Joe on Nick Diaz's Return

He was one of Nick's training partners. He's been a training partner of Nick's forever. Nick Diaz. Joe Schilling. Oh my god, I thought you meant the guy that got knocked out. I was like, wait, what the fuck? Joe Schilling. He was there at the Diaz fight. And you know, my thing about Nick Diaz is like when I looked at him physically, I was like, I don't know how much he's been training. Like when Nick was in his prime, he was like really lean. And he was, you know, I mean, he's definitely like an older guy now. How old though? I think he's like 30. I don't know. How old? 38. 38? Is he really? But the thing is, like, I don't think you can just jump back in that easy after six years out of sport. I think you'd probably need more time to prepare. He kind of got fucked, right? Well, I don't know how much time he had to prepare and why they agreed to do a fight on short notice. Because I think it was only like six weeks notice, which I think is fine if you're, you know, Michael Chandler, if you're in like peak form right now and you're ready to go and someone gives you six weeks, I bet you can get ready for a fight. But if you're a guy who's been off for that long, you're going to need more time, I think. I'm just guessing. I don't know how much time it took him. But my point was he didn't do that bad for a guy that was out six months. You know, Robbie Longler was pressuring him and he was putting it on him and he was definitely getting the better of the exchanges. But it's not like Nick Diaz didn't have his moments. And he definitely did. He would just have to have really, like, way more time to prepare. And he would have to really be, like, ready to go. Like the old Nick Diaz. Like the Nick Diaz that fought Anderson Silva. Like the Nick Diaz that fought George St. Pierre. Like the Nick Diaz that fought Paul Daley in Strike Force. I mean, that dude was a fucking killer. He was like, can he still do that at 38? Well, maybe. We don't know if you just have one fight. You need time. If your body hasn't been used to this stuff and you haven't been training as much as you were when you were in your prime, if you still want to do it again, like legitimately, physically, you probably can. But it's like, you know, you've run a marathon. When you start out and you run a mile and you're dead and you're like, I can't believe anybody could run 26 of those. But if you do it over and over and over again, you build up. I don't think you had a chance. I don't think Nick Diaz had a chance to build back up after being off for that much time. I think you get back to where he was Nick Diaz in his best. You got to like, he's got to have some time. Those Diaz brothers were great for their fucking, their pace. They could last the whole fucking fight because of their cardio. Well, they're always in the triathlons and shit. They got Crohn Gracie into that too. Really? Yeah. It's one of the reasons why he's so good. His cardio is amazing too. I did a triathlon, most terrifying thing I've ever done in my life. Oh my God, man. I'm running the New York City marathon. When's that? November 6th. How are you doing that like this? I don't know, Joe. What the fuck are you doing? You want to just- I don't know. You saw Nick's up into the cage. You want to just pulverize your knees? Figure it out. Robbie the Other won't be there. Why don't you just make yourself smaller first? I don't know. We should do another cocktail. I'm going to try to lose weight. I'm going to try to lose weight. Okay. Watch the entire episode for free only on Spotify.