Jason Miller has offered to help former rival Nick Diaz in the midst of the latter’s recent struggles outside of the cage.
For over two decades now, Nick Diaz has been a prevalent name in the world of mixed martial arts. From Strikeforce to UFC and beyond, he has constantly been a name on everyone’s lips. Unfortunately, in recent times, Diaz appears to have been struggling in more ways than one.
After his proposed fight against Vicente Luque at UFC 310 fell through, Nick was shown attempting to light a piece of grass on fire on video. The clip caused great concern, with many wondering what kind of substances Diaz could be on.
In a recent interview his former foe Jason ‘Mayhem’ Miller, of all people, has offered a helping hand
Miller wants to help Diaz
“We all saw what we saw. I won’t dwell on it too bad, but I think that people in Nick’s life need to gather around, anybody who ever made some money off him, needs to come circle around and help this guy out,” Miller said of Diaz. “We had our beef or whatever since we were kids, but that doesn’t stop me from extending a helping hand to this guy if he needs it. If he’s not ready to take a helping hand, then y’all need to keep on him!
“The people close to him, his brother, his family, friends. All of young guys that made money off of him, he needs you now. That’s not talking bad on him, it’s just a tough sport we’re in and it’s easy to get tripped up in the wrong things. Super easy. And it’s even harder to come up out of that, so my advice is not for him, it’s for all the people around him to help him to get to a better place in his life.”
Mayhem should focus on keeping himself out of fucking jail
Yes. But maybe he’s been through some dark times and can offer some words of wisdom on how to get through from a very unique perspective.
Mayhem is a good guy but not a good life coach
Agreed, but unfortunately, i don’t think anyone can get through to Diaz.
One of the greatest mysteries in life ill never get to to know…
Was jasons sister really on POF and gunna let me fuck…
I wonder
Yea Jason could really up Nick’s Water sports game…
We could all up our water sports game…
…what?
There have been efforts to help Nick
Its his decision
You know that you’re in bad shape when Mayhem thinks you need help.
Mayhem is the last guy that you need rehab help from…
Mayhem also says Jones needs to fight Aspinal
Yup.
You cant help someone who doesnt want help.
Jason ‘Mayhem’ Miller provides health update on former UFC rival Nick Diaz
During the discussion, Jason ‘Mayhem’ Miller revealed that someone from Nick Diaz’s team reached out to him. While the 44-year-old doesn’t want to speak out too much about the UFC welterweight’s issues, he did reveal that his former rival is in a much better place now.
“Somebody [from Nick Diaz’s camp] gave me a note that [said]: ‘Hey, look, he’s getting it together’,” Jason ‘Mayhem’ Miller told Ariel Helwani earlier this week. “It’s very sensitive to talk about this guy’s journey because I have a lot of empathy for it. Because it’s easy, like I said, to fall into this darkness. People do not understand how, you know, if you’re a C-level celebrity, it’s super easy.” (h/t TalkSport)
He continued, “A lot of people will glob on you and drag you in this direction, that direction. And it’s super easy to fall into, let alone huge, superstar champions like Nick Diaz… So it’s hard for me to come off without sounding negative about these guys’ experience right now. But right now, look, we see that it’s not going perfect. And both camps have told me that they’re on the right path to get back together.”
Mayhem hosts a show with Adam Carolla now. Randomly saw him on a random video recommendation. He looked to be doing pretty well.
Yep. Nobody can make him get help, he has to want it. He seems to be a very stubborn person on top of it.
Hope he gets better.