UFC President Dana White is shown taking a phone call during Wednesday’s UFC 137 pre-fight press conference from Cesar Gracie, Nick Diaz manager.
Diaz was a “no-show” again on for the UFC 137 presser, forcing White to pull him from the card and replace him with Carlos Condit.
The frustrated UFC President offered his thoughts to the gathered media explaining that he’s got to sit down and ponder what to do about the former Strikeforce champ.
“I’m still blown away by this thing. I’ve got to take a couple of days and figure this thing out.”
“Nick Diaz obviously can’t handle the pressure of a main event of this magnitude. That’s what I think. I mean, we all sit here, everybody, you pass the mic around the round (and) we’ll come up with ideas on why he’s not here. It’s absolutely insane.”
“The kid flew out, signed a contract, and sat in my office and told me he wanted this, and he was going to do everything that we needed him to do. And we’re not asking him to do anything that Georges St-Pierre isn’t. So, the whole thing makes no sense. It’s beyond comprehension.”
“I’ve been dealing with fighters since I was 19 years old. They miss flights. You name it, it happens. We fix it. But after you continually keep trying to make the thing happen. Then I woke up this morning, and waited, and waited, and when I realized that he wasn’t coming to Vegas, that was when I said, ‘That’s it.’”
Listen to more of White’s comments from Wednesday’s press conference in a highlight video at UFC.com.
Props to MMAjunkie.com for transcribing White’s comments.