Johny Hendricks believes he beat GSP Last night’s UFC event was certainly controversial. Johny Hendricks bloodied up Georges St. Pierre in their welterweight division fight and certainly believes that he beat him as you can see from the interview above. Dana White was furious with the decision and is looking to quickly book a rematch. Posted in: Events, Fighters, Results, UFC, Videos Tags: Dana White, Georges St. Pierre, GSP, johny Hendricks Diaz removed for UFC 137 main event, GSP vs. Condit on
In one of the most bizarre situations in UFC history, Strikeforce Welterweight Champion Nick Diaz has been removed from the main event of UFC 137 against UFC champ, Georges St. Pierre, after going AWOL on the company and skipping two press conferences in two days. After missing three different flights to head to Toronto for a press conference to promote UFC 137 on Tuesday, Diaz stopped communicating with Dana White and the UFC and was nowhere to be found on Wednesday, for another press conference to promote the event in Las Vegas. White announced at the beginning of the presser that Diaz was removed from the fight and co-main eventer, Carlos Condit, will take on GSP for the title. Diaz’ trainer, Cesar Gracie, expressed his frustration with his own fighter to MMAJunkie.com.
There are so many side stories to this happening, but clearly the main one is the odd behavior of Diaz. I sincerely hope he is of good physical and mental health, but he has a lot of explaining to do. He has certainly blown the greatest opportunity of his pro career and may never step foot inside a Zuffa cage or octagon again. Carlos Condit may be a tougher opponent for St. Pierre, but we will break down that fight another time. Also lost in the mix is that B.J. Penn is now without an opponent, as he was set to face Condit at UFC 137 in the co-main event. Posted in: Events, Fighters, News, Strikeforce, UFC Tags: 170 pounds, BJ Penn, Carlos Condit, Cesar Gracie, Condit vs. Penn, Condit vs. St. Pierre, Dana White, Diaz vs. St. Pierre, Georges St. Pierre, GSP, mma events, mma fight cards, mma matchups, mma welterweights, Nick Diaz, UFC 137, UFC events, ufc matchups, UFC welterweights, Ultimate Fighting Championship MMA News and Notes – Henderson vs. Guida set, Diaz skips media event
– In another big fight announcement, MMAFighting.com is reporting that top lightweight contenders, Ben Henderson and Clay Guida will collide on the UFC on FOX undercard. Henderson is coming off his dominant win over Jim Miller at UFC on Versus 5 while Guida defeated Anthony Pettis at the Ultimate Fighter Finale. The winner of this bout could find themselves in top contender status for the lightweight title. It should be a good grappling match, but I see Henderson favored based on styles. – MMAFighting.com also reported that Matt Hughes has accepted a fight with Josh Koscheck for UFC 135. Koscheck will replace Hughes’ original opponent, Diego Sanchez. Sanchez had to pull out of the fight with a broken hand. – You can’t a teach a dog new tricks apparently. Despite Dana White insisting that Nick Diaz would conform to the various media requests that are expected of a top contender for his UFC 137 title bout with Georges St. Pierre, apparently the Strikeforce welterweight champion skipped a press conference on Tuesday in Toronto to promote the event. The UFC had to explination for his absence according to the Winnipeg Free Press, but another scheduled press conference is to take place today in Las Vegas. Will Diaz be there? Will he be punished for his absence? – Fedor Emelianenko will return to action on Nov. 12 when he takes on Jeff Monson for a M-1 event in Russia according to MMAMania.com. Fedor has lost his last three bouts and will face Monson, who is coming off a loss to Daniel Cormier on the undercard of Strikeforce: Overeem vs. Werdum. Stylistically, this is a good matchup for Fedor, but will do nothing to get him back into the American spotlight. – Another announcement that took place on Tuesday is that the UFC is heading back to Japan in 2012. Sherdog.com reports that Feb. 26, 2012 is the set date for the organization to make its return to Japan, which is nearly 14 years since the UFC first stepped foot in Japan. Expect to see many of the countries top starts on that card. Posted in: Events, Fighters, News, Strikeforce, UFC Tags: Ben Henderson, champion vs. champion, Clay Guida, Fedor Emelianenko, Fedor vs. Monson, FOX Television, Georges St. Pierre, GSP, GSP vs. Diaz, Henderson vs. Guida, Hughes vs. Koscheck, Japan, Jeff Monson, Josh Koscheck, M-1, M-1 Global, Matt Hughes, mma events, mma lightweights, MMA on Fox, mma welterweights, Nick Diaz, St. Pierre vs. Diaz, strikeforce welterweight champion, title unification, top 10 lightweights, top 10 welterweights, UFC 135, UFC 137, UFC events, ufc lightweights, UFC on FOX, UFC welterweights, Ultimate Fighting Championship |
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I see your Nate Marquardt and raise you a Nick Diaz.