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Ultimate Fighting Championship president Dana White is in agreement with most fans who still want to see former Strikeforce champ Nick Diaz (26-8, 1NC) square off with current UFC title holder Georges St-Pierre (22-2).
“It’s a fight a lot of people want to see,” White stated during Wednesday’s conference call.
Diaz, of course, is still sitting out the remainder of his suspension from the Nevada State Athletic Commission for testing positive for marijuana metabolites following an interim title loss to Carlos Condit last February at UFC 143.
While St-Pierre is set to return from a year-plus layoff following a knee injury. GSP will face Condit next month in a title unification bout at UFC 154.
During the conference call for the upcoming TUF 17 season, White also stated that Diaz will likely have to face another opponent before the Stockton, California fighter can move on to competing for UFC gold.
“When Diaz gets off of suspension, he’ll probably fight against one of the top guys at 170lbs, and then we’ll see what happens.”
Who Diaz could face certainly remains a mystery but it might be linked to the loser of GSP vs. Condit, with the defeated fighter taking Diaz on in a No. 1 contender bout.
This is certainly one scenario but Diaz’s penchant for wanting to “get paid” would likely win out over his willingness to wait for the loser to recover.
Like Diaz, I guess we’ll have to wait and see what happens over the next few months.