In this week’s Trading Shots, MMAjunkie columnist Ben Fowlkes and retired UFC/WEC fighter Danny Downes discuss recent comments by Nick Diaz about some of the unappealing aspects of the fighter’s life, and try to figure out just what’s going on upstairs with one of MMA’s most fascinating figures. Fowlkes: Danny, this week I’d like to start us off with a quote from the philosopher Nicholas Robert Diaz, who said this week , “I don’t recommend anybody be a fighter.” I have two questions for you about this: 1) Why do you think Diaz, who has made a good living at this and who genuinely seems to enjoy at least the act of training in the martial arts, is so against it as a profession? I mean, he’s the guy who got his younger brother into this life. Now he’s telling us he wouldn’t recommend it for anyone else? 2) As someone who’s experienced it, do you agree with that statement from Diaz? Is fighting professionally something you’d recommend to interested parties, or would they be better off doing something else with their time and brain cells?