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Nick Diaz will have to fight top contender before earning UFC title shot

Nick Diaz will have to fight top contender before earning UFC title shot

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according to UFC President Dana White, the Stockton brawler will likely have to battle his way back up the welterweight ranks before he sees another shot at the title.

"When Diaz gets off of suspension, he'll probably fight against one of the top guys at 170 pounds, and then we'll see what happens," White said on Wednesday's conference call.

An opportunity to test himself against St-Pierre was the reason Diaz re-signed with the UFC last year, and the match-up nearly came to fruition twice, before a series of missed media opportunities and St-Pierre's ACL injury derailed any plans.

Diaz went on to lose to Condit in a controversial interim title bout at UFC 143, effectively forfeiting yet another shot at St-Pierre, afterward testing positive for marijuana metabolites and earning his suspension. Yet, throughout all of this, White hasn't forgotten about the wishes of the fans.

"A lot of people still want to see that fight," the UFC President conceded.

Nick Diaz will have to fight top contender before earning UFC title shot - MMA Fighting

But Sonnen can just get title shots when ever

Wow, it's a good thing Nick didn't do anything totally PED related, like literally trying to escape a building so he didn't have to take a piss test, and then utterly, profoundly, comprehesively, failing it.

I wonder what the penalty would be in a case like that.

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At least their consistently inconsistent!

I really hope Nick's opponent will be... Martin Kampmann!

I would rather see Nick fight Martin over any other WW in the world, including GSP. That fight to me just screams Fight of the Year to me.

Nick should not even fight anyone. If he wants a title shot he simply has to annoy the champ of any division (yes, any!! it can be HW, it can be LHW, MW) via twitter for few days.
The he should simply say to Dana how bad he wants to fight the champion. And that is all!!!

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Originally Posted by Y2JUBAE (Post 976827)

I really hope Nick's opponent will be... Martin Kampmann!

I would rather see Nick fight Martin over any other WW in the world, including GSP. That fight to me just screams Fight of the Year to me.

100% agree.

kampmann always comes to scrap and so does Diaz. Neither guy would be scared at all. Would be an epic war.

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Originally Posted by dbader08 (Post 976832)

100% agree.

kampmann always comes to scrap and so does Diaz. Neither guy would be scared at all. Would be an epic war.

Diego Sanchez is always good for a scrap, but the dude has been m.i.a as well as no longer a top 10 guy like he used to be.

I think Diaz would love to get that one loss back

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Originally Posted by Y2JUBAE (Post 976827)

I really hope Nick's opponent will be... Martin Kampmann!

I would rather see Nick fight Martin over any other WW in the world, including GSP. That fight to me just screams Fight of the Year to me.

Martin's gameplan would probably be to back up to the cage and let Nick tee off on his face and body for a while, and then dive backwards into Nick's guard and lift his chin up as well as offer up an arm.

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Originally Posted by h0ss (Post 976837)

martin's gameplan would probably be to back up to the cage and let nick tee off on his face and body for a while, and then dive backwards into nick's guard and lift his chin up as well as offer up an arm.

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damnit hoss. Stop saying things that are true about my favorite fighters!