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Dana White: Nick Diaz doesn't return my calls or texts

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#1 ·
http://www.bjpenn.com/dana-white-nick-diaz-doesnt-return-my-calls-or-texts-ufc-news/

“This is a fight that [Diaz] wanted, he really wanted this fight bad. And Georges St. Pierre called him out. He’s getting it. I expect Diaz to be there. Nick Diaz does not return my calls or texts. Nothing. It’s Nick Diaz. He doesn’t have to call me, he doesn’t have to text me; but, he needs to show up to the press conference. I would be blown away if he did it twice. It just would not be a good move. The thing about Nick Diaz is that Nick Diaz shows up for fights. Nick Diaz shows up and fights his ass off. He is not a big fan of the pre-fight promotion, but you have to do it. Whether you’re Nick Diaz, Anderson Silva or whoever you are — it’s in your contract. You can actually be cut. We can cut you for that. How fun would the press conferences be if nobody ****ing showed up but me? It wouldn’t be too good. I’ve proved that you be punished if you don’t show up for those things. You either won’t fight the big fight that you were supposed to fight or you’ll be cut.”

- UFC President Dana White talking about handling Nick Diaz at the UFC 155 post-fight media scrum, (Via Middleeasy).
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#6 ·
Here we go again. Bisping thread part 2.

Listen, if any of you have had a job before, you're dodged work for a day and never answered your boss' phone call. You've pulled a sicky, you've talked shit, whatever. So before this thread gets blown up with bullshit, remember that this is a regular ass guy like all of us.

That being said, I'm going to cut his ears off if he fuks up this fight.
 
#15 ·
I don't play hooky, maybe that makes me weird but if I ever found out one of the guys that works under me was faking it I would be doing everything in my power to get them fired. It also infuriates me if people don't answer there phone when I need to get a hold of them.

your right Nick is a regular guy and if most people with a serious job didn't answer there bosses calls then they would likely lose there job.

Nick Diaz is acts like a spoiled entitled bitch, I have a job that requires me to take drug tests so its simple I don't do drugs, I have a job that requires me to answer my bosses calls so I do and when my job requires me to be somewhere at a certain time I am there. Because that is what regular guys do, its what grown ass men do. Its part of being a grown up and taking responsibility for your life something Nick Diaz has never done. He makes excuses when he loses, he doesn't stick to his commitments. Nick Diaz is a useless waste of skin and watching GSP pound his face into utter oblivion will make me so happy.
 
#22 ·
Isn't gonna happen GSP is gonna destroy this bum in under 3 rounds. Diaz is the most overrated guy in MMA and I could think of 10 better WW's than Nick.
 
#26 ·
I would agree with this if fights weren't stopped on cuts. But Condit doesn't have a history of bad cuts and gsp opened up a brutal one. So that's the only way I see this fight being a stoppage for Georges.

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#35 ·
GSP was open to do more damage because similar to Diaz Condit utilizes space to set up his transitions and sub attempts which also lets the guy on top posture up and do damage. Neither guy tries to grab hold and cling from the bottom.
nah, diaz has better cardio thats a fact and once he hits those body shots on gsp there wont even be an argument for gsp to stay fresh for most the fight. Diaz has a way better guard than any of the scrubs gsp has fought I mean condit flipped gsp from top position a few times and he isn't even close to as good as diaz on the ground. And diaz will land the most stifling shots standing. I do agree though that diaz has bad scar tissue and they could stop the fight due to cuts but that would be some real bullshit if they let that happen.
I question if Diaz has better cardio than Condit especially fighting a grappling heavy fight, we haven't seen Diaz carry a top heavy grappler like GSP. Body shots, please Diaz isn't landing those because GSP is gonna have him on his back eating elbows and punches. Condit flipped GSP? Yeah but again as I stated earlier Condit is physically stronger than Diaz. Nick is gonna be less effective with sweeps than Condit was and he isn't good enough to get the submission because honestly at the elite level the guard is virually dead and while Diaz has a decent guard he is no Fabricio Werdum. Who has Diaz subbed in MMA that is so impressive? Cyborg? Sakurai? Gomi? Lets get real none of these guys are anywhere near elite fighters and none of them are in the same stratosphere as GSP. Not a single striker has looked remotely threatening to GSP and every one of them including Dan Hardy had better TD defense than Diaz. Keep waiting and telling yourself Diaz has a chance because honestly its comical that people think he is a top WW.
 
#37 ·
Im hoping for two rounds of GSP domination with Nick finishing a triangle or guillotine in in the 3rd. The reaction would be absolutely hilarious.

As for this article, Nick simply doesn't care. Dana knows it, he's only tolerating it for his own gain right now. If Nick screws up again I fully expect him to be gone and retire so I doubt he'll no show this fight now.
 
#52 ·
im fairly confident that nick won't let it happen twice or at the very least cesar gracie and the team will force him to go there especially since nate had to do it for the benderson title fight. The worst thing about MMA besides the TMZ parts is that the reporters always repeat the same questions and most of the are uninteresting and I have heard quite a few fighters say it annoys them to no end to continually having to deal with that.
 
#53 ·
Yeah i always think about that. I feel like if me or you or someone else on this forum was a reporter that we would be able to come up with some unique questions. Since if i pull up 5 interviews of a fighter leading up to the PPV. 90% of those questions will be the same just worded differently and same with the answers.

I know Chael actually just repeats the same answer over and over again. And has talked about how he gets the same question over and over again.
 
#54 ·
Didn't he show up against Condit for the press and BJ Penn. What gives...

This must be pissing GSP off. He might actually get a finish...or not.
 
#57 ·
Well not calling Dana or whatever isint a big deal, but like Dana said they have tried everything they could to get Diaz to play ball. If its in their contract that missing out on promotional obligations is a basis for being cut, than that means they cut Diaz some slack. If it was a low end fighter skipping out on press conferences he would have been instantly sacked. Instead they gave Diaz a second and third chance. They even started bribing him of around 300K to show up to his media obligations. They are doing everything they can to appease and baby him to make sure he does his job. GSP even gave him the opportunity of his life to be able to jump through hoops and instantly fight the champ, and Cesar Gracie signed it on his behalf. Not talking to Dana is fine, whatever. But if Diaz decides to jeopardize his opportunity again by not showing up to the next press conference, then you seriously have to question if he really wanted the big time fights and money he has ben crying about, and secondly have to consider that Diaz is seriously ducking GSP.

What I dont like is Diaz fans somehow keep spinning this and saying that the UFC have been bullying Diaz around and have been unfair. And GSP is the one that is somehow scared of Nick Diaz, they are really deluded.
 
#58 ·
Honestly it serves Dana White right. I hope Diaz doesn't show up to the press conferences or answer Dana's calls because that will be his karma for constantly giving title shots to fighters coming off a loss when hard-working guys like Johnny Hendricks who have earned it are getting snubbed.
 
#61 ·
On a side note, I'm still unclear how anyone could defend Nick's action? "Give him a break cause he doesn't like doing that shit?" Diaz homers keep bringing up the fact that he's a "fighter", well he needs to understand the ufc employs "professional fighters" not "random punks off the streets". If he can't grasp what "professional" means then he needs to get cut and do something else with his life that he actually enjoys.

The UFC is trying everything in their power to become a real mainstream sport. The Fox deal was a big step for them, there's no way the UFC can afford to keep this kind of clown and still command respect with the other major sports league.

As for the fight if it did happen, I honestly believe GSP would destroy Diaz. GSP tends to perform better the more he gets trash talked. BJ fans keep harping about grease gate but the fact is BJ got so beat up they feared it might end his career and threw in the towel (so let's stop with this GSP can't finish BS, cause he DID finish BJ). Diaz cannot handle wrestlers, he does best against the Leben types who likes to brawl and go retard mode in front.

He'll get peppered with jabs, and get taken down then GSP will put him in half guard where he won't have anything to fear, and just grind Diaz from that position till he gets cut badly. Round 2 will be the same. Round 3 is when GSP will prob mix up his strikes more as Diaz will prob drop his hands and advance like a retard only to be taken down yet again. R4 and R5 will be more GNP and Diaz will look worse than Lauzon vs Miller.

This fight is a win win situation. If he doesn't show up at the presser he gets cut and we never see him again, or he shows up and hopefully gets a career ending injury from getting too much ground and pound.
 
#69 ·
I wonder if Nick will be smiling like that in the unemployment line?
You mad because an athlete you hate with all of your guts has already achieved more than any thing you will achieve in your entire life and has made more money than you will ever make in a life time?

brb hating on Nick Diaz in every related thread
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brb getting really mad
 
#70 ·
You mad because an athlete you hate with all of your guts has already achieved more than any thing you will achieve in your entire life and has made more money than you will ever make in a life time?

brb hating on Nick Diaz in every related thread
brb will never be as successful as Nick Diaz in any thing I do
brb getting really mad
The brb shit is so lame.

And can we please shut this forum down? We can't criticise fighters because they make more money than us so this forum doesn't really serve a purpose.
 
#68 ·
No, it's not hilarious. He's scared.
You are right, he's scared. I know exactly what he's going through. An old buddy of mine who passed away last year was exactly like him.

Do you guys know anything about anxiety? As soon as Dana calls him, he's probably wigging out about the conversation already, so I can understand why he doesn't answer the phone. It's like a big build up thing that doesn't actually exist but in your mind it becomes something gargantuan.

If he doesn't show to the press conference then yeah, he was scared, but not scared of GSP like many would like to imply, he's scared of having to sit in front of 200 reporters and 20 cameras answering all of their questions.

Dana should be corresponding with Cesar.
 
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