Nick Diaz has a long history of antics that have never meshed well with UFC President Dana White.
The head honcho has long thought of the former Strikeforce welterweight champion as a “true talent,” but has been against signing the Stockton native due to his inability to “play the game,” as he would say.
Today was no different, as Diaz no-showed a pre-fight press conference in the lead up to his title bout with reigning champ Georges St-Pierre, who will now face Carlos Condit on October 19 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.
It’s the second day in a row that the 28-year-old his skipped his obligations to the promotion, when yesterday he was scheduled for an appearance in Toronto, Canada alongside GSP, but as you can imagine, things didn’t go as planned.
White is beside himself, going back-and-forth between whether or not to cut the exciting welterweight standout, though he might already have some other options for the Cesar Gracie protege.
Now that Condit, who is riding a four fight win streak inside the Octagon, has been pulled from his co-main event tilt with former champ B.J. Penn at UFC 137, White stops short of saying that Diaz could be in line to take on the Hawaiian–though only speculation remains.
“I’m sure I’m going to have one seriously pissed off Hawaiian to deal with”, said the UFC exec, who spoke with MMAJunkie.com about his immediate plans.
“I’m working on that now…If I told you what I want to do with that fight you guys would flip out, so we’ll see what happens”.
Diaz remains adamant that he still wishes to fight, but his spot within the organization is still shrouded in doubt after his most recent mishaps.
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