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Apparently Nick Diaz is at it again, has no showed the last three "countdown" tapings

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Maybe they should deduct the cost of the tapings from his purse.

So the next time he bitches about not getting paid enough, Dana can point to the fact he's not doing his job.
 
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Here's what White had to say:

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Nick Diaz would be an interesting Countdown show too if we can get him to show up for those. How about if he had a professionally, shot by professionals, the best in the business, the best at cutting and producing features on athletes. Imagine how fu*king good that would be. But first we gotta get him to show up for the fu*king interviews, then we could do it. How many did he miss? Four? Three? Three. He missed three interviews. "He showed up for the press conference. I knew something was going to go bad somewhere, you know what I mean? It's just, that's Nick. We've had a crew in Stockton, for two weeks. When he doesn't do an interview, you know how much it costs us? A sh*tload of money. We've got a fu*king crew, rolling around Stockton, not doing a fu*king thing. It costs us a lot of money, and we can't properly sell the fight or Nick Diaz."
While such actions from a fighter would typical raise some serious red flags, White was nonchalant when asked if he was worried about it.

The UFC's head honcho has repeatedly said dealing with Diaz is no walk in the park, but as long as the 29-year-old shows up to fight Georges St. Pierre for the UFC welterweight championship on March 16, 2013, at the Bell Centre in Montreal, he will be satisfied.

It seemed White's comments were the end of it, but clearly Diaz and his camp were unhappy with the way they were being portrayed in the media by White and chose to release a statement on the matter through legal representations.

Here's what Diaz's legal counsel wrote to MMAmania:

"Dana is mistaken. There is no "crew rolling around Stockton" and Nick did not "miss" three interviews.

"In fact, several earlier dates were arranged without Nick's knowledge and with no notice to Nick. When Nick learned what had happened, I assisted him in arranging a date and time directly (Thursday, February 14). Nick arrived early and was in good spirits at that February 14 date -- the one and only date he knew about in advance. Nick requires things to be done in an organized and orderly manner. That is the kind of professional he is.




http://www.mmamania.com/2013/2/17/3998292/nick-diaz-no-showed-three-ufc-countdown-shows-mma
 
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Diaz is scared of GSP, for all the talk and bravado the guy is terrified but instead of just admitting it he puts on a tough guy act and refuses to live up to his obligations just hoping the UFC will yank the fight away again. Run Diaz Run.
 
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Exactly that's why George has seen a knock on his popularity lately. He hasn't had a villain. Everyone needs a villain, look at Anderson people were getting sick of him and were annoyed and wanted him to lose. Here comes Chael now he's back to a fan favorite they are doing the same thing with Jones and Chael it just doesn't seem to be working as well. George needs Diaz, he needs the exact foil of himself to beat up or to be knocked down by. No one would read superman if all he did was fight purse snatchers.

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UPDATE: Jonathan Tweedale, a lawyer who represents the Diaz camp, got in touch with MMAmania and provided a statement that denied White's claim Diaz missed any interviews.
Here's what Tweedale had to say:
"Dana is mistaken. There is no "crew rolling around Stockton" and Nick did not "miss" three interviews.

"In fact, several earlier dates were arranged without Nick's knowledge and with no notice to Nick. When Nick learned what had happened, I assisted him in arranging a date and time directly (Thursday, February 14). Nick arrived early and was in good spirits at that February 14 date -- the one and only date he knew about in advance. Nick requires things to be done in an organized and orderly manner. That is the kind of professional he is."
-TOmmy

This is according to some guy on facebook :)
 
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nick also said on twitter as did cesar gracie that the story is a bunch of bullshit and I tend to believe those 2 over dana after what dana has been saying recently.
 
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It seems to me that there are whole lot of cowards posting in this thread who are afraid to speak their minds because it may result in a butt whooping.

News flash: There are many people in society that are willing to speak their mind no matter the consequences.
Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner!
 
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Again, you don't need to be formally diagnosed with it. Social Anxiety is becoming increasingly common in the younger generations, mainly due to technology eliminating the use for face to face communication.

If you're some what decent at reading body language, and reading peoples behaviour, you can tell Diaz has social anxiety and extremely low self esteem just from a five minute interview segment. Seriously.

Unable to maintain eye contact for more than just a few seconds. Very low tone of voice, constant mumbling, hard to understand what he's saying because of it. Incoherent speech, constantly looking down at the floor, agitated and fidgety behaviour (anxious).

The dude has some serious self esteem issues, probably comes from a shitty childhood. I don't for one second believe he's a "bad guy" though. The dude has a good heart really, just some anger, esteem and emotional issues. I want to give Nick a hug.
 
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I get what you're saying (I really do and I mean no disrespect with my post), but until we're presented with legitimate evidence (a formal diagnosis from a liscenced psychologist), then we truly don't know if Diaz has social anxiety or not even though there is evidence tha supports both SAD and APD. A great number of people have a few symptoms that may fit a profile of a certain psychological ailment, but may not have it. My older brother swears up and down that he has NVLD (Nonverbal Learning Disorder) because he's terrible at reading body language and can't do Math to save his life. But he doesn't really have it, just some of the traits/symptoms.

I'm not saying Diaz does or does not have SAD because I'm an accountant, not a psychologist. But I still don't think it excuses his ridiculous behavior. Sorry.
 
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i don't mind diaz being unprofessional because of how many goody two shoes in the uf csay the same generic response and they may go to these things to attempt to promote the fight but really because there so bland it makes me not wanna watch the fight with any emotion because of it, nick not going to these things (though i think he went this time) promotes the fight more ironically imo, i understand if people don't like this type of conducting business but i like my sonnens and diaz bros etc.
 
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