Source: Champ Nick Diaz denied spot on Strikeforce’s June 26 card due to brawl

A post-fight melee that followed an April 17 Strikeforce event cost Jason “Mayhem” Miller a headlining spot next month at “Strikeforce: Los Angeles,” and Strikeforce welterweight champ Nick Diaz appears to have suffered a similar fate.

A source close to Diaz told MMAjunkie.com that the fighter was told his request to compete on Strikeforce’s June 26 fight card in San Jose, Calif., also was turned down because of his role in the televised brawl.

Diaz was one of multiple Cesar Gracie team members involved in a post-“Strikeforce: Nashville” scuffle that broke out when preliminary-card fighter Miller interrupted main-event winner Jake Shields during a post-fight speech.


A post-fight melee that followed an April 17 Strikeforce event cost Jason “Mayhem” Miller a headlining spot next month at “Strikeforce: Los Angeles,” and Strikeforce welterweight champ Nick Diaz appears to have suffered a similar fate.

A source close to Diaz told MMAjunkie.com that the fighter was told his request to compete on Strikeforce’s June 26 fight card in San Jose, Calif., also was turned down because of his role in the televised brawl.

Diaz was one of multiple Cesar Gracie team members involved in a post-“Strikeforce: Nashville” scuffle that broke out when preliminary-card fighter Miller interrupted main-event winner Jake Shields during a post-fight speech.