Nate Diaz fights in a fearless manner.
There is no opponent who frightens the MMA icon from Stockton, California. That includes the undefeated wrecking ball Khamzat Chimaev, who Diaz faces Saturday in the UFC 279 main event.
But Diaz is human. And while he is willing to take on anyone in the cage, that isn’t the case in the wild.
“I was running in the mountains this one time, and some m----------- told me there were mountain lions around us,” Diaz says. “That was scary as f---. They can run, and they creep up on you.