^^

Okay, so Matt should definitely cut weight now and this should happen at LHW. Controversy is fun in the fight game. Tito can't hang and is washed up. Matt's gotten surprisingly good very quickly. I don't know what he was doing making fun of Tito's fine, upstanding girlfriend. I mean it's not like she made a living treating her body like an amusement park or anything...wait, forget it.

 

I retweeted Chael Sonnen today and he sent me a private message on Twitter asking me if I was really from Bahrain and that would be cool.. I replied, then he said he was glad to have me.. I felt special for a bit until I remembered it was friggin Chael Sonnen..

 

Still VERY cool sir...tell him to Join TS lol

 

haha, yeah I'll tell my new buddy to post pix of his ride

 

YouTube - ‪UFC 130 Highlights‬‏

 

I hope Rampage gets his rematch with Suga Rashad... I think he will light him up this time!

 

Right now its looking like a imediate title fight with Jones...wtf right??? lol

 

holyyyyyyyyyyyyy crap....DANA just tweeted this!!!

"U wanted it! U GOT IT!!! GSP vs DIAZ Oct 29th UFC 137 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas."

Was hoping for UFC 140 in Montreal...but just means we see it sooner!

 

Some more news on the GSP vs DIAZ fight...wierd things going on...read all...youll see...

Cesar Gracie Discusses Nick Diaz's New UFC Contract, Upcoming GSP Fight



Cesar Gracie Discusses Nick Diaz's New UFC Contract, Upcoming GSP Fight
By Ariel Helwani
Video Reporter and Writer
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At UFC 130, Dana White didn't sound very confident that he would be able to put together the much talked about Nick Diaz vs. Georges St-Pierre super-fight. However, on Wednesday afternoon, the UFC president announced the fight was a done deal and would take place at UFC 137 on Oct. 29 in Las Vegas.

MMA Fighting spoke to Cesar Gracie, Diaz's manager and trainer, about how the deal was completed and what this means for Diaz's Strikeforce future.

A transcript of the conversation can be found below.

Ariel Helwani: How did this deal get done?
Cesar Gracie: We just sent the contract yesterday and it arrived in their office today.

Is Nick now a UFC fighter?
You know what? That's an interesting question and they have not told me how they're going to structure that.

So is his Strikeforce belt on the line?
I don't know. I truly don't. They haven't told me if his belt is on the line. I don't think so. This is not like that because if his belt was on the line that would make GSP the Strikeforce champion (if he wins). And then what? He's going to fight someone from Strikeforce? I don't think that's happening. But then again, refer to Dana on that one because I truly don't know.

Did Nick sign a one-fight deal with the UFC or a longer one?
We have a new deal. Multi-fight, multi-year contract with the UFC.

How many fights is the new contract for?
I can tell you it's a multi-fight, multi-year contract. I can't tell you how many fights.

So it sounds like he is a UFC fighter now.
Right, but the contract does give the option to fight in Strikeforce. So what that opens up is the potential for him to also fight in Strikeforce.

Over the weekend, Dana White referred to some issues which were stopping this fight from being made. Do you know how those were resolved?
There was a lot of misinformation -- there were a lot of reports out there that weren't true. Showtime, I don't think was a problem, to be honest with you, at all. They don't have a contract with Nick. Nick's contract is strictly with Explosion [Strikeforce's parent company prior to the Zuffa purchase]. It has never been a contract with Showtime. So the reports you heard were erroneous and false. Other than that, the hurdles were the [Jeff] Lacy thing, stuff like that. I don't know if they were Strikeforce, and if they were, Nick signed a new contract that dissolved his old contract with Strikeforce.

Do you know if Showtime is getting any kind of percentage of the pay-per-view?
No idea.

Any idea why Vegas was chosen as the site of the fight?
There were two venues they were looking at: one was in Canada and one was in Vegas. We didn't know which one it was going to be until today.

Would you have been OK with fighting in Canada?
I did tell them it would be better if we fought in Vegas, obviously, because then the belt wouldn't have very much further to go once Nick gets it (laughs).

Do you think this marks the end of Nick's run in Strikeforce?
Hopefully. If he's back in Strikeforce, I would imagine that's because he lost his next fight.

 

This should be interesting. Nick's a bit of a gritty psycho, grinder, dangerous on the ground, fierce striker... Not sure how GSP is going to prepare for him. There doesn't appear to be any rational way to read Diaz. And what a tough mofo for GSP to prove his finishing capability on.

If I were Jackson and Firas Zahabi, I'd crank up GSP's boxing such that he doesn't pick away with jabs anymore, rather he'll need to follow through with combo's hurt Diaz quickly and pound him out on the ground. Diaz is too effing dangerous to toy with for multiple rounds. GSP has to attack hard while he's still 100% fresh. I'm not super confident in GSP's jits vs Diaz early in the fight. I know GSP trains with Roger Gracie, and he's a phenomenal wrestler as well, but with his lack of finishing on the ground, and Diaz's brutal ground game AND striking standing or on the ground, GSP is going to have to rock him, overwhelm with striking and G&P and go for a TKO. I'm telling you, if he gambles and stretches this one out, I've got a really bad feeling about it. Diaz has freaky stamina and toughness, and if he's not rocked, he can fight off his back very well. I thought GSP was pressing his luck not following through on Shields when he had him stunned, and if Diaz and his camp is smart, they'll prepare for that jab-and-retreat bullsh*t and set up GSP for a TD or counter on the feet which will turn this into a bloody brawl. I'm more nervous about this fight than the Shields one actually.