Nick Diaz: GSP doesn't want to fight me in the street or in a cage

I wonder if Nick is talking his way to being permanently excluded from the title picture. With all of this craziness I'm not sure Dana would ever want to risk giving him a title shot. What if he pulls the same BS again, or even worse, wins and carries on with this assortment of antics as champion?

I am sure you are right. There's not much doubt in my mind that Diaz has the skill to be champ. But he doesn't have the PR abilities to stay there.

I think GSP would of beaten him anyway. quite easily. look at the competition theyv been facing....? compare BJ penn to evangelista santos.....jake shields to paul daley? jake shields is a better fighter than nick diaz, no question and look what GSP did to shields.

look if he can become champ he could blow his brother and

who cares he is champ.. he is the champ and that is that nothing

can take that away if he could just suck itup, fight GSP cause he has huge skills and all want to know is it enough or like I said can keep being t he DIVA of MMA ....I think it would be a great fight

That seems to be the big picture that some fans are missing. There's no denying that Diaz is a talented fighter, but ignoring the business side of the sport is just irresponsible. The idea that Nick could capture the title and go awol undoubtedly played a factor in the UFC's decision to pull him from the GSP fight.

Imagine the pickle Dana would be in if Diaz was the champ? I think you are right on--Diaz is not helping his case. It almost seems as if he is avoiding GSP by making his title shot impossible for Dana.



I have to smile when I imagine Dana's greed for a GSP vs. Diaz match warring with his good business sense.

WTF?! Hahaha... what an ADD Hood Rat. His social anxiety cost him his fight with GSP and the title. Blame no one but you Stockton ways... your street cred is rising for talking delusional, but your MMA hype and respect is dropping.

St. Pierre has much more to worry about with Condit IMO

Nick is f*cking manchild.

@yourmom Who is manchild and why should I care that Nick is f\/(king this person?

LOL...one letter can really change everything

Guys read the whole article in mma junkie... diaz seems like a total douche in these 2 paragraphs

read it, still a douche. how can anyone defend diaz this time? it's incredible. everyone who agrees with him beeing pulled from the title match is a dana white nut hugger and and of cause its the UFCs fault that they didn't tell him that they really really want him to com to vegas for this press conference. it incredible. if he has social problems fine but to blame everyone else is childish and really sad for a 28 year old man.

While I agree that Dana is going to be reluctant, this could be Nicks way of "playing the game". Talking trash to get the potential fight hyped up. If he manages to beat BJ and keeps up the talk, it might just get him a shot.

@spy thats what I was thinking he is already working on some legit beef now.

thats why his trainer could find him cause he was training for the fight

Dana even talked to him during the press conf.

The guy use to be my fighter and got so full of himself....sad

i think Dana will reconsider ones Diaz beats Bj

then we may finally see GSP vs Diaz

if GSP can beat Condit who is by far the most dangerous opponent for GSP

Nick is lucky last minute someone backed out and BJ had no fight

so somebody was give him the benifit of the dought and fight BJ and

any more bs Daiz can kick rocks ...one lucky byatch...only women

talk so much crap and cry about it only DIVAS do and find a way to ge what they want ...... the DIVA of MMA has to go to Nick

and sorry but as a champ to not do press conferences more than one..

is disrespectful and to cry about what was said is something my lil nephew would be mad at not a grown man sounds like what chicks

would bicker about...but I do think if he beat BJ he should get another

shot or make it clear who the contender is and fight Fitch..drives me crazy to haveskills like that and act like he does kinda like Tyson

had all the skills but couldnt control himself

*your

this guy is the typical angry loner type, mad at the world for his mistakes. man up diaz and grow a pair. should of let kos take his ass to school, yet they reward him for this shit he pulled and give him bj.. wtf?

stockton ways? I've lived in stockton for thirteen years and I in no way act like Diaz acts.

It is amazing how Diaz turns everything on its head.



Why didn't you show up for the press conference? Afraid? GSP wasn't afraid. He showed up when you didn't.



Diaz sounds like a schoolyard bully--who only talks--but when the time comes to back up the talk--he is a p_ussy.



Diaz is not man enough to admit his mistakes--and he should count his blessings he lucked out with the BJ Penn fight.

Agreed. I don't think GSP is afraid of him and I don't think Diaz even deserves the fight he has even though I am glad it's happening.

we will get to see diaz get his ass kick by BJ and then its all over for him just a mouth peace j**k

Not likely. I have seen both of these guys spar against each other. They are exact mirrors in style, but Diaz is good at all the things BJ is weak at..

Rindy I agree with you but it depends on that BJ showes up. Such a great fighter but he is like a Katy Perry song....Hot and Cold

Freddy roach is not a good boxing trainer just FYI.. Yeah he teaches MMA guys but that's why he is doing MMA and not boxing. Just because Freddy Roach says something doesn't mean it's gold.



Diaz is by far the superior striker. BJ hasn't had the tenacity in his striking since pre-UFC 50's.. His strikes are sluggish, sloppy and his footwork is going to leave him open versus the superior strike (Diaz).



BJ still has heavy, heavy hands. But Nick has a chin like granite..



BJ is a skilled boxer, but Diaz is an F-22 Raptor where BJ is an old A4..

EPIC FAIL @ bjfanvad.



Fressie Roach is one of the most accomplished boxing trainers htere is.

He has been the boxingcoach of no less than 21 either reigning or former World Champions.



Is thats your definition of "not a good boxing coach"??!

Get your facts straight, bro.

Yes he is world renowned. That does not make him the best "eye" for talent, nor does that make him the best "boxing" coach. He is known for teaching great basics of boxing. He has been around boxing for ever and Manny would not flat out disrespect the man. But he is not the best and that is widely known throughout the boxing realm.



Nick Diaz was "nearly" knocked out by Paul Daley who has one of the heaviest hands in the sport. But the keyword is nearly.



I am a BJ Fan. I have been IN! and around MMA since before a lot of people on these forums were alive. BJ does not have the power in his hands to knock out Diaz. He might if he lands a knee. But I don't see that happening to one of the best scrappers in the sport.



I get weaked a lot on these forums, but you can scroll back and see that I am more often right than wrong.

He was nearly knocked out? Guess I missed that part of the fight.

I don't know about your history on this forum, and it doesn't matter either.

But on subject of is Freddie Roach a good boxing coach or not you are wrong, my friend. Very wrong.

21 world champs don't come to him to sharpen up their basic boxing skills even though i'm sure he corrects some bad habits that some of them have.

He's legit....

Name one of them that was better for going to him. They were all better prior to transferring to him..



Any coach can push a training regiment onto someone. Sorry but all of his World Champs were champs before getting them.. De La Hoya, Tyson, Manny.. etc.. etc..



Sorry, all he does is sharpen their basics. Most of the best boxing coaches are no longer even in the United States. Most are Mexican. So get your facts straight..

Wrong again, for example Virgil Hill was his first champ AND he was with Roach EVEN BEFORE he became a champ. Virgil Hill was(i don't think he is longer) the longest reigning light hw champ or was it hte longest of all divisions. And his coach was freddie roach.

Fact and point.

Freddie roach said bj was one of the best boxers in mma many many years ago. So that point is ridiculous. Any boxing coach will tell you nick is now one of the best boxers in mma. Having a champ and Olympic gold medalist in his camp will surely elevate him even more. I seriously doubt bj has much of a chance. He isn't better on the ground or standing his chance is really only a power shot which certainly can happen. But we won't see him dominate nick Diaz. Then nick will be fitch and fight condit for the belt. Nick has way better tdd than anyone seems to remember.



Fred roach is a great coach but he made that comment about bj about 6 years ago.

Wha huh? It was 4 years ago. Sorry my bad.

Diaz's reasoning is flawless, He doesn't turn up to the press conference so this must mean GSP is scared to fight him...brilliant

to be fair he didn't say him showing up to the presser showed he was scared, he said GSP not contesting the change of opponet showed he was scared.

knew i would get weaked i didn't defend diaz's statements but the comment above did misrepresent what was said.

Wait a minute, first he said "sorry I didnt show up to your beauty pageant," now he didn't know it was going on? It was made pretty clear by his people and Dana that he was made aware of the events ocurring. As far as training to beat George's ass, you must feel you need the extra training because George made it to the press conference instead of training, which he could have also been doing. You're right he probably wouldn't do shit in the street because hes smart enough to realize that would put his livelihood/career in jeopardy, which is more important than some delusional street cred. Oh and, George is Canadian, he probably doesn't even know what the big deal about being from Stockton is, so quit repping your hood. Thats kid shit. We get it your tough, weve seen you fight, now stfu and make it to the cage instead of talking shit about the guy that did everything necessary to be able to fight you.

Thats what Dana should have said to him.lol.

hey diaz, ur the little bitch, cause he couldn't man-up in went to a press conference. Troll gsp all u want, but u blew ur chance.

Nick Diaz speaks SO a.d.d. that i hear his voice even when reading his quotes Ahahaha! All those pauses and cliff sentences!

Beautiful stance though, I LOVE fight words, specially the ending.

And shields beating gsp ass, is as laughable as Diaz having td defense.

Nick has good td defense just ask Sherk. Or maybe Sanchez who got reversed nearly every takedown. Nick has emotional social problems. He is a great fighter very well rounded with good tdd. Reference a fight he was demolished or dominated?



As far as being bad for business you guys are naive. Look at the comments already. Any press is good press and if this is how it works for him Dana will love it.



Again why does he have bad td defense? What fight showed that? Did you see how close his losses were? Did you see him stuff 9 of 11 of sherks takedowns. That was the last wrestler he fought. Since then he has trained with two phenomenal wrestlers meledez and shields and sparred with sonnen and Andre ward. He will beat bj up and could beat anyone in the top ten. Not saying he will but he certainly has the tools if you can objectively analyze mma.

dont worry about GSP, worry about BJ Penn and his submissions.

Nick is a better mma bjj practitioner the rubber guard doesn't work anymore. Hence zero bj subs in a long while.

What an idiot. Diaz had his chance to prove that he can beat GSP, but now he is acting so cheap like a lowlife. At least act like a decent man. He can go back to fighting on the streets.

I want BJ to kick his ass.

There have been times where I haven't been the biggest BJ fan, but as time goes on I like him more and more, if he knocks this idiot out I'll tattoo his name on my ass.

Okay @whitey, yours is one of the best comments ever.

I dont think BJ wants Larry tattooed on his ass

Fan of both guys, BUT BJ better get in good shape, Diaz has something to prove and sounds pretty pissed off.



Gonna be a sick fight, if Diaz wins yes he deserves a shot, at the new champ...

Its like watching a kid run his mouth once the cops show up

His ego scares the world

Oh boy, I wonder what he's thinking to achieve with these comments

A dismissal from UFC so he can avoid the embarrassment he will receive from GSP

Shut your fuc$$% mouth nick!! and the next time you get title shot play by the f%^&ing; rules! I guess you think it's fair that gsp shows up on the interviews and all media stuff 'cause he's the champ while you're training to kick his ass... if you're as tough as you say then you won't have any problem losing a few days in training as gsp has done

I could rant and rave about this article and Diaz's words, but I will not. I will sound off on some of the comments here.



First of all, Condit is a game opponent, however, he will be exposed by GSP. Once that happens, people in the UFC will know how to beat him. Georges is a dominant Champion and deconstructs opponents and beats them and showcases how so others can do it.



The role as Champ is to make people fight to take your belt. So I do not knock GSP for not finishing as of late. Because the role as a contender or potential contender is to stop people and show you are deserving of a "shitle thot".



GSP was finishing people to earn his shot and he finished Serra to get it back.



Condit has the tools, but being Champion requires tools and the know-how to use them. It's easy to go out there and throw a bunch of random shots and knees hoping to land. Some will, some won't. But facing a man that thinks like a machine is going to be something else.



Only way GSP loses is that he gets caught by something random. Otherwise, we are in for a technical showcase of true Mixed Martial Arts because after all this is MMA not SAT(Stand And Trade).



Diaz will get his. Chins are tested and degraded in the UFC.

I like that line "chins are tested and degraded in the UFC" lol.

I also think GSP will win but many champs have been finishers and held their belts. You don't need to finish someone to get a shot. GSP is good and used to finish people by TKO but I feel the competition has gotten strong enough that he is afraid to fully engage even when there is little chance that his opponent will survive.

of course GSP won't fight Nick in the streets. because unlike Nick GSP is a PROFESSIONAL. he fights in the cage he doesn't go looking for fights out of the cage because he isn't a Dumb wannabe THUG! Nick can say GSP doesn't want to fight him. but we all know NICK DOESN'T WANT TO FIGHT GEORGES.

After reading all of Diaz's incoherent ramblings, I really don't know what to say.



I don't hate Nick Diaz, I feel sorry for him. If his insults and twisted logic came from a fighter I respected more, I would be pissed, but coming from Nick Diaz, it is just pathetic denial. Nick plainly and deliberately avoided the press conferences. He plainly lied about not knowing what event was occurring, and he was at Cesar Gracie's house being closely watched and minded by Gracie--but Nick snuck out the back.



Nick made a video about being sorry for not attending the Beauty Pageant and claimed to have tried and failed in three attempts to board a plane. Nick snuck away and did not answer frantic calls from minders.



He lies to himself and to his fans--insults the champion--and yet is too cowardly to misplace his blame on Dana White--so he blames GSP?



I am not surprised--this is Nick Diaz--and every sport should have a few wild characters. What pisses me off about Diaz is that he screwed up a fight that I wanted to see--a fight I have been waiting for.

I agree in regard to fans having to miss the fight now. I knew I was excited to see it, but I don't think I realized just how excited until it was canceled. It was, perhaps, the biggest fight scheduled for the remainder of 2011.

Nick Diaz is a disgrace to MMA. Period.

you're all showing how much of a bitch you are with this cheerleading bullshit. this dana-gsp shit is dumb. diaz is in the picture because of his fighting skills, what else do you want? he's not ufc champ yet, give the man a break. did diaz screw up or did dana throw a fit? any of you mother****ers REALLY know? no you dont.

He always makes excuses and tries to throw the focus away from himself and onto someone else.



Now its Georges fault he isn't going to get a shot? Like he can over-ride Dana and Joe Silva or should even give a shit.



@mindkontrolle

Dana only threw a fit because Diaz has pulled these stunts before .. like the fight in the hospital that got him booted out of the UFC. He was not let go because of his skill or record.



His condition for getting the fight and coming back to the UFC was to act like he had some semblance of a brain left in his head and do his F'n job.



Sounds like a kid to me ... very immature person with some serious anger issues (IMO)

yes he might be an idiot, but why do fighters that represent the UFC brand get a pass at being idiots and the one guy that doesn't really have a company mentality gets totally ganged on?? this is still UFC propaganda of "you won't get away with that here" but ultimately it's pure hypocrisy. look at the steroid issue. carwin and sonnen are cool but barnett is the biggest cheater in the world. double speak is typical of business monopoly mentality I just don't really fancy it in the fighting sport. it is about *fighting* right??

this guy is a idiot period

if you look at one of greatest and well known boxers of all time, mike tyson you find the same pattern with diaz.... crazyness outside the ring and great skills inside the ring.

as long as he keeps winning and doesnt rape somebody, give the kid break....

"The truth is Georges doesn't want to fight me in the street or in a cage. He knows who I am, and he knows where I came from. I don't have the commitment? I'm younger than him, I have more...." Awwwww SHU T THE F UCK UP man. There is so much shit coming out if mouth, instead of all of that, he should apologize to the fans for f ucking up and also to GSP. He knows he f ucked up and GSP is not the little bitch, Nick Diaz is the scared piece of shit hoodrat m otherfu cker! Dana, cut this guy and let him blabber about how he can beat GSP at Bamma. I heared One FC is hiring, HINT NICK DIAZ! No one believes his delusional a ss anymore.

I am not gonna lie....I wanted to see this fight bad

Listen, there are guys out there in society who are flat out either street fighters, criminals or whatever that can probably whip either GSP or Diaz in a street fight. That is not what this is all about, this is about a professional sport of fighting. Diaz true colors of being a dumb, un-educated, lack of social skills idiot is bad for the sport. He knew what he was signing up for and he didnt know what suppose to happen with the press then thats too bad for him. He should just start making youtube video of him fighting in someones backyard. He will never be the man in any large organization until he stops smoking dope.

what is really delusional about most of these statements is the amount of hate for the fact that Diaz has a poverty class background, news flash in most every combat sport inculding MMA the majority of the best are coming from poor uneducated back grounds. the things your saying are comments that could be applied to nearly every fighter from Brazil including anderson silva.

just because Diaz didn't go to college and gain some public speaking experience he should be ruled out of combat sports? thats a joke, as tho only educated eliquent people are good enough. tell that nearly all the boxing greats,kickboxing greats, and alot of MMA greats.



if Dana wants to really make sure the best can compete he should have on staff UFC PR people who will help some of the fighters work around their lack of social skills, this is about the best in the world not the most likable guy contest.

In the ufc most fighters are spoiled rich kids who wrestled for ivy league school and had personal trainers. Except for the brazillians of course.

1 jake didnt beat his ass at all. & 2 no he wouldnt fight in the street cause he has morals , & 3 , he'd completly dominate your bitchass, i just lost all respect for yu , & yu wouldnt even fight mayhem miller , & he's fought alot higher of compitition than you have .

if he beats penn he should get a shot though, bt if he misses one press conference release that ass , haha.

Diaz ur a white trash punk. I'm almost getting tired of this "tough guy" attitude he tries. If you did something on the street for someone calling you a name, it shows that your mentally weak. Its just a word. To be honest I haven't seen many of his fights but just from how he acts, I would put my money on GSP picking him apart. Diaz would only get frustrated by GSP's perfect technique and start trying too hard and get sloppy. Itd prob be a boring decision win for GSP, but as champ, you look toward keeping the belt by whatever your opponents weakness is. Diaz's weakness = his temper, his mental state.

so he didn't know there was a press conference? hmm then why did he record himself saying he he was on his way home after he MISSED the press conference?

It's funny that everyone doesn't get what the hell is going on. Freddie Rouch isn't even relivent in this topic. Dana White is an idiot if he thought Diaz would do these press conferences. He didn't show up for most of the strikeforce pressers. People are saying that NIck is scared to fight GSP instead of the other way around. If I was GSP, I would of told the UFC execs I still want the fight. The fact that he didn't show up would just make me want to whoop his ass. GSP would get torn up by Diaz.

i think he needs to think about bj penn rather than gsp . because if he does not beat bj ( who is still dangerous ) theres no way he is getting a title shot...

With ND it is a package deal - you cannot get the good fighter without the antics and the loud mouth. So, to just want one and not the other simply will not work.

As crazy as it might seem, he does have a point! Even though GSP won the fight, Jake whooped GSP's ass! Diaz might Not the ideal poster boy for the UFC, but he's a people's champ! The crowd loves him, because he is real and speaks his mind (which sometimes doesn't make a lot of scene). I personally love to see fighters like Nick Diaz in the UFC.

I think Diaz needs a Psychiatrist more than he needs GSP. Champions need to have some kind of emotional balance to stay champ and to represent the sport in the best light.

"I didn't know there was a press conference".... seriously Diaz, do you think ANYONE believes you?



"He doesn't want to get his ass whipped by me the same way he got his ass whipped by Jake".......Diaz is dillusional. This kid is a PUNK, nothing more.....too bad, what a waste of talent.

This stupid loser cost himself a million and he's still running his mouth.

Diaz is a coward who's afraid of a microphone, let alone a real fight.