It was last week at the UFC on FUEL TV 7 post-fight scrum when Dana White mentioned to the media how frustrated he was that Nick Diaz had no-showed three interviews that were supposed to be a part of the ‘UFC 158 Countdown’ series.
Diaz’s lawyer quickly responded, saying that it was a mistake and Diaz was being professional when it came to his obligations. White called “bull-shit”.
With a little less than a month til UFC 158, White is at wits end with Diaz and ‘really close’ to pulling him from his main event bout with Georges St-Pierre for the UFC welterweight championship.
“I wasn’t happy about his lawyer’s supposed comments that it wasn’t true and all this other stuff. So, we talked two nights ago or something and straightened it out. He did not [show up]. And neither did his brother Nate. And we spent $50,000 — over $50,000 in production costs — with guys cruising around Stockton, California, and not interviewing people. It’s not funny. Listen, we’re very cool and very lenient in a lot of ways — look at this company, we’re lenient with a lot of things, we let a lot of things fly. But, that’s just absolute bullshit, you know? It’s not cool. We’ve treated Nate and Nick with respect. Anytime they come in and want to negotiate their contracts — we do the things, we’re good to everybody. At least give us the respect, show up and not blow $50,000 on not showing up for interviews that you are supposed to do. And then for Cesar to go out, and Tweet what he Tweeted — and I talked to Cesar about it, too. I hope we don’t come to [pulling him from UFC 158]. Can you tell I’m close? I’m close, man, I’m really close. And I don’t want to be, I don’t want to do this. It sucks, none of this is easy…. I’ve shown the Diaz brothers a ton of respect, they can show some respect back.”
I’m sure Johny Hendricks who many consider the number one contender in the welterweight division is crossing his fingers that this is the case. However, only time will tell.
UFC 158 goes down on March 16 from the Bell Center in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Along with the aforementioned St-Pierre vs. Diaz match, a pair of welterweight matches will also be on the card. Johny Hendricks stepped up on short notice to take on Carlos Condit in the co-main event and Jake Ellenberger will take on former Strikeforce welterweight champ Nate Marquardt.
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