didn't smack that for. That's crazy.

[Theo Von]

Yeah. Robbie's a boss, dude. Look, it's crazy to see how young he was there, too.

[Nate Diaz]

I've seen people just get slapped growing up, like, bam. And scaring the life out of people and no fight even happening and been like, man, you just own somebody with a slap. So it's like, yeah, I just slapped

[Theo Von]

this honky one time at a pizza spot. Yeah. It was just. It kind of escalated in there. His energy was kind of saying stuff, and I could tell he knew that it was like, that I didn't like it.

[Nate Diaz]

Yeah.

[Theo Von]

You know what I'm saying? And I think once you put off that energy, like, I don't really. I don't like what you're saying. If somebody keeps going.

[Nate Diaz]

Yeah, yeah.

[Theo Von]

And he was with his girl, bro, and I just had to paw him up.

[Chris Avila]

Oh, good.

[Theo Von]

And my friends still talk, bro. And I think I was scared.

[Nate Diaz]

It's almost like a nice gesture, too. It's like, bro, I. I don't like when I see, like, I don't know where, like, someone getting someone else Merc right in front of you. And hit it down. Like, bro, you just killed that guy, bro. I'm like, he has a warning. Get the out my face. Yeah, so. So it's. Yeah, you could be a. Or now you could get melted, because you're coming back, and you can shut up or get. Or get it. So that's it.

[Theo Von]

It's like a warning flare.

[Nate Diaz]

It is like a. It is like a. Shut up. I could have just slept you, but I'm gonna slap you and give you a chance, and I ain't walking around slapping people. I'm just saying someone did. I'm being rude like that.

[Theo Von]

Yeah.

[Nate Diaz]

Get out my face. Yeah. You can't feel it. Here it is.

[Theo Von]

Yeah. And I think it's just. It was like, a moment of, like, I'm not afraid to have a little bit of energy if we need to have it here today.

[Nate Diaz]

Yeah.

[Theo Von]

Which a lot of times, bro, There it is. And then I stood there and waited for a medium pizza, dude. And I was like, dude, do not say medium pizza when you hand it. I just wanted. I don't want people to know I ordered a medium, bro. Because I was feeling it.

[Nate Diaz]

Yeah, that's all right. Anybody else need a slap? I got you.

[Theo Von]

The dude's like, medium sausage, bro. And I was like, oh, medium sausage, bro.

[Nate Diaz]

Sorry, everybody. This extra large.

[Theo Von]

And I was like, bro, that's the last thing you want to hear somebody say you. And you go and accept them. Because I've been dealing with medium sausage my whole life, bro. You know what I'm saying, bro? But that's another conversation, dude. What? Outside, like, outside of, like, you guys energy in Stockton, what else does Stockton have? Like, what else? Like, what else do people do there? That's like, kind of like, does Stockton have a zoo?

[Chris Avila]

It does have.

[Nate Diaz]

Yeah. No, that's a lot.

[Chris Avila]

Mickey's Grove.

[Nate Diaz]

Yeah. Yep. They got birds, squirrels next to it, though. Hey, Mickey Grove. Step your game up. Winning the tiger.

[Chris Avila]

They got monkeys there.

[Theo Von]

Oh, that looks like Trump. Look at that.

[Nate Diaz]

We need a lion. There used to be a bear. My grandma lived, like, a mile away, and we could always. In the morning, you hear the. The. The seals, and you could hear them from my grandma's house.

[Theo Von]

Really?

[Nate Diaz]

Yeah. You hear my.

[Theo Von]

Oh, that's dope, dude.

[Nate Diaz]

Is that a Trump monkey?

[Theo Von]

Was your family pretty close up there? Like, was y' all, like, what was it? Is it seemed like a lot of, like, family type of energy up there? Is it?

[Nate Diaz]

Yeah, my. I got a bunch of family in Stockton.

[Theo Von]

Yeah. When they do, they travel with you to the fights or no to the fights.

[Nate Diaz]

Like, when you fight a big fight, everybody's invited. I'm always like, where the hell's everybody at? But I don't go. And I don't like. Fighting is a crazy thing. Everybody's like, I don't invite people to. To my fights. But it's a public location. They're invited. You know what I'm saying? You ain't at the fight? I never been to one year fight. Well, why not? People get it. I think people get offended at me for. For not bringing them to a fight. I'm like, bro, come on. Yeah, you know I gotta fight somebody. You know the risk of that. Please come. I want you to. You know what I'm saying? I'm just like, yo, it's open to public. Pull up if you want to pull up.

[Theo Von]

I don't give a What. So what the. So if you guys became. So you guys became friends around 15, did y' all go do together? Like, did y' all go to Yalls First Con?

[Nate Diaz]

Like, I'm older than him, though.

[Theo Von]

Oh, you are.

[Nate Diaz]

So yeah, I met him and he came in and then he could box. I was like, well, this kid, Lizzie could box. And then. So we started. He came in to train with Nick. I seen him box with Nick and do really good. Like, I like. And then. And then I was like, that's cool. And he came and started working out. And then. And then I seen him without even knowing. I came to jiu jitsu class and I'm training with everybody. And then he comes up to me and we start training Jiu Jitsu. My Jiu Jitsu too. That's what I'm talking about. Thank God I was in high school, because where I'm from, like a lot of boxer kids and everywhere is that boxers are boxers and Jiu Jitsu. But then I'm like. I was like, oh, a little boxer kid. Well, that's because he's fine. Amateur and stuff. And I was like. And when he did Jiu Jitsu, I was like, hey, when he did Jiu Jitsu, hey, respect. And then we became training partners and homies, and he was there more than everybody else. I was like, that's my guy.

[Theo Von]

That's it.

[Nate Diaz]

My homeboy.

[Theo Von]

Did you learn from him, like, or what you learned from Nate when you got first?

[Nate Diaz]

Yeah, he cracked me in the face. And I was like, what are you doing tomorrow? We're sparring again at five. So that's how. That's how I kicked off with me and him, though.

[Chris Avila]

I was Bugging his brother all the time. Because I was texting, he put me in and then he was like, go spar my brother. And so I was always texting Nick like, hey, what's up? Can I come back and train? He's like, yeah, go and go in there at this time and go spar my brother. And then like I was in high school, so I would just leave, leave class and go. And he was our. He already. What, you.

[Nate Diaz]

He's like 24, other than UFC and stuff.

[Theo Von]

Oh, you was a damn adult, bro. That's grooming, bro.

[Chris Avila]

That's funny.

[Nate Diaz]

So.

[Theo Von]

Yeah, that's grooming, bro. You bringing those youngsters in, but you disrespected his talent so much, huh?

[Nate Diaz]

Yeah, well, he, he, he had a lot of people ain't got it.

[Theo Von]

15 year old would fight a 20. That's great.

[Nate Diaz]

Yeah, I did the same thing when I was 15. I saw and I met him on that. Come on, you like me? Let's go. That's it.

[Theo Von]

That's it, man.

[Nate Diaz]

Yeah, but it wasn't. We didn't talk about it. It just was like that.

[Theo Von]

Yeah, we just hit.

[Nate Diaz]

Yeah, I don't think we ever even talked about it. That's how it went down. But he was fighting consistently. Dude, weren't you amateur fighting? Like. Yeah, every weekend. Like every weekend.

[Theo Von]

Oh, so you were fighting. So.

[Chris Avila]

Yeah, I was almost 18. I was like 16, 17.

[Theo Von]

So would you go corner him and like that or it wasn't?

[Nate Diaz]

No, not that. He had a boxing coach and he was, he was boxing.

[Chris Avila]

Let's not pull up the profiles.

[Nate Diaz]

But we got up records, but we ain't been finished nobody. And we've been fighting top competition the whole time, so it's like, you know,

[Theo Von]

a, a record in, in MMA or boxing, You've never been finished?

[Chris Avila]

No.

[Theo Von]

Yeah. Either one of you guys?

[Nate Diaz]

No, I got, I got. They gave me a tail against Josh Thompson one time, but it was like, I'm chasing him around. He's scared for his life, I feel like. And he wants to fight me now. He's like, oh, he's calling me out. And he's a podcaster. He's calling me. I'm like, but who really wants, like, I never beat nobody and then been like, I want a rematch. Suck my date. How about that? What was supposed to bring you back to life? Keep podcasting.

[Theo Von]

My boy Chris, who got the closest to finishing if there was somebody that got close in one of them?

[Nate Diaz]

Eddie, my brother. No.

[Theo Von]

Is your brother tough?

[Chris Avila]

Nah, he's my older brother.

[Nate Diaz]

Yeah.

[Chris Avila]

He grew up fighting. That's how I wanted to. I wanted to fight because he's always fighting and. Sorry about that, I guess, school and stuff. Yeah, he's not a fighter.

[Theo Von]

Is that why you kind of got

[Chris Avila]

into it, you think? Yeah, because he was a. He was always fighting.

[Theo Von]

Does he still fight?

[Chris Avila]

No, he didn't. He never fought, like, professionally. But yeah, he was a little gangster at. At the house. So I was like, what's up? I want to fight. He always come home with stories.

[Theo Von]

And so it is funny. Like, brothers want to do kind of what, brother? You. You just. If you're a younger brother, you want to do what your brother does, you know? And sometimes your brother will quit doing that shit like, two weeks later. And you. The rest of your life, bro, was. Who fought first on you in your family? Was it you or. Or Nick?

[Nate Diaz]

Oh, Nick's been fighting since I'm a little kid, laughing and shit. Like, what the hell's going on? Why are you fighting people? Nick's been a fighter his whole life. My brother. My brother led the way.

[Theo Von]

He was, dude. The first. Actually, the first Diaz I ever met was Nick. See if you have that I know,

[Nate Diaz]

New York podcast, right?

[Theo Von]

Yeah. On Opie. On the Opie show.

[Nate Diaz]

I've seen that. I seen that recently. And I'm like, I didn't know you were around then. Yeah, that was a long time ago.

[Theo Von]

Yeah, it was almost 10 years ago now, I think. When was that?

[Nate Diaz]

You didn't even have the hair yet, dude.

[Theo Von]

I was so scared, too, bro, because they brought in, like, a fighter, bro.

[Nate Diaz]

I've just recently watched that. I don't. I don't remember that.

[Theo Von]

And a fighter who. I knew his name. Yeah.

[Nate Diaz]

I was like, one of the first American black belts under a Gracie or something like that. Like, back, you know, way back. Yeah. Like, I've had my black belt for a long time, and it's a big deal. I mean, like, it's not like I'm. I haven't given anybody any belts, you

[Chris Avila]

know, I mean, how.

[Theo Von]

And who are these, you know, these

[Nate Diaz]

people passing around belts like, it's a. You know, I'm like, go win a competition with that belt. Let's see how you do. It's not gonna happen. You know what I mean? The. Like, it takes a long time. Yeah. I don't think anybody else going do boxing, like, traditional. They're going to do kickboxing, and that's just going to be enough for them. And then they want to go home to their nice wife and nice life. And they've got a whole bunch of other stuff to worry about. I'm over here, Miles. Jiu jitsu, pro boxing, kickboxing, and judo and. And sambo. And I'm doing all of it, taking all of it into consideration and always have.

[Theo Von]

What about. Damn, I look homosexual in that, bro.

[Nate Diaz]

No, I just saw that I didn't deal with. Cuz I remember the interview. I didn't remember you wearing it. Yeah, I didn't. I. You know what I'm saying?

[Theo Von]

I don't remember I was in it either. Is that the guy from.

[Nate Diaz]

That's in New York, right?

[Theo Von]

Yeah, that was in the building where they also had. Howard Stern was in the same building as Opie.

[Nate Diaz]

And they're like, is that where shady 45 is? I did one in there too, I think.

[Theo Von]

Yeah, yeah. And you go through the hall. There's like of just a bunch of them in the windows and stuff.

[Nate Diaz]

I did. I did a. A podcast. I was telling them earlier. I did a podcast with Everlasting there.

[Theo Von]

Did they have you guys freestyle rapping?

[Nate Diaz]

No. No. But it was shady 45 and it was Everlast. And I was sitting there. Nick brought me there. It was me and Nick dinner together. And I'm sitting there and I'm like, why am I sitting by Everlasting? I shouldn't be by this. Because I was. I was. I was on Eminem's side.

[Theo Von]

Oh, you had a different promotion?

[Chris Avila]

No.

[Nate Diaz]

You know, Eminem dissed on Everlast.

[Theo Von]

Oh, yeah.

[Nate Diaz]

Back then. And I was like, bro, I don't know if Eminem would be cool, me being here like this. I don't think I should be here. The we doing whatever last because he was dissing Everlast hard on thing. And me and. Me and Eminem are homies. You know what I'm saying?

[Theo Von]

Really?

[Nate Diaz]

No, I don't know him. I never met him. But I was committed. I was like, bro, But I was in the music all day. So I was like, I'm on his side.

[Theo Von]

Yeah.

[Nate Diaz]

And then we're talking and then they're asking question. I'm sitting there and they ask me something. I'm like, are you cool with Eminem now or what? He's like, yeah, man, come on. What did he think? He's like, we're on shady 45. All right, all right. I think I was like, he bringing up a beef that happened five, 10 years ago. I was like, I shouldn't have asked him that. I was young, though. And I was like, I shouldn't ask,

[Theo Von]

dude, what you do, bro.

[Nate Diaz]

I remember one time I was on Eminem side, though.

[Chris Avila]

I.

[Theo Von]

At least you were on his side. Like, you know, I love ever.

[Nate Diaz]

I did like Everlast, but when he started this one, like, no more Everlast for me. And then. But now I like Everlast. And he was always cool, too, when I met him a few times.

[Theo Von]

You met Eminem?

[Nate Diaz]

No, I'm talking about I never met Eminem.

[Theo Von]

You never met him? Damn, dude.

[Nate Diaz]

He rapped about me in the song, though. Yeah.

[Chris Avila]

What's wrong?

[Nate Diaz]

I forget the name of the song, buddy. Yo, Cap, I know you out there. Send me the song with I forget the name of it, but it was a new song. Here we go.

[Theo Von]

Right there.

[Nate Diaz]

And he wrapped about. He wrapped around me.

[Theo Von]

And God's my alias, so if I don't have faith in me, then it basically makes me an atheist. Nate Diaz got the world by the tracheas in a chokeholding. A sleeper. Dang, bro. That's crazy.

[Nate Diaz]

That's all I needed in life. I meant by. It all came back. It all circled back on Everlast.

[Theo Von]

And then here you are.

[Nate Diaz]

We made it.

[Theo Von]

That's wild. Did you ever get to you? Have you ever got to meet him? Sit.

[Nate Diaz]

Hey, shout out to Everlast, too. I like it. Unless I met. We see each other, we're like, what up Every time? But, oh, Everlast is a person Everlasting.

[Chris Avila]

What it's like.

[Nate Diaz]

Yeah, you know what it is? I got you.

[Theo Von]

I was thinking about Evanescence. I think.

[Nate Diaz]

No, nevertheless, he was thinking about Evanescence or.

[Theo Von]

No, I was thinking about the boxing.

[Chris Avila]

The boxing rep that's Everlasting.

[Nate Diaz]

And I was sitting there, hey, this song was on in my head too. And I'm sitting there next to Everlasting. Nick's talking interview. I'm like, we doing in here, man. And on the real, I only went there because it was. We're doing an interview on shady45. Act sick. And it was overlass. I was like, man, I shouldn't be here.

[Theo Von]

Huh?

[Nate Diaz]

Turn it off.

[Theo Von]

Oh, yeah. Because of audio stuff.

[Nate Diaz]

We ain't got the trademark for that. What.

[Theo Von]

What jobs did y' all have before? Before fighting, like, took over for you? That was, like, heavy. Did y' all have work? Did y' all have employment or were y' all like,

[Nate Diaz]

I sold weed. I worked at a. A burger spot, too. I was just telling him. I, I, I worked at a place called Bone Burger. They used a barbecue tri tips. I was probably 14 years old, and my brother started training with this guy Steve Heath and his brother, brother Gary, who trained a little bit, he worked next to the gym at this burger spot. And he got me a job with him and he worked inside, ran the restaurant. And I barbecued across the parking lot on the grill. And then when people hit me up for a deb or 8th or something, but I pull up to the spot, say pull up barbecue, and I drop them, I drop them. A flip, a flip, a tri tip, go inside, make a cheeseburger. I get down. That was my only job that was fun.

[Theo Von]

Oh, what about you?

[Chris Avila]

I didn't really have a job.

[Theo Von]

What we got real rich.

[Chris Avila]

Nah, hell no.

[Nate Diaz]

Broken.

[Chris Avila]

That was a broken, bro.

[Theo Von]

If you poor and not working.

[Chris Avila]

I know I had jobs, but me and my homies would get jobs, but we didn't last for that that long.

[Nate Diaz]

They were bus boys.

[Theo Von]

Were you really?

[Chris Avila]

No, I worked at a winery. I worked at a winery for a long time. And then I worked at my dad's shop here and there for some money. But yeah, I didn't have like a job job.

[Theo Von]

And the tenant windows, bro, they only. They only let you go. So dark, dude. I remember one time I got mine done and they're mines.

[Nate Diaz]

Creases increases. I can't see out this window, man. I knew I shouldn't let.

[Theo Von]

That's when that shit's bad, when you have to drive like. That's why some people started driving like this, because that's the only way they can see out the front,

[Nate Diaz]

bro.

[Theo Von]

They had this set up over in. Not even far from here where you would get your windows tinted and they had to deal with the cops that right after the cops would pull. They were just pulling people over right as they left those joints. Damn. Aila.

[Chris Avila]

Yep, that's me.

[Nate Diaz]

That's n car. Come get your window tinted 50% off.

[Theo Von]

Yeah, that's a CTE version over time with fighting is CTE. Does it feel like a real thing to you guys? Is that something, do you think, think that fighting has affected the way that you're able to think when you do comedy.

[Nate Diaz]

Did CTE with you? That's what it was. Tactics with the ct. You see my kind of comments out. They give me a CT every time, man.

[Theo Von]

I'm hot. Oh, they do. Oh, I didn't even know that. What ct like, does it really affect? Because you guys have taken a lot of punches in your life, you know, like, not as many as a lot of guys, I'm sure, but you guys are in a football fighters.

[Nate Diaz]

Yeah, I feel like. I feel like it's Yeah, I felt like football probably a lot more than the fight.

[Chris Avila]

Yeah, they had a documentary because I played football, too.

[Nate Diaz]

I remember when I would hit helmets with people and have a headache all night.

[Chris Avila]

I had a headache for years playing football. That was up.

[Nate Diaz]

I don't know what the question was about ct. I just started thinking about it. What did you say? My CD's kicking in.

[Theo Von]

I think that answers it, bro. Did you guys have to get vaccinated to f. Do you guys. Did you guys get vaccinated?

[Nate Diaz]

I don't get vaccinated. Ever. Not. Did you?

[Theo Von]

No, I didn't. Yeah, dude.

[Chris Avila]

Yeah.

[Nate Diaz]

You them vaccinate yourself? Yeah.

[Theo Von]

Oh, you guys. Is gym over in Stockton. It's the Nick Diaz Academy, and you guys have had a lot of great fighters out of there. Jake Shields, Gilbert Melendez. How has it changed over the years there? Like, has it evolved? What's it been like?

[Nate Diaz]

Well, they're not out of the Nick Diaz coming. We're all from Cesar Gracie.

[Theo Von]

Okay.

[Nate Diaz]

Nick and Jake and David Durrell. Those are three black belts under Cesar Gracie. And spread out for them with Tyson Griffin and Nate Ducharme and a couple names out of Dave Terrell's, who was the first black belt under Caesar. And then Nick was me and Nick was me and him and our team at Nick Diaz Academy. And then Jake Shields had Gilbert Melendez and a whole team.

[Theo Von]

Oh, so it's different than I thought.

[Nate Diaz]

Yeah, but we're like a. Like a family tree type of thing. And we all come from Cesar Gracie fight team. And then we're the. Where the Stockton. Stockton team.

[Theo Von]

Does the energy feel as alive there as ever with young fighters coming up?

[Nate Diaz]

Yeah, there's youngsters in there coming out of wrestling and jiu jitsu kids and boxers and. And everybody's in there. We're like, we're gonna go back right now. I've been gone for two weeks. Gonna go back, and they're all gonna be ready for us. Ready to kill. And so it's on and popping. When you go to the gym, are

[Theo Von]

you guys training people as well in there, like. Or what is like. I know you guys train yourselves, but.

[Nate Diaz]

Yeah, I train with everybody. I'm more of a. Like, I just train with everyone. I'm like, you want to learn something? Let's train. Because I learned a lot of my. And most of the stuff I know from experience and training with people, and I've got better from that. So I let the guys run the show at the. At the gym, and then I come in and I just Participate with everybody. And then he's right. He's right alongside.

[Chris Avila]

Yeah, I'm just training with everybody, really.

[Theo Von]

Do you guys feel like fighting should be taught in schools?

[Nate Diaz]

I think jiu jitsu should be. I think Jiu Jitsu 100% should.

[Chris Avila]

Should be law enforcement. Law enforcement.

[Nate Diaz]

Yeah. But if they didn't in school, then by the time they get to law enforcement, they would know. And then if you're going to do law enforcement, you'd be like, well, I better step them my game up. Because you would be conscious and aware of it because you learned it in school. You're like, that's the only thing that's

[Chris Avila]

going to have boxing back in the day.

[Theo Von]

Look at this dude today. It's crazy to think boxing used to

[Nate Diaz]

be like, in high school.

[Chris Avila]

In high school.

[Theo Von]

This was in school. This is in London in the 1930s.

[Chris Avila]

Okay. In high school.

[Nate Diaz]

Yeah.

[Theo Von]

But look at this. They used to have this watch this kid. This kid's good.

[Chris Avila]

That's how I was.

[Theo Von]

Imagine this at school, though.

[Nate Diaz]

Yeah, it'd be sick. It'd be, why you got all the girls.

[Theo Von]

That's gentrification. That's how it happens, dude.

[Nate Diaz]

That's how you make friends.

[Theo Von]

One mix guy showed up and everything fucking went haywire. I've been wondering if there was ever a time when you were with your family and your car broke down. Because I've been there and I remember my. The car was broke down and I stood off. I walked off from that thing. I said, I ain't even being with y' all anymore.

[Chris Avila]

Just.

[Theo Von]

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[Nate Diaz]

What?

[Theo Von]

What makes you say that?

[Nate Diaz]

Well, just for self defense in general, I think people should know how to defend themselves a little. How they'd be a little more stable walking around. I think it helps them. I think it helps with everything. You know, kind of like common sense type of thing. Like I think people get hurt less more and think a little more about what they do. I can go in all day but you know, like Jiu Jitsu I think is necessary for everybody. It's like learning how to swim. Like I think everybody should learn how to swim. What if you fall in some fucking water?

[Theo Von]

Yeah.

[Nate Diaz]

So that's what I think about Jiu Jitsu dude. Are walking around acting cool and shit. My, what if somebody just drowns you?

[Theo Von]

Yeah.

[Nate Diaz]

So that's why I started training. I'm like, yo, people actually walk around can do this to you. Yeah, right. I'm gonna. I'm gonna master this.

[Theo Von]

Is that what your kind of mentality was starting out with it?

[Nate Diaz]

Yeah. You're walking around helpless and you don't even know it. Right. You know what I'm saying? A tidal wave might come. You're gonna drown. So that's scary to me. Yeah. So I would learn how to do that.

[Theo Von]

Yeah.

[Nate Diaz]

It's fucked up

[Theo Von]

now. You're right.

[Nate Diaz]

I don't even think about it or consider it though, people, oh, I could fight. When's the last fight you got in?

[Chris Avila]

Yeah.

[Nate Diaz]

You don't even know that you can't fight. And I know that you don't know that. You know what I'm saying is like. And people aren't even conscious or aware of that. So I think that's a scary situation. So you just get all deep again about it. Yeah, yeah.

[Theo Von]

Because you slapped a guy one time at a pizza parlor doesn't mean you can defend yourself. It's true though, my.

[Nate Diaz]

He might have been able to just drown you and you don't even know it.

[Theo Von]

So it's like he might have saved my life that day. He might have said I'm. I could.

[Nate Diaz]

You were too down for him. Yeah. He's like, nah, that this guy just drowned me. I'm out.

[Theo Von]

Yeah, I think definitely the confidence building.

[Nate Diaz]

Yeah. Learn how to talk to people. And like I would go to train when I'm, when I'm a kid, 15 and I'd get smoked. I'd get high as all the time and I would go on the train and it would be like, I'd hate coming on time because I'd be like, if I go on time, we got to sit there and talk to all these guys. And the guys who train are like cops and work at a bakery and doctors and everybody was older than me, I was a kid and I was like, social anxiety. I want to go talk to these people, I'm gonna talk to them. I never talked to a kid in your sense, you know what I said? So I'm like, I gotta go talk to these people. I could only talk to my friends. So I'd go there and then I train with them, these 35 year old dudes and, and I'd choke everybody because I was there more than them. And I'd be like. And they all said they're asking me questions about the movie and I'm telling about the moves and they're going here and they're like, what are you doing? Are you in school? I'm like, yeah, I'm here. And also we're in a full on conversation and I'm talking to 35 year old cops and I'm selling weed and, and training and not talking to anybody older than me. So I learned how to talk to people and understand people and you know, communicate. So it helps with, with just falling into the social pipeline, you know, it's not funny.

[Theo Von]

Yes, sir.

[Nate Diaz]

So that helped me there and then because especially after Training, you getting the endorphins off your hobby, like, and they're asking you shouldn't you know about not. So you're explaining, look, you go here, you pass a guard like this and do like that. And then yeah, they're going, hey, what are you doing daytime? I go run, I gotta do this and I want to go get lunch, you know. All right. And now you got a friend and all of a sudden your friend is some 35 year old cop and like what kid do you know that sells weed is friends with a cop? And now you guys are just homeboys. And then. And it's like I learned a lot from all that training and yeah, it helped with, with everything.

[Theo Von]

Yeah, yeah, dude, there was something. Oh, the endorphins. After a class, even if you just got choked out by a, like a 35 pound girl, right, you'd be like, yeah, I'm gonna get that next week. You know, it could be, dude, I got choked out by this 13 year old girl. I will say this, I think she had taken some Thai, Thai bow or whatever.

[Chris Avila]

It's called Taekwondo.

[Theo Von]

Taekwondo, right. And so I was like, okay, so this, obviously, you know, this knows what she's doing or whatever. But anyway, I got leveled out by this chick in one class and I just remember driving home in my head thinking I'm gonna that kid up next week, dude. Which was a crazy thought. But. But also, yeah, the endorphins people you would meet if you're choking on a baker. You like smell those cinnamon rolls.

[Nate Diaz]

You know, I better get a free.

[Theo Von]

Oh, that's tybo. My wrong, my bad. That's some other bro. That's that. Look at the dude on the right, bro.

[Nate Diaz]

That dude, he's excited. Oh he, he loved tabo. He'll put a.

[Theo Von]

He loves full nelson in your ass. That fella right there, bro, he'll half nelson some dude's balls in his throat. Crazy, bro. Is fighting fun for you guys now? Does it change over time once it becomes a career?

[Chris Avila]

It's the best thing to do, like training wise, I think helps out with life. And so that's what I think.

[Nate Diaz]

Yeah, I've been fighting for so long. I think him too is like once you, once you. We've been doing this for so long. If you're not fighting, it's like that's what I do, right? So it's. And then we're like when you train for a fight and get done with the fight, like that. What the. I just put in all kinds of work and did all this because nobody could do that. It's a lot of work. And then not even the work too. Just the mental. Just go to slim. Like if somebody normal had a fight back here, finding three months ago, okay, they go home, go to sleep. I can't sleep. Yeah. They can't even make it to a fight. So it's like. It's a whole thing. And then once you get done, you're like, man, I was finally cool. I'm glad it's over. I ain't fucking doing that shitty. Two months goes by and you're like, man, what the fuck? I need to get back to what I do.

[Theo Von]

Damn.

[Nate Diaz]

It's just what I do now, you know? So it's like when you're not fighting, you're like, I. I gotta get back. I gotta be. I gotta do what I do. So, yeah, that's how it is for me.

[Theo Von]

For you?

[Nate Diaz]

Yeah.

[Theo Von]

At a certain point, I noticed even with comedy, like, it chew this thing, the thing you do, eventually it chooses you as well. It's like, yeah.

[Nate Diaz]

It's like, I have to do this

[Theo Von]

because this is what I do now.

[Nate Diaz]

Like, I can make millions of dollars doing all kinds of other. I'm like, there's nothing like doing what you do. Yeah. It doesn't feel like you're doing the right thing. So fighting for me is just what I do now. And it sucks and it's great and all that.

[Theo Von]

Yeah. Yeah. What's the part about it that sucks the most for you guys?

[Chris Avila]

Dieting.

[Nate Diaz]

Wow.

[Theo Von]

What you thinking about? You'd be sitting there thinking about something

[Chris Avila]

type of like fasting. We were talking about earlier, how many

[Theo Von]

zins you got in?

[Nate Diaz]

None.

[Chris Avila]

One.

[Theo Von]

Damn, this must be big.

[Chris Avila]

I know. I don't like swallowing the spit.

[Nate Diaz]

And he's in it in that jar.

[Chris Avila]

It'll hurt your stomach. You do zins?

[Theo Von]

Nuh, dude, I'm vaping right now and I'm fasting. I feel like a Native American over in this or something. I feel like a damn Hindu or something. I got enough problems, bro. Damn. Chris is up. Are you up?

[Nate Diaz]

All right, bro.

[Theo Von]

I've had some fun times in there with him, bro. I've had some fun times in there. Yeah. He'll love that, dude. Yeah, Joe's been supportive. He's the one who told me. He said like a year ago, we were staying busy, like, with podcasting, and he's. He's like, if you start doing two episodes a week, then nobody will be able to stop you. That's what he told me.

[Nate Diaz]

Oh, wow. Yeah, that was it.

[Theo Von]

And he just said, yeah. And so we started to challenge ourselves. And it's kind of wild, like, because there'd be. It used to be hard for me to even go, like, an hour podcasting, and now some conversations I'll go. It'll be two and a half hours, and it'll be.

[Nate Diaz]

His are like, that long as fuck.

[Theo Von]

You're like, damn, his have so much information. I'm like, fuck, I'm dumb. I leave out of there feeling like, fuck, I got to go study. I just feel dumb. He's. He just is interested in so many things. Right? And he really is interested. That's the thing.

[Nate Diaz]

Yeah.

[Theo Von]

He really want. He just like. It's like walking in the library, I feel like I'm. Yeah. Like, I could study forever, and I won't get past the magazines.

[Nate Diaz]

You know, it'll wind up just trickling off to all kinds of. And you're like, damn, now I'm in some situation where I don't know what the we're talking about. And so you see this one fight, right?

[Theo Von]

You saw that?

[Nate Diaz]

Cool. We gotta circle back.

[Theo Von]

Yeah, a lot of circle, dude. Yeah, they should. I wish I could call timeouts when I was in Joe's podcast just to give myself. My brain a chance to. Me to give my brain a pep talk in those, bro. Because he's just so smart and so interested. So you got the. The MVP promotion, and it's Netflix. It's the Mike Perry fight. That's what's coming up. How did the fight come to be?

[Nate Diaz]

Well, me and Mike Perry been the biggest thing on the outside of the ufc. Yeah. I've been following for a cool minute, and he's been doing moves and. And making happen. And respect, because, like, nobody's doing. Knows how to do. People who are the talent are just the talent. And I'm. I'm like, bro, I have to get out of here, because I'm not. That's not what I am. You know, so. And I get out, and I'm like, what I do is fight. I need to do what I do. So I've been like, there's nobody out here. And then he's out there doing the thing. And we got offered each other a few times, and it was in the. It was in the direction of it happening, and a couple things happened. Didn't happen, and now it's happening. So that, unfortunately, this is the only way to make it happen, because. It's time. He's been doing a great job. He's been knocking People out. He beat, beat middleweight champion, the other name, Rockhold. He beat Rock hold and he beat Eddie Alvarez, lightweight champion for years. He beat, he beat Jeremy Stevens up. He beat who? Who else? He be back to back whooping everybody. Michael Page, he beat mvp.

[Chris Avila]

I didn't even know.

[Nate Diaz]

Ye. MVP does a good job. He out there knocking people on, doing a good job. He.

[Theo Von]

He's a close one. That one went to the cards, didn't it?

[Nate Diaz]

Yeah, yeah.

[Theo Von]

And Everybody complains about MVPs, boring fights, but you need someone like Mike Perry who's gonna go forward. That made it a war. It was dope.

[Chris Avila]

He dropped.

[Nate Diaz]

Yeah, that makes a good fight. Yeah. And that's what I said back in the day. Like, I ain't fighting people who aren't fighters. I'm finding fighters because that makes good fights. And that goes down in the brain, in the memory bank for fights in history is good fighters fighting each other. And, and I think that was the best, best thing to do out here is beat somebody who's doing a great job at fucking whipping ass and making bigger moves and just being a fucking meat ass fighter. And that's what I'm, that's what I'm attacking is the best of the best.

[Theo Von]

And Mike's a fan favorite. People love him. People are both you guys, you guys have such huge fan bases and stuff. It's. Fuck. That's going to be a tough one to watch, bro. This can be tough one to watch. And I remember earlier I was like, are you excited for this fight? And you're like, bro, that's not exactly the way to say it.

[Nate Diaz]

Yeah, it's not the feeling.

[Theo Von]

What is the feeling more because as a fan. Yeah. You kind of ask this dumb question like you excited.

[Nate Diaz]

The feeling is just get in there and get out of it alive and don't up so excited,

[Theo Von]

bro. I'm scared and I'm, I'm not even gonna. I'm just gonna be. I'm gonna come, I'm gonna go. But yeah, I'm scared. What? You have a training camp. I'm scared now, bro. Damn you. Your training camp starts tomorrow.

[Nate Diaz]

What if you're not in even fighting? That's exciting. Don't watch a fight. Nah, that's cool though.

[Theo Von]

You're right though. That's kind of thing is it's hard to like, so few people could put themselves into that perspective, bro, because so many. To so many people, a fight is one of the scariest things, bro. It's like public speaking with your face and fists, you know? It's the scariest thing to people. And the fact that you guys do it, man. I think that's what makes all the fighters warriors. Like, when I go watch ufc, dude, I. I'm. I'm like, these. These people are. They do something that's so foreign to so many.

[Nate Diaz]

Remember on Gladiator when that. When. When the way the. Russell Crowe is, like, getting ready to go out and he. He does that. He's. He's. He's been in war forever, and he's standing there and he's getting ready to go out like, we go to war right here, like some slaves. This is crazy. And he's looking at the other slaves. You got to go to one night. It's a guy from shaking and peeing, you know?

[Theo Von]

Yeah,

[Chris Avila]

yeah.

[Nate Diaz]

That's everybody.

[Theo Von]

Yeah.

[Nate Diaz]

You don't know nothing about that. He's just sitting there, and that's a good scene right there.

[Theo Von]

Yeah.

[Nate Diaz]

He's like, calm down. We don't make it out alive. So that's. That's Gladiator memory. Standing in the back, and they're all there, and they're making them go out to fight. They're like, you're going to fiverr in fire entertainment. And then the guy's in front of him. But that's what he does because he. Because he's run right way. They were hunting him down, and he ran the whole army, so that's what he does. And he's gonna go out there to go to war with a bunch of rookies. He's like, come on, let's go. And then the guy in front of him just peeing. He's shivering his penis. Going out there, he's looking like, damn, that's up. Let's stay by me doggy be all right.

[Theo Von]

Stay close, bro. Stay. I would be hiding under somebody so

[Nate Diaz]

that when people say, are you excited? The guy who says, are you excited? Reminds me of that guy. You're like, come with me, bro. Let's go to war.

[Theo Von]

Amen, bro. And you're. You have a fight, too. Avila just announced on the card against Brandon Jenkins.

[Chris Avila]

Yeah, Brandon Jenkins. So it's the same day, May 16th. And, yeah, he fought in UFC a few times. He fought in pfl. He fought a lot, too, so.

[Theo Von]

And it's a. It's mma.

[Chris Avila]

Mma. Yeah.

[Nate Diaz]

Yeah. So, yeah.

[Theo Von]

Do you prefer one or the other these days?

[Chris Avila]

Not really. I've been fighting boxing. My last MMA fight was in 21, so, yeah, I'm excited to get back in there.

[Nate Diaz]

He bought when I fought, too he fought. Who did you find last?

[Chris Avila]

My last fight. Well, my last fight against a guy on mvp, it was against Ariel Perez. But the fight before that, no, yeah, that was in August. But the last fight I had or before that was Ben Henderson in, in the uk.

[Theo Von]

Yeah.

[Nate Diaz]

And he fought who did you fight? Stevens?

[Chris Avila]

Yeah, I beat him both and then.

[Nate Diaz]

And that was all boxing.

[Chris Avila]

It was all boxing, yeah. But yeah, I'm getting back in the MMA right here.

[Theo Von]

And will you guys train to get will you guys will be in camp together?

[Nate Diaz]

Yeah.

[Theo Von]

So what does the camp look like this, this time? Does it look different because of these fighters that you're fighting? Like do you start to shape it for that?

[Nate Diaz]

Yeah, yeah. Well with boxing, you're boxing all the time now. We got wrestling, wrestling coming in, MMA fighters coming in, kickboxers coming in. It's a lot more work than easy ass boxing. But yeah, we got everybody coming in for four full, full war. War zones. We'll get the best, the best in every art. We get the best kickboxer. I'm bringing, I'm gonna bring Joe Schilling out and yeah, he's got a fight too. And then they got a bunch of kickboxers they're going to bring out with them and we'll drill and train that. And I got my boxing coach, Richard Perez and then me and him and about a dozen other pro fighters at the gym and then we're going to bring sparring, we're going to bring sparring in for that. And then I got Nick Sadovar, runs in my wrestling program at the gym and he's going to bring in wrestlers. And I got Ernie Reyes out here rolling me everywhere.

[Theo Von]

He's the best dude. Remember when he hit Bobby? Yeah. We're not going to say we're taking that out. Ernie, don't even worry.

[Nate Diaz]

Asian on Asian crime. We won't be some brown on brown crime.

[Theo Von]

Do.

[Nate Diaz]

Yeah, a lot of you, a lot

[Theo Von]

of people think you and my Perry should fight for the winner gets to say the N word, bro. That's what it really should be. I feel like I heard you guys are going to train right after this.

[Nate Diaz]

Yeah, my boxing coach just flew in so we're going to go meet him. I wanted to take a nap, but it's good. Remember that one guy who don't like naps?

[Chris Avila]

Oh yeah, he had beef with naps.

[Theo Von]

Who was he?

[Chris Avila]

I was on Instagram. Yeah, that guy, he apologized.

[Theo Von]

Oh, he hates naps. I know.

[Nate Diaz]

Who John. Was he sarcastic about about the hip hop?

[Chris Avila]

No, kinda.

[Nate Diaz]

I I don't like naps if you ain't doing either. But if you're doing, you need a nap.

[Theo Von]

Yeah, sometimes I can't if I know I have a lot of to do though. It's hard to.

[Nate Diaz]

I don't call it a nap either. I'd say I close my eyes for five seconds. I don't take naps. I just don't have time for naps, man. What's this guy's beef with me?

[Theo Von]

This takes naps. I don't trust people to take naps, dude. I just found out he doesn't take naps, dude.

[Nate Diaz]

He's grown ass, man. No, you don't, dude.

[Theo Von]

Yeah, it's like, dude, like the whole world's moving while you're napping, bro. It's. I can't with a nap. I just.

[Nate Diaz]

Oh, hey, you want to know something? I take naps. Hey. I take naps. I don't sleep. Hey, if that dude came with me for a day. What's the name again?

[Theo Von]

John Bernthal.

[Nate Diaz]

I like him too. He's cool. Remember on the. On the movie he was on that zombie show?

[Theo Von]

So he beat the zombies out of in Atlanta.

[Nate Diaz]

But if that came with me for the week, that boy be sleeping, he'd be taking naps and I mean I'd be waiting. I'm like, I hate naps. Get up. It's time to grind. Like I should have hang on me. He'd be napping.

[Theo Von]

Will this fight will be. Will this be Yalls biggest payday for fights?

[Nate Diaz]

Same for me.

[Theo Von]

Okay. And if that's too personal,

[Chris Avila]

same. No, it's regular payday. Yeah.

[Theo Von]

Because it's. I mean, Netflix is. It feels like to me he's trying to get into the fight game. Obviously, you know, this is going to be kind of their first MMA card. Is that right, Nick? Yeah. And they're just doing live events like spectacles, and that's why they need the big names. Do you feel like something like this would come along? Did you feel like just the way. That's the way that the business was headed.

[Nate Diaz]

It was kind of like when the pay per view models kind of flipped over, you could tell some changes were gonna be made and he didn't know about it. So you're like. But now you're like, okay, we could work with that. You know what I'm saying? So, yeah, we didn't know what to expect before. You didn't see it coming, but now that it's here, it makes sense. Yeah. You feel me?

[Theo Von]

Yeah.

[Nate Diaz]

But I got my own Promotion that I'm planning on kicking off the whole been since I was trying to get out since I was trying to get out years ago. So I understand it and it's cool that it's cool that I'm starting to understand better and I'm going to learn more as I go, and then I plan on running over with it, too.

[Theo Von]

Did you learn a lot from just, like, the experience with the Jake Paul fight?

[Nate Diaz]

Like how.

[Theo Von]

Like, just like the. Just, like seeing, like, the business. Like, more just having to.

[Nate Diaz]

No, I seen it that developing. I. I could see them. I could see them picking up game and, and understanding that I went. And I'm always learning something about something, so I think every. Every. Every experience. Yeah, you're picking up a. You go, but not specifically what. I. I learned that they're doing the same.

[Theo Von]

Yeah.

[Nate Diaz]

As we go, you know. Yeah.

[Theo Von]

Was there a chance that you were. That there was going to be a. You were going to come back into ufc?

[Nate Diaz]

I want to be. I want to go back to ucf. I know I have bigger. I have. I have bigger. I have bigger offers from the UFC than I got from these guys. But, but the, The. The offers were. The opponents weren't the right opponents at the moment. And I believe everything in this. In this fight game and a lot of things, but the fight game is. Is timing. And I think that if I would have went to the ufc, I wouldn't have been fighting the fighters that I want to be fighting. I want to fight the best of the best. And if. If I'm not gonna get that, then I'm gonna find fight the biggest, biggest thing I could.

[Theo Von]

That was offering.

[Nate Diaz]

Yeah. Like, I Like, all right, for instance, like, I think that if I went back to the UFC, they want me to fight Conor McGregor right now, for me, Conor McGregor just pull up his record. Do we got his record? Okay, I know this, but I'm like. I'm thinking about it. I'm like, Conor McGregor just fucking lost to Poirier. I think he got knocked out on his ass. What's his last two? So I can refresh my memory. Poirier, Right. Okay, so Poirier knocks his ass out, right? And then he breaks his leg, which was horrible because Poirier is a sorry little. And. And disagree. And he. Yeah, I know. What can you say? And I'm like. I'm like. He knocks him out, and then he gets his leg broken. And it's like, that's horrible. Like, we're adversaries. By my bro. You broke your whole That I don't wish that on nobody. You know what I'm saying? And. And then he got knocked out. And then, like, I'm like, okay, I hope he comes back and does good. I hope he does it. You know what I'm saying? And then everybody's kind of mounting down this kind of one, and I'm like, all right, cool. And then he's going to come back. And I know he's having a hard time with ufc, because I've been having my hard times with ufc. And I'm like, yo, good vibes to him, handling your shit. And in the meantime, I'm doing whatever I'm doing. And then when he is ready to come back. No. And he's motivated and doing what he's got to do, and I'm like, okay, I want to fight. Motherfucking BMF motherfucker who's claiming my belt. That's running all around. Charles Oliver just won the fight, right? Yeah. I'm like, right. You're rocking my belt now, and you run around like you're the baddest motherfucker. So that's when I'm like, yo, what's poppin with the fc? So I'm like, let's link up and get this fight popping. And then I go back to talk to them about it, and they're all ready for me to come back and fight Con. I'm like, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Listen to what I'm talking about. I want to fight the best of the best when they are the best of the best. Connor's great, but I'm not trying to go kill off Conor when he's on his last dying leg. Yeah, literally, that's up. But I'm not trying to be the. The ending to some story like that, right? Like, we ain't friends. We ain't none of that. But I ain't trying to finish this dude off. I want. And that's what I plan on doing if we're fighting. And at the same time, I ain't trying to get up by nobody who just got knocked out on his ass and broke his leg. All the time. They're like, this guy's down and out now. He's nothing but motivated to fight me, right? Because who else is going to fight in there? And they're probably gonna end up giving them BMF belt. Ass Oliveira, who I believe I'll beat the out of. You know what I'm saying? Yeah, he been in the guy.

[Theo Von]

People.

[Nate Diaz]

I've been beat beat him. I beat Pettis Pettis choked that fool. I beat some Ronnie. Sony. Kicked them all up in his ass. Pugged him like, a little. And then.

[Theo Von]

But if you took.

[Nate Diaz]

He's walking around with my belt, though.

[Theo Von]

Yeah, he got your jewelry.

[Nate Diaz]

He's walking around with my belt. And this fool, actually, one time, he won the title. And I'm like, what's up? I'll fight over. I know I'll be Olivera. And then Oliveira is like, no, thanks, homie. I put a tweet out like, I'll fight him. And then he put a tweet out, like, no, thanks, homie. I'm trying to fight for big stuff, world championships and do this. I'm like, oh, I'm okay. I'm not. I understand. You have the right to big league me because you're Mr. Champion. Anything. I'm like, all right, go ahead. Put your sorry ass in. And then a few months later, a little while later, after Conor breaks his leg all up and. And gets knocked out all over the place, this was like, I'll fight Conor McGregor. I'm like, I thought you were on the bigger and better things. You picking on people who are on the downfall, and that's my perspective on the whole situation.

[Theo Von]

Got it.

[Nate Diaz]

So then they want me to come back and fight Oliveira, I believe they want me to come back and fight Conor McGregor, not Oliveira. You know, I'm like, well, I'm gonna fight for my belt that I created, that I deserve since I started a whole division to bring value up to all these fucking fighters.

[Theo Von]

Right? You started bmf, though.

[Nate Diaz]

I started the whole. That's me. That's my belt you're wearing on my hip. So, yeah, you just got tatted with a BMF belt. That's me that you're holding. Okay. And they're like, okay, we want you to come back, and then maybe later we'll do that. I'm like, okay, well, you know who's doing a good job? The same. Almost close to the same amount offer for Mike Perry, who's the fucking most violent motherfucker around right now doing things, taking over businesses, running, doing his own promotion. And I'm like, that sounds a lot more. A lot more. I'm a lot more enthusiastic to get up and run and get ready to train for this. Who's gonna knock me out or I'm gonna knock his ass out? And we're gonna take what's. Who's the bigger dog of the bigger best there are. You know what I'm saying? And then in the meantime, I'm not fighting for mvp. I'm fighting for Netflix and I'm fighting from Real Fight Incorporated, which I'll probably be doing next with Netflix anyway. Real fight entertainment on a thing and show you how to throw a real MMA fight show. I've been in the UFC for 20 years now, so I'm like, yo, I'm going to do that from real fighting with, you know, I'm not working for fucking MVP like all these other motherfuckers are. I'm a UFC fighter. I'm working for me for real fighting. And I'm hunting Jake Paul's motherfucking ass. Not taking a fight with a guy who's on the comeback. Man, fuck. Conor will fight again when the time is right and it's time to fight, but it's going to be when we both on the uprise, not. Not when someone's dying out or come. I'm not nobody's comeback story either. So I'm fighting the most dangerous, most violent there is on Netflix and then I'm hunting his boy that he works with at mvp. So that's what I'm doing right now. That's. That's my objective and that's what I'm doing. I didn't want to talk about it, but that's what's happening.

[Theo Von]

Oh, no, I didn't.

[Nate Diaz]

And I didn't know that. No, it's all good. But okay, if it came up.

[Theo Von]

That's what it is and is Real Fight Incorporated. That's your group and that's. And you guys are co promoters on the fight.

[Nate Diaz]

Yeah, a little bit. Then we're having. I'm like, do your thing, whatever. I'm just gonna do this because I stay active. I want to stay active fighting because

[Theo Von]

that's what I have respect for yourself.

[Nate Diaz]

Do what I do. Yeah. And not fighting is not it. You know, I, I fight. That's what I do. So I plan on fighting forever and that's what I'm doing right now. Find the best guy I could fight on the outside. I'm bigger than fighting some no name ass in UFC or somebody on a down spill. I'm like, but yeah, as far as the UFC is concerned, I'm in love with ufc. That's my. That's where I come from. And that's what it is. And all this came from it. Like even Jake Paul's ass and he's over here having a beef with the ufc. I'm like, the UFC made you because you found a loophole and you wouldn't Box a bunch of UFC fighters. I know, too. I'm in on the joke. You MMA fighters cannot box. You know what I'm saying?

[Theo Von]

Who was the fight that. When you. When you hear him say this stuff, Chris, how do you feel about it?

[Chris Avila]

I just listening. That's how that's on it. That's his thing. So. Yeah, I feel it, though.

[Nate Diaz]

Yeah.

[Chris Avila]

I don't know. That's his situation. I don't really know.

[Theo Von]

But do you, like. Do you think he needs any different type of prep to fight a guy like Mike Perry?

[Chris Avila]

Nah, I think Mike Perry.

[Nate Diaz]

Good. A good.

[Chris Avila]

That's right up the alley for a real fight. Yeah.

[Theo Von]

Yeah.

[Chris Avila]

Fuck.

[Nate Diaz]

The good part about him is he comes to fight. Oh, yeah. He comes in, he tries to take you clean out. And that's. That's what I'm trying to do, too. And if you're going to try to take me clean out, you know, it's. It's hard to fight a guy who's trying not to fight you. And a lot of my losses on my record or any fights I've lost have been who are trying not to fight me, you know, and loophole around the whole fighting. Even. Like. Even, like, Paul, I feel like I beat Ball, but a lot of people felt that way, but it was his, like, big show, so it's like, okay, all right. But I know. I know from experience, I ain't winning no decisions even if I do. So watch that fight over and don't read the punch count in your own count without somebody else's. I will not fight, too.

[Theo Von]

And you mentioned a couple of guys in that. And you mentioned Poirier, who I'm obviously a huge fan of, and I love what was the. And, yeah, and I obviously disagree with how you. How you feel about it, but you guys are fighters, and I'm not the.

[Nate Diaz]

Yeah, I'm not.

[Theo Von]

I'm not in you guys's universe, so. Except as a fan, why didn't that fight ever kind of show up for you guys?

[Nate Diaz]

Because he had surgery when we were supposed to fight. Yeah, there's a video of it. Pull the video up of him in the car hospital.

[Theo Von]

Wait, no, we had part of his knee scope, didn't he? No, his hip. Yeah. That fight was lined up when we had Dustin poirier on in 2018, right?

[Nate Diaz]

Yeah, he's got a. Pull the video when he was in the hospital and they. You. Nate, you know, digs if it was

[Theo Von]

a. I will say this. It looked just like a hip.

[Nate Diaz]

Removal. Yeah. Didn't say you talking all that about steroids?

[Theo Von]

You.

[Chris Avila]

Nate, he's on anesthesia.

[Theo Von]

Yeah, bro.

[Nate Diaz]

His penis was removed, so we didn't get to fight.

[Theo Von]

Y' all are kind of. Did you. Was that one that, like, did that.

[Nate Diaz]

Let's make fun of him a little bit. Come on, L.A. boy. I'm kidding. I know.

[Theo Von]

It's all good.

[Nate Diaz]

We love you. Yeah.

[Theo Von]

You guys are one of those guys that.

[Nate Diaz]

He quit his job and it was like, I want a box in a thing. I'm like, why'd you quit? Too early, stupid.

[Theo Von]

He was hurting it. He couldn't even move one of his legs.

[Nate Diaz]

He's emotional.

[Theo Von]

I mean, he didn't have much motion.

[Nate Diaz]

Emotional? He's. What is it? His estrogen levels were high. He got estrogen high.

[Theo Von]

I would never want to get hit by his estrogen then. That's for sure, dude.

[Nate Diaz]

I should. Rubs off. That's why I'm like, I'm cool. I'll find that pussy because it rubs off. It does. You hang out with pussies. You know what I'm saying? What if you fight one, too, and then it's like you fucking. He tries to hold on to you too much. You got pussy on me, bro.

[Theo Von]

He's a fucking. One of the toughest UFC fighters ever, bro. He's one of the great.

[Nate Diaz]

Poynt. Yeah, whatever, dude. I'm kidding.

[Theo Von]

No, he's one of the greats. Yeah.

[Nate Diaz]

He's done good.

[Theo Von]

All right, I'm gonna change the subject.

[Nate Diaz]

Yeah, Fight.

[Theo Von]

Huh?

[Nate Diaz]

I'm kidding. I'm just giving you. Is.

[Theo Von]

Do you think Jake Paul will ever fight mma, or do you think that's all?

[Nate Diaz]

Just. What do you think I'm doing here? I'm on the hunt. I'm gonna take his ass clean out. I gotta fight Perry. Get through the fight with a. Who's a really big task at hand. And then we get the Paul fight and.

[Theo Von]

And that'll be mma.

[Nate Diaz]

Yeah, we'll see. Time will tell, though. And then. I ain't going to, but he said

[Theo Von]

a lot that he's gonna have fight mma.

[Nate Diaz]

I know he says that. That's what he says.

[Theo Von]

That's what he says.

[Nate Diaz]

Let's see. I think he will. I think he will, though. I'm just saying. What did they say?

[Theo Von]

Talk.

[Nate Diaz]

Project it into a resistance. He does that good. So, yeah.

[Theo Von]

Speaking into existence.

[Nate Diaz]

Yeah, I think he will. Yeah.

[Theo Von]

Do you think Jake could win an MMA fight?

[Chris Avila]

Not against him, no.

[Theo Von]

We're gonna do just a little bit of word association. We're gonna put some pictures up of Some guys and just throw the first word that comes into your head. Nate, on these guys.

[Nate Diaz]

Can I walk out for a second?

[Theo Von]

Yes, sure. K Pop Demon hunters, Haja boy's breakfast meal and Hunt tricks meal have just dropped at McDonald's. They're calling this a battle for the fans. What do you say to that, Rumi? It's not a battle. So glad the Saja boys could take

[Nate Diaz]

breakfast and give our meal the rest of the day. It is an honor to share. No, it's our honor. It is our larger honor. No, really, stop. You can really feel the respect in this battle. Pick a meal to pick a side.

[Theo Von]

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[Nate Diaz]

Hey, I was talking to them about the. About the Elvis movies. Have you watched those? Yeah, dude, they're good.

[Theo Von]

So good, bro.

[Nate Diaz]

Elvis is the man.

[Theo Von]

Priscilla. Do you see the Priscilla one?

[Nate Diaz]

No, I didn't, bro.

[Theo Von]

Go see. Priscilla's good. Oh, it's good, bro.

[Nate Diaz]

Yeah, it's still.

[Theo Von]

I mean, it's still just mostly about Elvis.

[Nate Diaz]

The wife or the daughter? That's the wife. Michael Jackson married the daughter, right?

[Theo Von]

That's the wife. Dude, speaking of drunk.

[Nate Diaz]

Yeah.

[Theo Von]

Speaking of grooming, bro, what does that mean, grooming? Grooming is when like somebody

[Nate Diaz]

like. What do you mean, though? What do you guys.

[Theo Von]

Grooming is like if somebody's like. Like somebody ever somewhere, like somebody like, it becomes like when an adult becomes friends with a kid. So like when I was a bus boy, actually, it's true. When I was a bus boy, I met. That's why you said, yeah, I met this dude.

[Nate Diaz]

Is that grooming? Don't slap me. I got sh. Slap groom.

[Theo Von]

But grooming happens, bro. It's. It's become a popular American pastime amongst a lot of our politicians.

[Chris Avila]

And I didn't get it until Andrew came in.

[Theo Von]

He got groomed. He's the one who got.

[Nate Diaz]

I get groomed, bro. Ain't nobody got groomed around here, okay?

[Theo Von]

God damn it, Theo.

[Nate Diaz]

I come in here no more.

[Theo Von]

What about. What do y' all think of the. Of the UFC of the 250 card? The white House card?

[Nate Diaz]

Who's on the Cardigan? Pereira.

[Theo Von]

Yeah. Main events, Alia Tuperia and Justin Gaethje. Kyle Dawkis, Bo Nickel.

[Nate Diaz]

Pereira's on there, right?

[Theo Von]

No, they. I. I think they wanted to do Pereira.

[Nate Diaz]

I thought he was in the fight gain. And can you pull up the car? I think. I think that's on there. I think it's in a good car. Gaethje, Pereira, Gansey, Sean o' Malley's in me on. That's cool.

[Theo Von]

It's gonna be tough. Chandler's on there. Who? Chandler.

[Nate Diaz]

Who's he fighting?

[Theo Von]

He's fighting. Oh, Nickel.

[Nate Diaz]

Who the hell is Bonicko fighting?

[Theo Von]

Diego Lopez. That's gonna be dope.

[Nate Diaz]

They're just pumping up on Nickel. Who the hell is that guy?

[Theo Von]

Kyle Dawkis from Phil. Philadelphia. He's good.

[Nate Diaz]

Look at Diego.

[Theo Von]

A little bit.

[Nate Diaz]

A little mustache. That's funny.

[Theo Von]

That's a good picture, dude. That's hilarious. This dude. They're doing, like, extensive background checks for people that are even going to the fights. Do you think you guys would even be able to clear the background checks, do you think?

[Nate Diaz]

Yeah, right away. I. I have no record. I go to Canada, and then my homies could get in. They all got D. I'm good. I fly in color, baby. And Trump's. Trump. Trump's my Trump. Came to. When I fought Mao was the first time a president ever came to a fight. Really? Yeah.

[Theo Von]

I didn't know that.

[Nate Diaz]

Yeah, I invited him.

[Theo Von]

Did you?

[Nate Diaz]

Yeah. I was like, yo, we found him for the baddest in the game belt right here. And he said, I gotta go to that. Like, yeah, come through.

[Chris Avila]

Dabbed him up when you were walking out. Well, that was.

[Theo Von]

Anyways, seen him with the fights, was wild.

[Nate Diaz]

Take full responsibility for that one. Who brought a president to a fight? Nobody. Mike Tyson? No. That. He wasn't the president then, was he? No, no. When Mike Tyson.

[Theo Von]

No.

[Nate Diaz]

Oh, yeah.

[Theo Von]

Hell no.

[Nate Diaz]

No, no, no. I just know Trump was at Mike Tyson fight.

[Theo Von]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Bring up some pictures. Do ward association. Fire through some pictures here, Nick. First word. Nate. Sorry. First word that comes into your head.

[Nate Diaz]

Conor McGregor, Elijah Guterres. That fight, that. Champion right there. We keep getting him. I'm sorry, Dustin. When we're just playing. Just p.

[Chris Avila]

OG There you go. Yeah.

[Theo Von]

Fasting. He's the guy who taught me about fasting.

[Nate Diaz]

Obnoxious gay. Hotel.

[Theo Von]

What's hotel?

[Nate Diaz]

Look at that. The Grinch.

[Theo Von]

There you go.

[Nate Diaz]

The man. Who's that?

[Theo Von]

Who is that? Well, that's Lindsey Graham. He's a guy who. He's the guy who everybody is saying is that he's like, just supporting Israel because they have proof on him that he's like. Like a. Like low key, like, closeted gay dude.

[Nate Diaz]

I'm gonna say I don't know.

[Theo Von]

Yeah, here's the clip.

[Nate Diaz]

I didn't mean to you like that, Eli. Hey, Lindsay, why don't you just admit that you're gay and then people won't anymore. That's funny.

[Theo Von]

You don't want to admit.

[Nate Diaz]

You just admit that you're gay. And I see that right there, though. Deal. That's why people should learn jiu jitsu, Right? You know what I'm saying?

[Theo Von]

Right. If he just stepped up, right then.

[Nate Diaz]

Yeah, because I'm gonna. You up for doing that to me?

[Theo Von]

Yeah.

[Nate Diaz]

You know what I'm saying? And what if you can't?

[Theo Von]

Yeah.

[Nate Diaz]

So why wouldn't he want to learn jiu jitsu? Like everybody would like? Girls, kids, everybody.

[Theo Von]

Do your. Are your kids in jiu jitsu?

[Nate Diaz]

Yeah. Yeah, for sure.

[Theo Von]

Would you teach Lindsey Graham Jiu jitsu?

[Nate Diaz]

The gay guy? No, absolutely not. I'll send him to somebody, though. He'll be all right.

[Theo Von]

You guys know somebody in D.C. that could train him?

[Nate Diaz]

I don't know anybody in D.C. no.

[Theo Von]

Or Virginia, maybe.

[Nate Diaz]

Theo.

[Chris Avila]

Talking to Mike.

[Theo Von]

Okay.

[Nate Diaz]

Do you ever want to whoop. They asked for telling you do. Talking to Mike. What? Do you ever. Did you ever want to.

[Theo Von]

I don't know. I haven't trained enough.

[Nate Diaz]

Yeah. Hey, but sometimes, you know, like my boy out there, I'll be like, hey, pick up your thing and fix your shirt. I'm like, sorry, guys. I'm trying to relate to ear a little bit.

[Theo Von]

You know, one, a great moment that you had after a fight.

[Nate Diaz]

Groomed that boy.

[Theo Von]

A.

[Nate Diaz]

A great. I'm playing.

[Theo Von]

A great moment you had after the fight with Michael Johnson when you called out Conor McGregor and they took them like Rogan, like, kind of stopped you from talking to the mic. Did you have more you wanted to say on that?

[Nate Diaz]

Yeah, I was about to go off on everything. I be like, rich, I fight harder than you, train harder than you. Everybody, everyone here, your mama. But he stopped me with good things because anything could have happened. Endorphins.

[Theo Von]

Yeah.

[Nate Diaz]

I told you this was gonna happen. So I would have went off. And I'm glad it got stopped when it did. But then I was telling my brother, man, I shouldn't have said that. Because he said it. Because he's like, who gives. My brother knew. He's like, who gives a bro? You think anybody didn't see that? Oh, yeah, I forgot. So it worked out.

[Chris Avila]

It was good.

[Nate Diaz]

Well, shout out to Joe. It's a good stoppage.

[Theo Von]

Yeah.

[Nate Diaz]

Because I could have said anything. It said just what I needed to say. If I would have kept going, I wouldn't embarrass myself. Amen, bro. I already am kind of still was embarrassed about a little bit of it, but I always am, so it's cool.

[Theo Von]

Well, like you say you got. But you put it out there, bro. You know, you're running on endorphins. That's different. Well, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Nate Diaz]

You got the confidence to say whatever, right? Yeah, I'll say. You know, Tank, everybody here, they're like, what? What if they turn on you? I shouldn't have said that. Sorry, guys. I was high. I was high.

[Theo Von]

Can you fight high or no?

[Nate Diaz]

I wish I was kind of high when I fought Pettis. Not really. I smoked a fat blunt right before we walked in. Huh? Remember when we walked in?

[Theo Von]

Yeah.

[Nate Diaz]

Well, well, well. You can't just bring in that weed in the locker room and smoke at the commission in front of the commission. So I got really high and then we walked in. But that was like an hour and a half, two hours before the fight. So I was lingering high. But it would be great to. When they're. When they're. When. I was going to say when you walk out to smoke them, but the best part would be to, like, smoke some right when they're going out. In the blue corner, Stan. Exactly. Hurry up, please. That'd be the best. I think that's me right there. There you go.

[Theo Von]

Did your.

[Nate Diaz]

That's me. It is. That's me.

[Theo Von]

Did you. Because I know that Nick got part of his thing was his suspension was for weed. Right. Whenever he got suspended, he didn't pull up.

[Nate Diaz]

Is that one fight when. Yeah. Nick got in trouble for. For weed. Hey, can you guys Pull up a fight. Who's that? That Hawaiian guy that you fought, that you went dink cracked after. After a shocker. Remember the guy who you hit after you fit. He knocked down, and you cracked him with the. Oh, think about it. I forget Drake Bowen pulling Chris Villa versus Drake Bowen. And let's watch that. I laugh at this fight every time. That's hilarious. That's funny. Nick got suspended for. For five years or some like that when he was already older, and it was, like, ridiculous. I forget the situation.

[Theo Von]

Was there ever a part where they. Where. When you were. When you were, like, heavy in ufc, were you. Oh, here, let's watch.

[Chris Avila]

Can you go to the end?

[Nate Diaz]

Yeah, just go to the end.

[Chris Avila]

Hold on. It's coming.

[Nate Diaz]

This is all right here.

[Chris Avila]

You can start it right here.

[Nate Diaz]

Stink. What's up? I never get a win like that. I'm trying, though. Like, either. What up. Now do one more time repeat. That's fun. That's fun to watch. That makes you want to fight.

[Chris Avila]

That's what I'm gonna do to anybody who groomed me.

[Theo Von]

You almost had it against Leon Edwards.

[Nate Diaz]

I know. I did almost get Leon. Leon, respectfully, do you have any regret

[Theo Von]

for not going after him?

[Nate Diaz]

I did go after, but you pointed

[Theo Von]

after you rocked him.

[Nate Diaz]

Let's clear it up. Put that fight on. Put on and write that part. I'll show you. People don't understand. They just like to make that the narrative of what happened. Yeah.

[Theo Von]

Thanks, Nick.

[Nate Diaz]

But don't forget to buy everybody. That's not good looking out, but everybody does. So if you. If you watch the fight, let's take into consideration. Real quick, let's take into consideration that this is 23 minutes of fighting in. Okay? And let me tell you beforehand, I step on your. My eyes. Right here. My eyes. And right here. Like, after a certain amount of time, I had sweat. My tone. Pause it. I had sweat in my eyes, so I could see him. I could see them all completely clear. But, like, my eyes were all sweated out, and I couldn't see his eyes. So when he went like this, I thought he was playing with me because I couldn't see that. But if I could see his eyes, I could see, like, really far. You could see some of these eyes if they're conscious or not. And, like, when I cracked him, I thought he was. When I pointed at him, I was like, shut up. Because I thought he was playing with me, and I was like. And then I was like. I was like, oh, he is up. And then watch from. Watch from that Point how many punches I throw and how much I actually really attack him.

[Theo Von]

Let's see it.

[Nate Diaz]

But I was slow on it for sure. At first, I couldn't see. My eyes were blurry. No, I could. I could see perfect, but I couldn't see his eyes. Then it. I thought he was with me like hell. Oh, I'm. I'm knocked out. And I knew he had a minute left, so I thought he was like, I'm gonna get out alive. I'm like, shut up. What?

[Chris Avila]

I was in Arizona.

[Nate Diaz]

Huh? Yeah, the Arizona. That's fun. Yeah. Okay, it's happening. Bing. Okay, one minute left. Now watch how many punches I throw from here on. Like, I was like, right now I'm realizing, oh, he is actually up. Okay, one. And. And he's grabbing a hold on Ding. I'm like, come here. What's up? Ding, ding, ding. Trying to get him 24 minutes in, though. I'm not some energetic first minute of the fight. I'm. Look, I'm chasing this fool. Get off me. Come here. Look. What's up? You over here Gonna get out of life? No, I'm. Got you. Well, Dink, 30 seconds. Look, I'm not chasing him. Yeah, I'm trying to get his ass. You know what I'm saying? But of course, I look at it and think what I could have done. But it's like, what it could have should. I was trying. Trying to get that. But initially when I socked his ass, I couldn't see that. He will. Dad like, thought he just had. Oh, he is up. And I started chasing him down. So everyone's like, you just took a picture and. No, it wasn't even like that. I was trying to get him. I was fighting for 24 minutes. Hey, everybody go fight for 24 minutes, then try to get a. You know what I'm saying? Like, you'll be like the guy on gladiator peeing on himself. Yeah, you talking about fight me now. But if it would have went on anymore, I would have finished that. Four, two. But woulda, coulda, shoulda. And there's only 25 minutes. Do what you should have done.

[Theo Von]

I knew that. I was just clearing it out for other people. I knew. I knew.

[Nate Diaz]

Nah, that's my guy. I like the guy in the back. That's my boy right there. He knows Dumb and Dumber. He knows all the references. That's my guy right there. What's your name again?

[Theo Von]

Nick Davis. Across Wisconsin.

[Nate Diaz]

Nick Davis from Wisconsin. What's poppin? He liked the cheese head. Green Bay packers, huh? Look at him. Niner game, baby, was popping. Gang. Is that your stuff?

[Theo Von]

Gang, gang, gang, gang.

[Nate Diaz]

That's your. That's your brand right there. Yeah, yeah. That's tight.

[Theo Von]

We came in with that. And I'm upstairs. That's another one that we came through with. This has been.

[Nate Diaz]

Let me get a hat.

[Theo Von]

We've been a good group. Oh, yeah. We got some for you on the way out.

[Nate Diaz]

Shoot me a hat to put on.

[Theo Von]

Yeah, I'll trade you a gang, gang. I'll trade you a half or a ticket to your fight.

[Nate Diaz]

I want one. I got a ticket for you. Come on, man. You got taken from somebody, anyone way but you with me, though. Yeah. I'm going to get you a shirt.

[Theo Von]

I can't wait. Put me in the.

[Nate Diaz]

Wear my. My shirt. I'm kidding. You're Corvette.

[Theo Von]

I'll get a Diaz shirt, bro. I'll get a Diaz army shirt.

[Nate Diaz]

Dang, gang. I like the camo, too. Perfect.

[Theo Von]

I'll get a Diaz army.

[Nate Diaz]

Who you want for Chris? Yeah.

[Theo Von]

What the.

[Nate Diaz]

You guys left out Chris. That's cold. He had it again. Kevin Baker from Cheese Heads. I'm just kidding. What's your name again?

[Theo Von]

Nick.

[Nate Diaz]

Nick. Nick.

[Theo Von]

What?

[Chris Avila]

The fights earlier.

[Nate Diaz]

Nick Davis. Shout out to Nick.

[Chris Avila]

Fights earlier. Yeah, they're cool.

[Theo Von]

It's the best, bro.

[Nate Diaz]

These are cool heads.

[Theo Von]

Just seeing all the people there.

[Chris Avila]

Thank you.

[Nate Diaz]

Well, at the fights, that's cool. You go to all the prelims and everything, too, because that's where all that you're gonna see. Some of the better people don't even know it's happening.

[Theo Von]

Oh, right. That's tough. It looks tough.

[Nate Diaz]

Yeah, it's good.

[Chris Avila]

Turn of the rat.

[Nate Diaz]

Why is it the rat? Are you the rat? You're the rat because your hair. Rat King.

[Theo Von]

Yeah, they call me the Rat King. Whenever Brendan Schaub and I had a podcast, it's called the King and the Sting, and they called me the Rat King because.

[Nate Diaz]

Is Brendan Sharp still gay?

[Theo Von]

I never.

[Nate Diaz]

I'm kidding.

[Theo Von]

I never been with him.

[Nate Diaz]

I got it. I never been with him.

[Theo Von]

I mean, he's always seen. His wife says he's straight.

[Nate Diaz]

His wife says he's straight. That girl lying?

[Theo Von]

No, man. But he gave me that nickname and then that's kind of all. I've always been a. Like. I'm a survive no matter what, bro.

[Nate Diaz]

I'm playing with.

[Theo Von]

That's my whole.

[Nate Diaz]

I'm just touch. No.

[Theo Von]

All good, bro.

[Nate Diaz]

He's cool. We had. We had a little differences, but that's just the name of the Game I got.

[Theo Von]

Yeah, that's the name of the game, you guys. That's part of it. You got to. You guys also have to be your own.

[Nate Diaz]

I have a real problem with, like,

[Theo Von]

What? Spelling analyst.

[Nate Diaz]

I'll spell you or anybody in the ufc, straight up. People don't know that about me. What's up? Give me a word. Don't give me no words. Nick Davis was hunting the word right there. Hey, but I can't smell, though. Good. I always on my girl, like, watch this. Shoot. Yeah.

[Theo Von]

What I don't.

[Nate Diaz]

Like, I have a problem with. I have a problem with fighters who start analyzing. Is that what it's called, like, analysts? Or try to think they're Arielani or some.

[Theo Von]

But. Oh, but all the like. But there's guys like Chael Sonnen. There's all those guys that talk.

[Nate Diaz]

I like Chael Child, my guy, though. But he's. He, like, should have done that before even.

[Theo Von]

He.

[Nate Diaz]

That's him. He should be. He should. That's the guy who should do it. But then everybody else starts thinking, and then what they do is they go out and give criticism to a fighter, like an analyst. I'm like, bro, you were never even a fighter. If that's what you do. You're a. And you're going to fucking analyze and talk about how fighters are and what they should do. And you know it all. You know it all. Well, what the fuck happened in your career then? Why are you analysts now, Mr. Know It All? Why are you Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson in the Best of the Best, talking about negative, about what I should have done when I made more money than you ever made in your whole career at any fight, Mr. Champion, somehow, DC and all of them, you're gonna talk about people fighting. Those are the kind of. That need their asses beat. Just a quick little thought for you, a fighter analyst. You know what I'm saying? Annoys the. Out of me.

[Theo Von]

Well, yeah, and we'll keep it.

[Nate Diaz]

But they'll get themselves into, like, that, too. Like, Brandon Chop got his ass punked a little bit because. Just because he does that stupid. Well, I don't. I wouldn't talk about fighters, you know, unless it was to insult them and be like, I'll beat your ass.

[Theo Von]

I see what you're saying.

[Nate Diaz]

You know what I'm saying? Like. Like.

[Theo Von]

But you don't see. You would never get a new. You would never be an analyst.

[Nate Diaz]

Like, I went, if I wanted some funk, I would. Right? You know what I'm saying? If I wanted some funk with Them I'll be like, okay, let's talk about fights today. This fight fucking sucks. This dude, boring as shit. I've never seen a single DC fight in my career, except for when I was on the same car to the same one time, and he was picking up the dude and walking around like he just owned him. Like he was hella tight. Like, damn, he's schooling that dude. And then I look back at the screen, and he was knocked out on his ass. That's the only DC fight I ever saw. And he wants to talk about what I should do and how I'm not a good fighter. And I said, I'm like, are you mad because you were the champion? And. And, like, when I was nowhere near champion, I got paid way more money than you. That's a bitter little bitch. Who's analyzing fights? Who, Daniel Cormier? Yeah, all the. All the analysts, though. I just saw the other little.

[Theo Von]

You don't like the analysts?

[Nate Diaz]

I can't think of the names. Well, I'm just saying they're putting themselves in a position be roasted, but. And the bad part about it is, is they get the favor of me talking and roasting on this, and that's what they wanted me to do. So I take it back. D.C. you cool? You the man.

[Theo Von]

He traded me one time a tub of popcorn for a thing of beef. Big thing of beef jerky. And that was pretty. That's like. Like, I. I don't know. As a fan, I like what those guys do, especially ringside, because I need

[Nate Diaz]

that information from another person. You like to hear from the pro. You like to hear from the pros.

[Theo Von]

Moves. Yes.

[Nate Diaz]

So it's cool, too. So I understand that, too, but from a fighter perspective, I'm like, I wouldn't do it just for the. Just for the. The respect I have for the arts. And, like, I'm like, you're a great wrestler, dc. You can't fight for. You win fights, but you're not. You're a big old. Remember? He cried.

[Theo Von]

I didn't see him crying.

[Nate Diaz]

Cried.

[Theo Von]

I would.

[Nate Diaz]

Hey, he always got Nate, dude, his record sucks. I'm like. You cried. I didn't mean to even talk about it.

[Theo Von]

No, it's okay, bro. We can cut that out. I'm serious. We can do whatever. We can cut it out.

[Nate Diaz]

Okay.

[Theo Von]

It happened.

[Nate Diaz]

I'm kidding. It happened.

[Theo Von]

I did want to ask you.

[Nate Diaz]

Shoot it. Shoot the. I did.

[Theo Von]

I did want to ask you. We're gonna talk about the busboy movie, and you guys act an experience, because I know There was a lot of it.

[Nate Diaz]

What's the Buzzboy movie?

[Theo Von]

It's this movie we did.

[Nate Diaz]

Who was in it?

[Theo Von]

A couple Gooners,

[Nate Diaz]

bro.

[Theo Von]

From outside. Couple Goonies from outside of Modesto.

[Nate Diaz]

Thank you.

[Theo Von]

No, I did want to ask, was there ever a point, though, because we talked briefly about Nick got sent out for weed. I did want to ask you, was there ever a point where you tried in your own negotiations to see if they would, like. Like, you were able to grant, like, get him back into the ufc, and if that's something, that's. That's.

[Nate Diaz]

No, I didn't. I never even thought about even. How would I get them in? I never even thought about. It was like, you know, like, when the cops take you to jail and I don't want you to go to jail, I'm like, I know. I can't get you out. Yeah, I ain't talking to the cops. So that's probably the situation. I didn't even think about it.

[Theo Von]

Got it.

[Nate Diaz]

Oh, they kicked my. But how well was that gonna do? You know?

[Theo Von]

I just didn't know if you had it because you're just such a name in such a. Yeah, but even then,

[Nate Diaz]

though, I don't think I. I was as big as a name to even have any effect. And even though. Even if. Even if I am now, right now, how I. How I am, I don't think I could help that. You know, I'm not gonna go. Go ahead to the commission. They're gonna do me or him any good.

[Theo Von]

Oh, so it wasn't just up to the ufc. It was a commission thing. I didn't.

[Nate Diaz]

It wasn't the UFC at all. Fault, I think, was the commission. Right.

[Theo Von]

That's on me, then. Will. Will. Nick.

[Nate Diaz]

I don't know. I never even thought about it like that, but, yeah, I couldn't.

[Theo Von]

Will Nick help you train in this? Do you guys still train together?

[Nate Diaz]

Yeah, he'll pop in and g me up about everything I suck at.

[Theo Von]

That's what.

[Nate Diaz]

That's what he does. So that's what I need him for, too. So it's perfect.

[Theo Von]

Hell, yeah, bro. It's so cool you have a brother. All right, let's talk about. Go talk about Busboys, the movie. What was Yalls acting experience? Be honest with me, bro, because Yalls manager told me you guys had acting experience. What was Yalls acting?

[Nate Diaz]

He told you that?

[Theo Von]

Yeah, he did.

[Nate Diaz]

We don't have any acting experience. We keep it real.

[Theo Von]

Oh, damn.

[Nate Diaz]

Do you have any acting experience?

[Chris Avila]

No. Real.

[Nate Diaz]

Right there. That's what I'm doing.

[Theo Von]

That's the best.

[Nate Diaz]

Not having an acting experience.

[Theo Von]

We never acted a fucking moment.

[Nate Diaz]

Hey, but now I do facts.

[Theo Von]

Let's go.

[Nate Diaz]

Now I do.

[Theo Von]

All right. Let's look at some bloopers from the movie from Busboys, man. And thank you guys so much, bro.

[Nate Diaz]

Hey, first and foremost, before this even happens, I'm embarrassed.

[Chris Avila]

Yeah, yeah, same.

[Theo Von]

Nah, dude. And I would. I do want to tell people this, though. Go. If you. If what David and I try to do is we wrote this ourselves, we pay for it ourselves, right? So we want to try to change the game of how. We didn't go to a studio. Nobody. We. We don't. There's no big dogs in this kennel. Right. We just have. We did this on our own. And we got great friends that were able to come in and help out like you guys, who are, you know, just coming in and being a part of it. And so we need people to go and buy tickets early because then they'll add it to other theaters.

[Nate Diaz]

Two don't know what they doing. And then embarrassing.

[Theo Von]

If people will go get tickets early, we can add it to more theaters. So I just want to let people know that in advance. All right, let's check out a little. Let's check out some of you guys. This is just some behind the scenes stuff you can find where it's playing. Busboys, movie, dot com.

[Nate Diaz]

Out of this neighborhood. Ass

[Theo Von]

reposition. Chris, come over here. Right by the door. You're good.

[Nate Diaz]

Stupid. Stupid. Sorry. You get in the back seat. Yeah, I know. Out of here. Out of here. Hey, bro. You guys doing my aunt's car, bro? My aunt's car. Your aunt's probably gonna like that. That's cool. He got the mirror. A car.

[Theo Von]

I got to get gas. You can side to side, but don't come more forward than that.

[Nate Diaz]

What?

[Theo Von]

What? He gets in the back.

[Nate Diaz]

Running away. You okay? Stop. Leave it started. Leave it started.

[Theo Von]

It's good. It's good.

[Nate Diaz]

Good ass, y'. All.

[Theo Von]

Yeah, you better run.

[Nate Diaz]

What we gonna do better? You got a little chick. You pulling up. My ass can be pissed. That's not even acting. That's just being me. Oh, that's embarrassing. That's what they expect out of it. That's what the worst part.

[Chris Avila]

Her favorite CD was in there.

[Nate Diaz]

Her tv. I got you. All right. Them you. We should have kept that car.

[Chris Avila]

I know.

[Nate Diaz]

That car would have been coded. David's face, man.

[Theo Von]

Do not take those guys to an Applebee.

[Nate Diaz]

That's funny, that.

[Chris Avila]

Who's that?

[Nate Diaz]

Get up. Theo.

[Theo Von]

Bro, that Was fun.

[Nate Diaz]

That part you were tied up.

[Theo Von]

Remember?

[Nate Diaz]

That was cool.

[Theo Von]

Yeah, dude. And then there was, like. You guys were hilarious, bro, Because y' all would sit outside, the car would just be. Some type of music would be playing, Smoke would be in there, and we'd be like, okay, you guys ready to go?

[Nate Diaz]

Yeah. That was fun.

[Theo Von]

It was. It broke. How did you guys feel like doing it? And how do you feel after it? Would it be something you'd want to do again?

[Chris Avila]

Yeah, it was cool. It was a good experience. I never acted either, so I was like, what am I doing?

[Theo Von]

How do you feel about it, Nate?

[Nate Diaz]

I felt like I wished that I could have done it again and do it all over again, because it was a cool experience. And I didn't think about it at the time. I was thinking, like, it was work. Like, man, what are we doing here? We. We got to be acting and stuff. And then when I left, I, like, that was actually really cool. And. And then I saw the clips that you guys sent us to, and my daughter, the whole time has been like, do I get to see the movie?

[Theo Von]

Ran.

[Nate Diaz]

And then I watch the clips. I was like, damn. I already told her. Yeah. I'm just being like, you motherfucker. And it's like. So I like, all right, I'm gonna let her see it, though, because she asked. But now I. Now I have to come back and be a good. Now I have to come back and be a good guy.

[Theo Von]

Yeah.

[Nate Diaz]

If I'm bad. If I come back. Because by lesson learned and evolution. Now I know.

[Theo Von]

Now I know.

[Nate Diaz]

Now I know. Okay, I'm gonna do this. I want to be a good guy. Yeah. Or a medium guy. That's fair to be. At least.

[Theo Von]

I think being a medium guy is pretty good. Had you ever. Had you been a.

[Nate Diaz]

But it was fun, too.

[Theo Von]

It was cool. That's how I feel.

[Nate Diaz]

Fun to hang out with you. And we get David sp, bro. That's legendary, bro. That's guy.

[Theo Von]

So I know that's how. When I think back on it, too, I'm like, man, I wish there was a way that I could make more of, like, easy Day just to have been there with Spade, you know? It was just crazy, bro.

[Nate Diaz]

Yeah, no, that's way cool. Yeah, it's cool that Spade's still around doing what he's doing, bro. That guy's been around forever, and that's the man.

[Theo Von]

He's a boss. Oh, yeah.

[Nate Diaz]

Hilarious.

[Theo Von]

Tommy boy. Was there other. Was there other movies that you got offered to be in?

[Nate Diaz]

They offered me to be In Roadhouse. They called Roadhouse or Roadhouse too. The one with that. Conor McGregor did. They offered me that part that Conor did. I didn't do that because I ain't losing no fight to no gay Jake Gyllenhaal. Broke back Mountainous. But if I could beat him in the fight, then yeah, but I wasn't gonna lose no fight. No, no. Broke back Mountain. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? But it would have been cool too, to do that. But I'm glad I still stick to my word. I wouldn't have done that.

[Theo Von]

And it's easy to be gay on a mountain. Try being gay at sea level. All the real are deal with somebody who might.

[Nate Diaz]

But. So I got offered that part. They did a movie in Stockton with Leonardo DiCaprio that just came out. I'm not trying to brag, but they did. But I didn't get into it, but I. I should have. That would have been way cool to do.

[Theo Von]

What is it now?

[Nate Diaz]

Now I'm more interested that this all all happened and I did your thing. I'm like, now I'm like, okay, I want to do over. And now I want to be. Now I want to do some cool, but I just want to be like, you know, I want to be like a Spanish teacher or a doctor or somebody. Somebody nice. You know what I'm saying? I don't need to be all that mean guy that pet baking on people. At least we got to punk you and David Spade a little bit, that's all, bro. I didn't want to punk you guys, but I'm just.

[Theo Von]

No, dude, this was hilarious, bro. The best parts were hanging out just with Bobby Lee being the fun part

[Nate Diaz]

was going there and you were the there and David was there and. And a bunch of guys on the set were hella cool too.

[Theo Von]

I couldn't even believe it was a real movie till the first day I got there. Cuz we just been doing emails.

[Nate Diaz]

Remember when we throw the guy in the trunk? That was hilarious. That was when we first showed up. You're like, yeah, you threw him. Throw him in the trunk. I'm like, what?

[Theo Von]

All right, it was some honky, some

[Nate Diaz]

guy come in there, be some romantic guy and going on a date with a girl in a movie. And then they're like, you just got to remember. You guys were telling us the lines. They were telling us the lines. And I was like. And I was reading it and I was like. The way they were having me talk was all weird and because I was reading lines and then I got to the point after we did a couple takes, and you're like, no, look, dude. I'm like, oh, you guys want us to punk you? Yeah. You guys want us to punk the out of you like some little. Okay, hey, Chris. And they want this one to punk the out of you. Let's just punk their asses. So then. And then he watches it. We're like, hey, you bitch ass. I've seen people get punctuated. Let's punk these guys.

[Theo Von]

You guys are the only people I know that can say you like, 70 different ways.

[Nate Diaz]

That was embarrassing. My girl, my daughter wants to see.

[Theo Von]

Oh, you know what we'll do Gonna see it. We have a cartoon.

[Nate Diaz]

I told her she could see it.

[Theo Von]

We created a cool cartoon animation that we'll do as well. I'll make sure to send you that you can share with that.

[Chris Avila]

The best boys version.

[Nate Diaz]

Yeah, I was like, something else.

[Theo Von]

Just if you got, like, characters, cool. So that'd be something you could show her for sure. Well, how about. And how about this, dude? If we do another one. If we do another movie, we'll come back, we'll give you guys. We'll give you a more.

[Nate Diaz]

Thank God.

[Theo Von]

Different type of character. Maybe a baker or something.

[Nate Diaz]

I like that.

[Theo Von]

Yeah, a savant.

[Nate Diaz]

Say chef, though.

[Theo Von]

Okay.

[Nate Diaz]

I don't want to be no ass baker.

[Theo Von]

Yeah, that. Oh, dude, what if it's the Stockton Doctors that we'll have? We'll do a movie called the Stockton Doctors, you guys.

[Nate Diaz]

Yeah, but let's throw them off, and I'll be a chiropractor. I don't know what that meant. Did I just dis chiropractors? That's funny, though.

[Theo Von]

No, dude, I don't even know. This is as high as I've been in 11 years. This is great.

[Nate Diaz]

11 years sober.

[Theo Von]

Let's hit a news story, man, and then we'll get you guys out of here. Bro, I'm ready for the fight, dude.

[Nate Diaz]

What fight?

[Theo Von]

Yours and yours. I'm ready to see. You guys versus Jenkins versus Mike Perry. I'm ready to see this.

[Nate Diaz]

Quadruple amputee professional corner. What did they say?

[Theo Von]

Corn?

[Chris Avila]

Oh, yeah, I saw this earlier.

[Nate Diaz]

Faces.

[Chris Avila]

He got no arms or legs.

[Nate Diaz]

Yeah, I don't understand.

[Theo Von]

Quadruple amputee professional cornhole player faces murder charges after a professional cornhole player with

[Nate Diaz]

no hands and no legs is accused

[Theo Von]

of firing a deadly shot all while driving. We want to get how

[Nate Diaz]

that really happened.

[Theo Von]

You could be a defense attorney right there. That's it. That's your next role? Yeah.

[Nate Diaz]

He's out. He's free. Even if he didn't let him go.

[Theo Von]

Let's see what they say here. Let's see what they say.

[Nate Diaz]

Not really, no.

[Theo Von]

Let him go and do.

[Nate Diaz]

Bizarre, to say the least.

[Theo Von]

But before we get any further into

[Nate Diaz]

this story, I just want to try

[Theo Von]

to answer the question that so many people have right now. How did someone with no arms, no hands and allegedly kill someone?

[Nate Diaz]

Look at him. It's early in the investigation, but there is no evidence at this point to suggest anybody else was involved in the shooting. Ain't got no fingerprints and that he acted a little less. Fingerprint. How they gonna do it? That boy free.

[Theo Von]

Yeah, Free, bro.

[Nate Diaz]

Give that boy a skateboard. He out free.

[Theo Von]

Free him, man. I think we're good on it. You think? Nick, free him, man.

[Nate Diaz]

Look, he's laughing. Yeah, I did it, but they ain't gonna catch me. Ain't got no fingerprint. Oh, man.

[Theo Von]

Oh, last question. Do you. Do you get any residual bonus for starting the BMF belt? Do you get a residual bonus from it for each fight?

[Nate Diaz]

Let's call them.

[Theo Von]

That's the answer should, man. Thank you, guys, bro. Oh, wait. I gotta give Yalls. I gotta tell you guys. Yalls names in the movie.

[Nate Diaz]

Yeah, let's hear that. All right, so, no, we don't need you right now smoking a bunch of crack and doing a bunch of. Because he had one piece for two seconds. He's trying to take the weed right now. All of a sudden, he on a crack bender all across the United States like that. He missing half his hair.

[Theo Von]

No, bro, I would, too. I would take a hit of that joint just so I could go buy a.

[Nate Diaz]

No, people who don't do drugs always try to smoke weed by me. I. Nah, I ain't gonna be responsible

[Chris Avila]

for you running off or taking a shot.

[Nate Diaz]

I said that to my cousin one time, and he was like, on all my other cousins where they're looking at me like. He was looking at me like, what the. Can you put me on blessing like, bro, come on. You try to smoke the Smith weed. You. Me across town smoking crack and stealing the car and going across the country now. Nah, my watch, buddy. Yeah, you smoke crack on your own time, bro. That's.

[Theo Von]

I told Joe Rogan one time, I was. I said. Or I asked. I said, bro, I want to smoke. I want to smoke a joint on your show sometime. And he goes, you smoke a joint on your show first. That's what he said.

[Nate Diaz]

Exactly. I feel the same way. Yeah, not on my watch.

[Theo Von]

Yeah, not on my watch.

[Nate Diaz]

It's funny though, that. To test people like you sober. Yeah. You don't play with me. One day, smoke with him and him, her and him over there and her. You don't get no weed by me. You're gonna run off and do some

[Theo Von]

funny one day at a time. I'll be tickling, boy. Women.

[Nate Diaz]

Women first and foremost. That's funny.

[Theo Von]

Well, what was the last I like

[Nate Diaz]

when you were telling Trump or somebody. Oh, yeah, yeah.

[Theo Von]

About the light pole porch lamp. I turn into an owl.

[Chris Avila]

You'll watch someone eat their dinner, bro.

[Theo Von]

Yeah, I would get. Dude. Yeah. I should have known I was going to be up when I was doing all that peeping Tom when I was a kid. I'd be over there just watching people be families and stuff.

[Chris Avila]

Yeah.

[Nate Diaz]

Fucking look at them.

[Theo Von]

And mom would be like, what do you want for Christmas? Like the neighbors. I want to be like him. That was it, man.

[Chris Avila]

No way.

[Nate Diaz]

I don't. Don't hit my weed.

[Theo Von]

We'll show Nick can hit it. He's the he likes.

[Nate Diaz]

Come on, Nick. Give me that. Let me hand it to Nick. Nick, meet me halfway, brother.

[Theo Von]

Come on, we'll call it a day, bro. Thank you, guys.

[Chris Avila]

Bro, the names.

[Theo Von]

Oh, yeah, the name, bro.

[Chris Avila]

The name.

[Theo Von]

I got a second hand high. I forgot Smokey too.

[Nate Diaz]

This is fun. It got fun. Got fun right now hunting. It been fun, but it got fun. It got. Oh, it got great, bro.

[Theo Von]

Either this is the. This will go down in his. This will be on his headstone in lacrosse Wisconsin. I got knocked out by Nate Diaz's weed. That'll be it.

[Nate Diaz]

Nate Diaz put me to sleep.

[Chris Avila]

Took a nap.

[Theo Von]

All right, the names are. Your character is. I forgot that weed. Hit me.

[Nate Diaz]

I think I want to be Bart Williams.

[Theo Von]

You do?

[Nate Diaz]

Yeah.

[Theo Von]

Okay.

[Nate Diaz]

Call me Bart Williams.

[Theo Von]

All right. And you got to give Chris a name. I like this.

[Chris Avila]

Hold on.

[Nate Diaz]

Do you have one or. I got one for you. Do you guys have names already?

[Theo Von]

I like that. You can decide. Bart Williams is your character. I like that

[Nate Diaz]

you know who you are.

[Chris Avila]

Let me think of someone, right? Who would you think?

[Nate Diaz]

He's Billy Williams.

[Theo Von]

Billy William Bruh.

[Nate Diaz]

Hey, brothers.

[Chris Avila]

Yeah, yeah. That's a good one.

[Theo Von]

Gay brothers, dude.

[Nate Diaz]

One one was a super G and he passed away.

[Theo Von]

Was he really?

[Nate Diaz]

Yeah, those guys were. Those guys who we were in that video.

[Theo Von]

They were the real guys. Gang, bro. Bart Williams and Billy Williams. Shout out to them. Are they from Stockton?

[Nate Diaz]

I didn't expect to give a name, but yes. Stockton Marauder 209.

[Theo Von]

Amen. Bro. Respect to them, bro. They will be on the credits in the movie. That's going to be the names. I like that they'll be on the screen. You'll be guys be able to see it. So shout out to Bart and Billy Williams. Blessings to you guys and thank you guys so much. Nate and Chris will be there to watch the card and just appreciate you guys's time and all the entertainment, bro.

[Chris Avila]

I appreciate you.

[Theo Von]

All the entertainment and back at you. Thank you, bro.

[Nate Diaz]

Hey, love, thanks for having us on. Thanks for having us on the movie. This podcast was a blast. And supporting always you demand.

[Theo Von]

And I want that rematch between Ernie Reyes and Bobby Lee. Can we set that up?

[Nate Diaz]

Yeah.

[Theo Von]

All right. Bobby.

[Nate Diaz]

Bobby Lee's a man. Yeah, I believe he's cool, man.

[Theo Von]

We just. It's time for an Asian off, though. Let's see who really.

[Nate Diaz]

Let's have a. And let's do another podcast in a few months with them.

[Theo Von]

See who's really. See who's really about this.

[Nate Diaz]

Calm down. That'd be sick. Yeah, bro.

[Theo Von]

All right. That's good, man.

[Nate Diaz]

Hey, love, show up, man. Thank you, guys. Oh. But when I reach that ground I'll share this peace of mind I found I can feel it in my bones but it's gonna take.