Nickolas Robert "Nick" Diaz (born August 2, 1983) is an American mixed martial artist. Since the beginning of his career in 2001, Diaz has competed in UFC, PRIDE, Strikeforce, EliteXC, World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC), DREAM, and Shooto. He is a former welterweight champion in Strikeforce and WEC.
Diaz was born and raised in Stockton, California. Nick has a younger brother, Nathan and a younger sister Nina who were mostly raised by their mother Melissa as their father was not around much.[4][5] Diaz began training in karate and aikido from a young age and also participated in wrestling tournaments during his teenage years. Diaz attended Tokay High School in Lodi, California, for a year before dropping out. While a freshman, he was a member of the swim team.[citation needed] He started training in Sambo at the age of 16 under Bulgarian National Sambo Champion Valeri Ignatov.[6] Around the same time, after seeing Renzo Gracie in the UFC, he started training mixed martial arts under Steve Heath at the Animal House gym before joining Cesar Gracie's team.[7] He was promoted to black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu by Cesar Gracie on May 8, 2007.[5]
Prior to his debut professional mixed martial arts fight, Diaz's girlfriend, Stephanie died by suicide by walking in front of traffic. After her death, Diaz would run to his girlfriend's grave everyday to tell her he would become the fighter she always wanted him to be.[8]
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