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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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#78 ·
It's Dana's choice to ultimately cancel the fight if Diaz no shows, GSP shouldn't cop any flak for that.

Anxiety doesn't really work like that, he's comfortable with fighting, he's definitely not afraid to fight anybody, it's just how he's wired. He is not comfortable with the press though, Nate and Cesar probably kidnapped the bastard to get him to the BJ and Condit press conferences.

I hope he shows, it'll be a great fight. Nick has a better chance than Condit did. I still don't really think he's going to win though :(
 
#81 ·
Personally, I think you guys are just throwing Nick excuses. I think it's more like Dana said. Diaz is a fighter, nothing more. He's not interesting in the behind the scenes and the pre-fight, he just wants to get in there and have a fight. He's the kind of guy to say "Fuk Dana, I couldnt give a shit if he's moaning about me. He's the one making money off me so he'll do whatever the hell I say" before passing the bong.
 
#110 ·
Well you are convinced of alot of retarded and false things. So this does not surprise me. Atleast you had the decency to warn people when you created your account.

I figured out what BobbyCooper's new account was the other day, I can't remember now though, i'll let you know soon.

Sideways is hilarious, I thoroughly enjoy his posts.
Ty sir. I appreciate that. :hug:
 
#85 ·
Grapple, you're opinion changes depending on if I agree with you or not. In the Cain thread you're all repping me and stuff cause I thought he would win, but now you say I'm one of the bad members because I disagree with you? Stop being a girl. I'm just disagreeing cause Nick seems like a badass to me and probably wouldnt give a shit about the coorperate side of things.
 
#87 ·
I was also heavily intoxicated at the time of repping you :thumb02:

I didn't say you were one of the bad guys. There are no bad guys, it's a bloody internet forum. But you, OWNS and Sideways do share remarkable similarities when posting.

I.E - Cain Velasquez beats Tyson Fury in a boxing bout is equally as ridiculous as UFC OWNS' claim that JDS lost because he was too muscular. In before a UFC video/interview is posted directly from Sideways facebook wall!
 
#88 ·
I was also heavily intoxicated at the time of repping you :thumb02:

I didn't say you were one of the bad guys. There are no bad guys, it's a bloody internet forum. But you, OWNS and Sideways do share remarkable similarities when posting.

I.E - Cain Velasquez beats Tyson Fury in a boxing bout is equally as ridiculous as UFC OWNS' claim that JDS lost because he was too muscular.
Well now you get to hand with UFC OWNS on my ignore list. That should be fun for you.
 
#94 ·
Are people under the assumption that Nick not returning Dana's calls or texts is a recent discovery? The way I read it is that Diaz has never bothered to answer the phone to Dana or ever text him back. These are things he's probably never done even since his early UFC days.

I remember a vlog with Dana a while back where he said that "Diaz is different, he's not like the other guys, I walked past Diaz down the corridor before and he just blanked and ignored me, we gotta work with him differently". Diaz has always been like this, and Dana probably settles all of the media/contract arrangements directly with Diaz' management team, rather than Nick himself.
 
#105 ·
In SF, shit was done Nick's way or it wasn't done at all.

I remember a conference call a couple years ago from SF where you could hear Nick smoking bongs in the background. I'll give you more info on that if you're interested, it's a pretty funny story.

This will go down as one of the wildest things Nick Diaz did in his MMA career that no one will ever be able to see anymore. On a Strikeforce conference call last January, Scott Coker managed to get Nick Diaz and Marius Žaromskis in one metaphorical room while the media pelted Diaz with soft-ball questions like 'Who do you want to fight next?'. During the conference call, you could hear Nick Diaz sporadically engage in 'other activities' while questions were being asked to other fighters. A couple days later, Nick Diaz posted a video of what he was actually doing in the conference call and it involved him ruthlessly hitting a bong while occasionally playing with nunchucks. Within a couple hours, Nick Diaz decided to remove the video from his YouTube page for the obvious reasons, however a select few did see the clip and someone from the UG gives a brief summary of the activities that took place:

"I was lucky enough to see the vid before he made it private basically hes just sitting around listening to Zaromskis talk on the conference call he walks out of frame, and you clearly hear a nice bong rip he walks back into frame and starts playing with his nunchucks for about 5 minutes sits in front of the camera and just stares into space."

We can only hope that one day this video resurfaces on the net. It's up there on my wish list, right next to 'Global Peace' and 'Having a never ending supply of Adidas shoes'.
 
#106 ·
As EASY as it would be for me to say I hope this bites Dana White and the UFC in the ass for passing up Hendricks, Diaz needs to get his shit together because I am interested in this fight. I am interested in seeing how Diaz deals with the double Jab, and GSPs power double, how GSP deals with Nick Diaz triathlon esque cardio, and constant pressure.

I don't care what kind of social disorder you have. As a fighter, you have responsibilities to handle, and if you can not handle those responsibilities in order to get to those fights, you are letting the UFC and the UFC fans down.
 
#109 · (Edited)
I am interested in seeing how Diaz deals with the double Jab, and GSPs power double, how GSP deals with Nick Diaz triathlon esque cardio, and constant pressure.
I want to see this fight too, but I have no doubt in my mind that GSP is going to be the one pressuring him. To beat a boxer like Diaz's or JDS, do like Bendo and snipe hiim with kicks first, or do like Cain and get inside, or clinch. Boxers are most comfortable if they stay in boxing range and pick you apart with jabs first. Diaz has never shown to be effective in any clinch situation. Also Diaz isint a particularly good kicker to snipe back. If GSP basically copies either Bendo or Cain, land some strikes to setup the double leg, GnP, and repeat, he is going win convincingly. The only thing people would be able to cheer Diaz for is that he can take punishment, but thats a given. Otherwise its going to be a rout. If Diaz is such a bad ass like his fans claim, I really really hope he doesent screw it up this time and they finally get to fight.

I will stand by my stance and say that Overeem and Cormier are the only two who could be UFC Champions. The others never will be unless it was given to them, and not earned. I like Melendez too but LW is too stacked, he wont make it out. StrikeForce was the little leagues.
 
#122 ·
The people that hate Diaz and cry that he may get a title shot over Hendricks are idiots.

With their ever constant disdain for the guy, they make him more popular than he ever could be.

13 pages on this subject? Thats great...haha. People LOVE to talk about Diaz, even when he doesn't even say anything. Then they wonder why he gets big fights? Because he is a polarizing figure obviously....He has a huge fanbase, but the people that don't like him put him over the top.

Good stuff.
 
#136 ·
You of all people know how much I despise Nick Diaz and want him gone from the sport, so I won't even go into that.

But it pisses me off when people say that fans like Toxic and myself are "idiots" because we want to see a guy fight for the title that has actually earned it. Hendricks has beaten Pierce, Fitch, Koscheck, and Kampmann. That's one of the more impressive streaks at Welterweight, especially considering how stacked that division is. Diaz is first of all, coming off of a loss. Second of all, he's coming off a suspension. I know that this isn't Diaz's fault. GSP asked for this fight, and Dana, who is apparently now obsessed with money, thought it would be okay to give a title shot to a guy who doesn't deserve anything but failure.

But just because I care about the legitimacy of the sport and hold professionalism over personality does not make me an idiot.
 
#123 ·
I want Diaz to get the title shot. It will be a one sided beatdown that will ensure Diaz is never mistakingly considered an elite fighter again.


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#129 ·
You're reply to me meant less than nothing. You called a fight. Big deal. It doesn't excuse you from being an asshole to posters - which you have done consistently. From long rambling wankfests like the one above to calling them retarded to just flat calling people liars.

The mods have been notified of your behavior and that's that.
 
#142 · (Edited)
brb calling another poster out on acting like an asshole
brb acting like an asshole in 90 percent of posts
brb exposing myself as a lying hypocrite

Do you actually ever re-read over your own posts? Seriously champ, just hit that view more posts option on your own profile and have a good browse. You act negatively and abrasively in pretty much all of your posts. I acknowledge that I can be a real **** at times, I just embrace it. You seem to be oblivious to how you actually post yourself. More evidence of narcissistic behaviour.

Also, keep crying to the mods. You'll not get rid of me that easily sport.

Also me clowning you in the Cain/JDS discussion had to really sting, I don't think I've seen a post from you since the fight happened actually acknowledging that you were wrong and giving credit to Cains performance. You can just never be wrong can you Deadman.

If BJ had been in shape and not gassed out and stood in front of him in the second Penn would have handily beat him. In the first BJ was beating him and easily took his back. And the body shots did not cause him to gas he is clearly slowed right down before Diaz starts landing those. (which further slow him down). BJ did more to lose that fight than Diaz did to win it.
C'mon mate, every one says that about all of Diaz' opponents. "well, but if he didn't gas, then he would have messed Diaz up!". No one has ever put a boxing clinic on BJ the way Diaz did in that fight, and whether you're a fan or not, that at least deserves some respect. What he did to BJ was damn impressive. He literally boxed BJ up all over the octagon.
 
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