UFC 137: Nick Diaz Wishes He'd Stuck to Boxing Plans
by Brent Brookhouse on Oct 27, 2011 10:01 AM EDT
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Nick Diaz's chance to come to the UFC was a move made seemingly as much to provide Georges St. Pierre with a new, marketable challenger as it was to prevent him from following through on his Strikeforce contract which allowed him to take a pro boxing match. Diaz had a deal worked out with the well faded (and frankly never all that good) Jeff Lacy which was being shopped to different pay-per-view distributors but the UFC brought him in and gave him the shot at GSP's title.
Diaz no-showed press events and got bumped down to the co-main event to fight B.J. Penn.
Nick is now telling MMA Fighting that he regrets his decision to skip out on his boxing opportunity:
"I would have gone back to boxing," Diaz said. "If I had my chance to do it over again, I would go back to the boxing contract. It would have paid me more money, and I would have took my punches win or lose, and just do my job, fight and get paid."
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"Later on, I'm sure they would have me back here or somewhere...I don't think about it till it's all over with but I would have made plenty of money in boxing and would have made plenty of money later coming back so it definitely would have worked out if I had done what I set out to do and gone to pro boxing for a while."
Back in May, when the Diaz vs. Lacy bout was being put together I talked to people involved in putting the fight together and was told that Diaz would only be making a very small percentage more than Lacy's $150,000 purse.
Diaz can still have a seven figure payday against St. Pierre if he can get by Penn. That's just money beyond what he could have ever realistically gotten in boxing. Honestly, with sponsorships this Penn fight probably nets Diaz more money than he'd have gotten in boxing unless he somehow racked up several wins in a row.
This sounds to me like just another case of Diaz having cost himself and now wishing he'd handled things differently while still avoiding coming to terms with his own mistake.
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oh boy
there are some people who cannot control themselves and Nick is one of them. He is his own worst enemy.
"the inner me"
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by J. B. Maddox on Oct 27, 2011 10:52 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Why you trying to fade out Kimbo?!
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by Unabomberman on Oct 27, 2011 11:02 AM EDT up reply actions
Fortunately for all of us, he cannot be faded.
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"Cigano punch my face...all the time." - Anderson Silva
Good to know, good to know...
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by Unabomberman on Oct 27, 2011 11:34 AM EDT up reply actions
Dreamin' of Linderman
"Now you see that evil will always triumph, because good is dumb."
by menckenstein on Oct 27, 2011 11:08 AM EDT up reply actions
Philosopher Kimbo
Goldberg: "Speakin a little portuguesa"
Rogan: "Uh, that's Japanese, brotha."
Goldberg: "Is it? I should've known that."
Rogan: "You're the one married to a Japanese chick."
Goldberg: "That is correct."
by bcpjkell on Oct 27, 2011 11:31 AM EDT via iPhone app up reply actions
A lot of athletes just don't understand the business of the sport they're in
Nick Diaz is one of those athletes.
by MichaelDavidSmith on Oct 27, 2011 10:07 AM EDT reply actions
It's not just the sport he's in that he don't understand
It’s life itself.
" Its like when I'm right I'm right, when I'm wrong I coulda been right, so I'm still right cause I coulda been wrong, you know, and I'm sorry cause I could be wrong right now, I could be wrong, but I'm right..." Bama
You got it wrong, pal: it is Life that doesn't understand Nick Diaz.
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by Unabomberman on Oct 27, 2011 11:35 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Somebody give this guy a fucking tissue!!!
He really needs some Medical/Pharmaceutical help because somethings not right in his head. How in the world does he think he was better off boxing against scrubs and most likely getting nastily KO’d or that he would make more money boxing on undercards?
" Its like when I'm right I'm right, when I'm wrong I coulda been right, so I'm still right cause I coulda been wrong, you know, and I'm sorry cause I could be wrong right now, I could be wrong, but I'm right..." Bama
Honestly, with sponsorships this Penn fight probably nets Diaz more money than he’d have gotten in boxing unless he somehow racked up several wins in a row.
Yeah… Seriously. I’m sure his disclosed salary for Penn won’t be that short of 150K, they have a great chance of a FotN bonus, and waaaaaay more sponsorship opportunities than a low-level boxing match. Diaz is weird.
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Shut the fuck up, Diaz.
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by BVandDietPepsi on Oct 27, 2011 10:13 AM EDT reply actions 2 recs
Don't be too hard on yourself. Astronaut college is really hard to get into.
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by Forbidden Psychological Technology on Oct 27, 2011 1:20 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
His new UFC stint is going to be a short one.
Here’s hoping Penn runs through him. He’s got all the skills to do just that.
Sheeeeeeeee-it
Nobody "runs through" Diaz
and win or lose, the UFC knows there is money to be made off of him.
Tatum: I think he's a good man. I like him. I got nothing against him, but I'm definitely gonna make orphans of his children.
by Monte Fisto on Oct 27, 2011 10:43 AM EDT up reply actions
No one has yet.
I don’t believe Diaz has fought anyone near Penns skill level.
We will see on Saturday if he really belongs at the top of the WW heap.
Sheeeeeeeee-it
Word. I hope I’m wrong, but I have a feeling Diaz could follow suit with guys like Jorge Santiago and Takanori Gomi, realizing how much better the best of the UFC is than the best of Strikeforce or anywhere else. I expect nothing less than for BJ to flatten Diaz
Goldberg: "Speakin a little portuguesa"
Rogan: "Uh, that's Japanese, brotha."
Goldberg: "Is it? I should've known that."
Rogan: "You're the one married to a Japanese chick."
Goldberg: "That is correct."
by bcpjkell on Oct 27, 2011 11:30 AM EDT via iPhone app up reply actions
Gomi is way past his prime
and has always had motivation issues. Nick fought (and beat) him when he was on top of the world. And Santiago played in a much smaller sandbox than Diaz. Diaz has been competitive/borderline elite in every major promotion that’s ever existed in MMA. The last time anyone stopped him was 2007, and that was a freak cut.
Nick hasn’t been out of the UFC because he’s not good enough, he’s been out of the UFC because he’s a pothead with authority issues.
I’m picking Penn in this fight, but it’s going to be closer than you think. I will wager green money (or sigs) that Penn doesn’t get the finish. And if it was 5 rounds, I’d be picking Nick.
Tatum: I think he's a good man. I like him. I got nothing against him, but I'm definitely gonna make orphans of his children.
by Monte Fisto on Oct 27, 2011 11:41 AM EDT up reply actions
I agree Diaz has been nothing but stellar in the past few years. He’s run through everybody he’s fought, but the “everybody he’s fought” part worries me. Aside from the Paul Daley win, none of opponents have been anywhere near UFC caliber since Gomi, and that was ages ago.
BJ will be a sobering wake up call to Diaz. And after Penn, Diaz is gonna have to deal with a lot of strong wrestlers, the exact type of fighters that Diaz hates and whines about.
Goldberg: "Speakin a little portuguesa"
Rogan: "Uh, that's Japanese, brotha."
Goldberg: "Is it? I should've known that."
Rogan: "You're the one married to a Japanese chick."
Goldberg: "That is correct."
Will if you look at penn’s record he hasn’t beat anyone impressive either, he has fought top guys but he loses to all of them.
So heres to diaz running over bj
by The voice of reason1 on Oct 27, 2011 12:43 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
not sure how you figure that
How about prime Matt Hughes? Hughes defended the title 5 times, lost it to BJ, won it back after BJ left, defended two more times (3 if you count Riggs not making weight, also fought Royce in there) before losing to GSP.
I think it has a good chance to be a competitive fight, but to say BJ hasn’t beaten anyone impressive is silly.
I consider myself a softcore fan.
Nick Diaz thinks self control is a jiu jitsu position.
"Now you see that evil will always triumph, because good is dumb."
by menckenstein on Oct 27, 2011 10:30 AM EDT reply actions 5 recs
Yeah, something Eddie Bravo would name and Joe Rogan would nut over
Goldberg: "Speakin a little portuguesa"
Rogan: "Uh, that's Japanese, brotha."
Goldberg: "Is it? I should've known that."
Rogan: "You're the one married to a Japanese chick."
Goldberg: "That is correct."
by bcpjkell on Oct 27, 2011 11:26 AM EDT via iPhone app up reply actions
STFU and fight
You complain about how boxing would have got you more money…but then you stay stuff like you don’t like fighting, you do it for money, and any fight could be your last because you’d like something else to do yadda yadda.
where the hell does all of your money go? From what I hear, you aren’t exactly living in a mansion and etc…you seem to have a fairly reasonable situation going on.
What do you do that causes you to blow through cash?
breaking down your last few disclosed purses
60 grand when you beat Thomas Denny
39.9 grand against Frank Shamrock
100 grand against Zaromskis
50 grand against Noons
150 grand against Santos
175 grand against Daley
So, for 6 fights from your current 10 fight win streak…you made 575 thousand dollars just in your disclosed pay. Throw in the purses from your other 4 wins in this current win streak…then throw in the sponsorship money for each of those 10 wins…
May 08 to April 11…just under 3 years…and you likely made nearly 1 million dollars, is that bad?
You either are extremely greedy and just want more and more and more money and think you should be getting paid millions….OR you have horrible money management skills.
I hope you go out there and have a war that gets you Fight of the Night so maybe you might ease up with this crap.
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I have people that are supposed to take care of stuff, like I got a lawyer or something right, that’s supposed to get paid 100 grand, a ridiculous amount of money.
Pretty sure this quote proves he has no idea where his money goes.
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by Zachary Kater on Oct 27, 2011 10:49 AM EDT up reply actions
Someone needs to tell him he can get himself a babysitter for $12 / hr.
by kungfugiber on Oct 27, 2011 10:59 AM EDT up reply actions
I found how Diaz lost his money
Looks like Cesar Gracie was having too much fun.
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He should be ok on money, but I doubt he’s really very wealthy. Purses are all before taxes, and when you’re making that much taxes take a big bite out of it. Right off the bat you’ve got 1/3rd of it going to federal income tax. he lives in CA, which is bankrupt, so they’re probably trying to tax him pretty hard. So that 575 becomes about 300K from July 08 to April of 11.
Add 2 fights in Dream, and Scott Smith and Mushin Corbray. Did Dream ever pay him? If so how much?
Hard to asses sponsorship money, but I doubt it’s all that huge. So he’s probably making 150K /year and living in CA. So he’s hardly rich, though certainly not hurting.
I consider myself a softcore fan.
I'm pretty sure gets paid too much,
but not enough.
In his interview with Ariel
he talks about not having a drivers license, and he’s yelling at other drivers for annoying him while he’s driving. Priceless.
He’s like Basquiat, imo, a guy who would have been tagging buildings if it wasn’t for his talent in one very commercial arena.
I thought that part was hilarious
He basically admitted he drives w/o a license… I wonder if he was driving the very same POS Honda he was ranting about earlier?
by BrandtShaft! on Oct 27, 2011 11:42 AM EDT up reply actions
Nick Diaz will Nick Diaz.
I’m not sure analysing each of his rants is worth the time spent.
Well, anybody who knows me knows I'm no fan of dictionaries or reference books. They're elitist. Constantly telling us what is or isn't true. Or what did or didn't happen.
Well dammit…they’re not giving us a lot to work with to get hyped up for 137
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by Brent Brookhouse on Oct 27, 2011 11:46 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Isn't it strange
that BJ Penn and Caesar Gracie have talked more trash about each other than Nick and BJ?
Nick and BJ are premier trash-talkers, but they got nothing but nice stuff to say about each-other.
This fight will be my first time rooting against Nick Diaz.
"Hi. I don't know you." - me
"Cigano punch my face...all the time." - Anderson Silva
Same. Baby Jay is unrootable-against
Goldberg: "Speakin a little portuguesa"
Rogan: "Uh, that's Japanese, brotha."
Goldberg: "Is it? I should've known that."
Rogan: "You're the one married to a Japanese chick."
Goldberg: "That is correct."
by bcpjkell on Oct 27, 2011 11:24 AM EDT via iPhone app up reply actions
Baby Jay is unrootable-against
He was pretty easy to root against in GSP II.
by The Ghost of Spike Owen on Oct 27, 2011 11:49 AM EDT up reply actions
Why do people like Diaz again?
He’s such so whiney.
"When I beat Wanderlei I’m a take his belt, pull his pants down and spank him for being so ugly" - Quinton Jackson
Such so
Fail. Just pretend I’m British.
"When I beat Wanderlei I’m a take his belt, pull his pants down and spank him for being so ugly" - Quinton Jackson
I wonder how said boxing promotion would react to him skipping press conferences and calls
Goldberg: "Speakin a little portuguesa"
Rogan: "Uh, that's Japanese, brotha."
Goldberg: "Is it? I should've known that."
Rogan: "You're the one married to a Japanese chick."
Goldberg: "That is correct."
by bcpjkell on Oct 27, 2011 11:22 AM EDT via iPhone app reply actions
Wouldn’t really be that big a deal, since nobody in boxing knows who he is. In MMA he’s a personality and a champion. In boxing, he’s just some rookie fighter.
"Hi. I don't know you." - me
"Cigano punch my face...all the time." - Anderson Silva
I was going to post some diatribe on Diaz's manboyism. But instead here's this:
"Hi. I don't know you." - me
"Cigano punch my face...all the time." - Anderson Silva
by POW on Oct 27, 2011 11:53 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
That is f**king awesome!!!
My new favorite gif. Thanks for sharing.
by funkywanderer on Oct 27, 2011 12:10 PM EDT up reply actions
me too, Nick. Me too.
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by Earl Montclair on Oct 27, 2011 12:03 PM EDT via iPhone app reply actions
Lame article. I go around wishing I had done things different all the time. I don’t know of a fighter who gets dragged through the mud more than diaz.
by XingYi on Oct 27, 2011 12:16 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Good article, lame attitude from the subject
Nick’s a walking, talking “DONT DO THIS” advertisement for other UFC fighters.
"Now you see that evil will always triumph, because good is dumb."
by menckenstein on Oct 27, 2011 12:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Michael Jackson is dead
Don’t you sully his good na—oohhh that MJ…
"Now you see that evil will always triumph, because good is dumb."
by menckenstein on Oct 27, 2011 1:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Welp I just accidentally discovered how to do strike through without that lil button
"Now you see that evil will always triumph, because good is dumb."
by menckenstein on Oct 27, 2011 1:58 PM EDT up reply actions
i wish he stuck with boxing too
I’m tired of reading articles about this guy on the mma websites it’s excuse after excuse and always someone else’s fault.I can’t wait to watch him go 1-3 in the ufc.
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