Last week, UFC Director of Canadian Operations Tom Wright appeared on Montreal Radio station The Team 990 during their Ringside Report show. Wright stated that as far as UFC events in Canada go, “We’ll do Vancouver (UFC 131) on June 11, and then most likely we’ll be back in Montreal on December 10.”
As far as a main event for that card, Wright said, “Well I’ve heard about the Nick Diaz-GSP fight but it is too early (to tell).”
The rumors of a fight between St-Pierre, the UFC welterweight champion and Diaz, the Strikeforce welterweight champion, heated up a bit on Thursday, when MMAFighting.com’s Mike Chiappetta took to Twitter and announced, “A little birdy tells me Nick Diaz just walked into a meeting with Dana White at the UFC offices.”
As the rumors began to swirl, UFC president Dana White took to the Underground posting, “There is no deal done with Diaz to fight.”
The fact that the bout is, at this point, a fantasy fight has not prevented BetonFighting.com from posting odds for the potential bout. The website has St-Pierre as a -425 favorite, while Diaz comes in at +325.
St-Pierre (22-2) has not lost a bout in the UFC since Matt Serra took his title in April 2007 via first round TKO. St-Pierre’s winning streak stands at nine fights. After defeating Matt Hughes for the interim welterweight title at UFC 79, St-Pierre defeated Serra at UFC 83, regaining the title he has defended six times since that win.
Diaz (25-7-0-1) is on a winning streak of his own, putting together 10 straight wins since losing to KJ Noons in November 2007. Noons was awarded the victory when the doctor stopped the fight due to cuts to the face of Diaz. Diaz captured the Strikeforce welterweight title with a win over Marius Žaromskis in January 2010. Since that victory, he has defended the title three times.
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