Diaz VS Lawler is a classic too…He should not have been cut from the UFC in the 1st place.

UFC shouldn’t have cut him in the 1st place!

I have been so busy at work all day that I havent gotten a chance to post since this morning. I normally dont post when I get home, but I had to get Jiggy on this thread. Its a juicy one (thanks mania).

I am a bigtime fan of both the Diaz brothers and their are both positivbe and negatives about diaz coming back to the
UFC.

The obvious positive aspect of Nick coming back to the UFC is that their would be some pretty interesting match ups for him in the lightweight division of the UFC and we would all get to see him front and center on ppv’s that we
ALL order. The 1st thing that came to my mind was BJ Penn vs. Nick Diaz! WOW!!! Could you imagine those to boxing against each other? If tHe fight hit the mat we would be in store for some of the sickest jits exchanges in all of the sport. it would be amazing to see, but one little problem. His little brother is a serious up and coming star in the UFC. Is their room for both brothers in the same division? I say No because those k ids are meantr to shine as fighters and I feel that both would be legit contenders in no time, so I basically dont want to see either take a back seat to the other.

For those who want to throw out the argument that he could fight at welterweight. I know he could, but I dont want to see him do it. Lightweight is perfect for him.

Nick signing with the UFC would mean that he could no longer compete in Japan, and I dont think I want to see that happen yet. IMO, most of the best lightweights are fighting outside of the UFC, mainly Japan. I would much rather see him fight guys like Hellboy, Alvarez, Aoki, JZ, Mach Sakurai and especially a rematch with Gomi.

Why see the diaz brothers in the same division fighting the same opponents when we can see how one does agaist the UFC’s elite, and see how the other does vs. the rest of the top lightweights sprinkled throughout Japan.

Also, I really think that we will see Gilbert Melendes sign with the UFC as soon as his deal expires (1 more fight I believe). Gilbert and Diaz are friends and training partners. I dont want to see Nick, Nate and Gilbert all fighting in the UFC’s lightweight division because then it will become an AKA situation like with Fitch, Kos, and Swick that dont ever want to fight each other.

I would love to see NIck Diaz vs. Kenny Florian!

Anyone know where Huerta is? He fell off the face of the earth since he was UFC bashing!

This is the latest on the situation. I just got done reading an artickle with interviews from his trainer Gracie. It said that Nick will be fighting in Japan’s K-1 Dynamite(DREAM) or NYE Segoku shows.

As for Sheilds, Gracie said that looks like Dana White will be signing Jake in late November

Diaz vs. KillFlo, that’s what i’m talkin about John

Huerta is probably trying to negotiate a bigger contract with Dana White… and Dana’s answer is… NO!… so Huerta isn’t signing and White isn’t in the mood to promote Huerta’… White’s thinking,.. “that ungrateful little punk”.

Huerta is MIA…Must be in the desert too…

lmao

There are just so many good match ups for Diaz in the UFC. I would assume he would fight at 170 because his brother is at 155.

Does any one know how Pro-Elite can hold these guys into a contract they have no intention on fulling, seeing as they have closed their doors?

nick diaz already said that he wasn’t going to the ufc cause of money problem. diaz is a good fighter but the ufc is only signing shields, brent rodgers, and a 185 fighter to be named later

when did he say that? he said that his money problems were with dream, and have since been resolved. I don’t think it will happen because he likes the option of fighting in japan between fights in U.S. But I hear the UFC wants to hit the japanese market, so maybe this would be good for Diaz and the UFC. The UFC only signing 3 fighters sounds wrong to me sir!

i can believe that. the ufc isnt going to pay him a 100k per fight like dream or 90k like elite. when nick was in the ufc he was an exciting fighter, but he was also a small fish in a big pond. plus they already have nate at 155 and nick has not had an easy time making 160. so that leaves 170 and all the talented ww’s the ufc already has(probably will include shields before long). i dont see the ufc in his future to be honest, but i have been wrong before.

b.w., I guess it would also depend how heavily losses weigh on his mind. He could possibly avenge losses to Karo and Diego in the UFC. Those would be awesome match ups as all the fighters have evolved over time, except for maybe Karo.

very good point bnf!

BNF. i would love to see those 2 rematches as well, i just dont think the ufc will be willing to pay him what he can get in japan or maybee from Affliction. he fought for the ufc quite a bit and never really made it past mid-level status. i do admit he has gained in popularity since leaving the ufc, so if dana can make it happen, im down with it. 170 is definetly where he should be.

Talent and Skill level required has gone up leaps and bounds since he last left the UFC. He won’t cut it. Add his antics and it’s not worth it.

You’re right that talent and skill required have gone up, but so have his. He is never in a dull fight and he’s always trying to finish. He has very similar skills to Nate, who’s been very successful so far. I don’t see how you can say a fighter who submitted Gomi doesn’t have the necessary skills to compete in the UFC. And as far as his antics go, fans love the Diaz brothers attitude, and I don’t think he’s done anything wrong in a while.

I’m so glad you are here to enlighten us kevin. It must be difficult for you to dialogue with the rest of us MMA simpletons. I, for one am glad that you and john are so willing to pontificate on this website all day. Keep up the good work fellas.

Who needs needs a life when you have mma.

what did I say wrong now? sorry I can afford to take months off of work and sit and be bored on the computer with ESPN playing in the background while playing poker. stop being jealous and realize I’m just a fan..

I just looked up (pontificate) and Im LMAO!

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Pontiff or Pontificate is a title of certain religious leaders, now used principally to refer to leaders such as the Pope of the Catholic Church and of the Coptic Orthodox Church.1 Pontiff refers to the person in office, while Pontificate refers to the period in which the office is held by that singular person.

what does he do? other than going to confront noons under direction from elite, what has he done? someone please explain this to me??!!

Sign him and keep him at 170.

He is very disrespectful,look at his antics before and even directly after the deigo fight ,he is an absolute douche bag.Look at what happened the last time Nate fought ,they had to kick them out of the press conference.He has absolute no respect for the sport,or the other fighters,how can you not see that ,you act like he is an alright guy but on other blogs you act like Tito is a douche ,when has Tito ever been as disrespectful as Nick ,besides the birds he put in Shamrocks face ,a long,long time ago

truethat

+100000000000

Scott, Tito and Nick are both douch bags in their own way. Personally I like both those guys, but just ‘cause I like ’em doesn’t mean they aren’ knuckleheads or that I support their over the top antics.

no, that’s exactly what i’m not saying. I’m just saying at some point i would like to see kenny fight a diaz. Nate has a way to go so it would be like a yr away from happening, maybe longer. I was just thinking originally…let’s say kenny loses to bj, which he most likely will, then nate looks like an attractive fight. but what if BJ beats GSP, which I think he will…will he stay up at 170 to fight Alvez? If he does, does that vacate the 155 strap and if so, then you’ve gotta put some fights together and come up with a title fight. that’s where i was coming up with kenflo and sherk getting back at it via going thru some other guys.

I can’t agree more!
what weight would diaz fight in the UFC? elite was 160, so he could not cut and fight ww or cut to lw. lw, he’d be unstoppable, ww he’d be smaller than most. Lawler is a mw.

if diaz could get it to the ground, then advantage to him, but he has’nt looked like he can bring fighters down like he used to. i wonder why he does’nt use more judo throws like nate does?

Problem with Diaz is that he doesnt use his ground skills as much as he should. And his boxing is weak! Alot of good fights for him, but I dont think he’ll do anything big?

he needs to fight another jits guy. fighters are on to him.

good question B.W. we all know he has the skillz but he doesnt always apply them but when he does..he isnt consistent. and JV- Nick’s boxing is not weak…it isnt great. but it far from weak. his style is very unorthodox and you dont necessarily have to hit hard with every punch in order to have good boxing. man he can do big after what we say in gomi..you just have to give him the right fights to fire him up.

He lost by cut….wow, huge victory.

I will tell you why Diaz has lackluster performances (occasionally). Its because he was fighting in America and the Japan on short notice with not a lot of time between fights. Nick probably hasnt gone through a complete UFC worthy training camp in a while now. If he were to sign with the UFC he would have to fight with them only and it would eliminate this problem!

But I want him to stay in Japan!

He lost a very good fight with SEan Sherk, who wiped the cage clean with the aforementioned fighters. Nick Diaz swept Sherk just about every time he got a take down and was able to control most of the standup. Sherk did win but I was suprised it was not a split decision. It could have been listed as a draw, since sherk was unable to do to much with his takedowns. With the game he showed against Sherk I thin he could give any of these great battle and beat Huerta, Franca, and Stevenson, and I think Sherk and FLorian would completely have their hands full with Diaz. Penn vs. Diaz I think would be a grapplers fan wet dream. The transitions, sub attempt, and sweeps would be insane.