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Former Strikeforce champion Nick Diaz apologizes for missing today’s UFC 137 press conference in Las Vegas, but he feels that Georges St-Pierre is happier with the matchup against Carlos Condit “leaving him out” of the title picture. The Stockton, California native says he’s ready to fight and wants to get paid but “they” are preventing him from doing so.
Updated (0730AM, 8 Sept): Transcript added
“Funny, one second I’m about to come into some money, do a little boxing, you know, f*uckin, probably lose some teeth. But um, I’m ready to get paid, ya know. So, I’ll fight whoever, whatever, anything ya know. I’d definitely rather fight GSP of course. Ya know, I was ready to do some boxing, and they didn’t like that. So they got me outta that, and they got me in the fight with GSP for the same money, or more money, or whatever. But now it looks like they get to save money, and I don’t get paid, and I’m locked in a new contract. All these dealmakers making deals. All I know is I’m ready to fight. I’m sorry I didn’t make it to the beauty pageant. But, ya know, I’ve never not showed up to a fight. I’ve never backed out of a fight in my life, that’s not what I do. So I just wanted to throw that out there.”