Coach UFC ex-champion Anthony Pettis (22-8) Duke Rufus spoke about the relationship between his ward and Nate Diaz (19-11).
“For many years, Nate has attacked him, and not just verbally. Once he and Nick tried to run into Anthony in a nightclub.
Anthony reminds me a lot of Oscars De La Hoya or Sugar Ray Leonard. He is a star fighter, he has this charisma. Many guys envy, black envy envy him. And because of this, a strange tension appears. The same tension was, for example, between Oscar De La Hoya and Fernando Vargas, whom he knocked out.
Many try to intimidate Anthony, and I like it because it awakens all the best in him, ”Rufus concluded.
