Nick Diaz still doesnt give a shit

Nick Diaz no-shows UFC 158 open workouts; Dana White not happy | UFC News

Yes you read correctly, Nick Diaz has missed yet another media obligation in advance of his UFC 158 welterweight title fight against champion Georges St. Pierre.

Diaz was supposed to participate in todays UFC 158 open media workouts, however, to the surprise of fans, media and UFC president Dana White, the Stockton slugger was nowhere to be found.

This isn’t the first time that Nick has failed to show up for media obligations, if you remember, Diaz was pulled from his first title shot opposite GSP for missing a pair of pre-fight press conferences for the UFC 137 event.

The open media workouts are used as an opportunity for fighters to reveal anything they’ve been working on in training, perhaps give a glimpse of their conditioning and of course, do some pre-fight media scrums with the press.

Ariel Helwani of mmafighting.com was the first to notice the absence of Diaz:

@arielhelwani – Diaz was supposed to be here 45 mins ago. They are looking to track him down. Still no sign of him at the workouts.

Ariel Helwani reached out to Diaz’s manager and trainer Cesar Gracie for an explanation:

@arielhelwani – @cesargraciebjj just told me Nick is not coming to the workouts. “7 hour plane ride while cutting weight is tough. Decided to rest up.”

According to Gracie, UFC President Dana White had given Nick permission to skip the workout:

@arielhelwani – @cesargraciebjj tells me now: “Dana previously OK’ed Nick not being at the workout.”

Here’s where things get weird… White was a guest on the Jim Rome show today and he seemed rather shocked that Diaz didn’t show up for the open workouts. Here is what Dana had to say:

“I literally just found out Nick Diaz did not show up for the open workouts today in Montreal….Let me tell you what, there is no shtick with this kid, I mean it’s – he’s just a different animal man, he’s absolutely hard to deal with.”

The fired up UFC President also discussed what could happen if Diaz fails to show up to tomorrow’s UFC 158 pre-fight press conference:

“If he wins, you know, we are seriously going to have to have a ‘come to Jesus meeting,’ you know what I mean? The guy is very, very hard to deal with, we’ll see what happens. I got to tell you this, though, I leave tonight for Montreal. The press conference is tomorrow, I’m excited for the press conference and I’m definitely excited for the weigh-ins ’cause, you never know what you’re going to get. Well, let me tell you what, if he does not show up tomorrow for the press conference, it is not going to be good. I don’t know what I’ll say or what I’m going to do, but I’ll tell you what — it will not be good.”

So what happens if Diaz does go on to win the title this Saturday night in Montreal you ask? Would he continue to get away with no-showing his media obligations? UFC President Dana White says no chance:

“If he wins the title he’s going to have to come to Vegas and we’re going to have to sit down and we did this already when we signed his new deal, but I’m going to have to tell him, ‘If you miss anything, I will strip you of this title,’ and you know what I mean? I don’t know what else to do. I really don’t know what else to do.”

Sodak wrote:More reason to root for Diaz haha. Sure Dana knew about him missing, hes just trying to push the bad boy image he's trying to create. ZUFFA showing again that hype and propaganda is more important to them than fighters and fights. "strip him of his title"? Fuck off.

War Nick!

We know whats up, the fight will speak for itself I could care less about their fake as hype and so called press conferences.

Nick doesn't want to inconvenience himself or go out of his way to promote his fight and why should he? they get what? 1% of the profits. and treated like shit by the organization.

TehPackage wrote:
Treated like shit? He brings it on himself.

Sodak wrote:

TehPackage wrote:
Treated like shit? He brings it on himself.

He got fired because he wouldn't go on elimidate for dana, gets snubbed for years, couldn't even corner his own brother at UFCs, gets dropped from his long overdue title shot for missing some bullshit circlejerk no one cared about, gets shit talked continually in the media by the company, then gets booked in the cheapest ass coach plane seats ZUFFA can buy for a fight that's gonna net ZUFFA 30 plus million dollars, and then apparently is expected to wake up early the next day and go do shit for them? I'd say screw it too.

Sodak wrote:

TehPackage wrote:
Treated like shit? He brings it on himself.

He got fired because he wouldn't go on elimidate for dana, gets snubbed for years, couldn't even corner his own brother at UFCs, gets dropped from his long overdue title shot for missing some bullshit circlejerk no one cared about, gets shit talked continually in the media by the company, then gets booked in the cheapest ass coach plane seats ZUFFA can buy for a fight that's gonna net ZUFFA 30 plus million dollars, and then apparently is expected to wake up early the next day and go do shit for them? I'd say screw it too.

AudaxSmoke wrote:

Sodak wrote:

TehPackage wrote:
Treated like shit? He brings it on himself.

He got fired because he wouldn't go on elimidate for dana, gets snubbed for years, couldn't even corner his own brother at UFCs, gets dropped from his long overdue title shot for missing some bullshit circlejerk no one cared about, gets shit talked continually in the media by the company, then gets booked in the cheapest ass coach plane seats ZUFFA can buy for a fight that's gonna net ZUFFA 30 plus million dollars, and then apparently is expected to wake up early the next day and go do shit for them? I'd say screw it too.

It’s pathetic how much people have tried to force the heel role onto Nick for so many years.

TehPackage wrote:

AudaxSmoke wrote:

Sodak wrote:

TehPackage wrote:
Treated like shit? He brings it on himself.

He got fired because he wouldn't go on elimidate for dana, gets snubbed for years, couldn't even corner his own brother at UFCs, gets dropped from his long overdue title shot for missing some bullshit circlejerk no one cared about, gets shit talked continually in the media by the company, then gets booked in the cheapest ass coach plane seats ZUFFA can buy for a fight that's gonna net ZUFFA 30 plus million dollars, and then apparently is expected to wake up early the next day and go do shit for them? I'd say screw it too.

It’s pathetic how much people have tried to force the heel role onto Nick for so many years.

He signed a contract. Should he not do his job?

wekka wrote:I'm not going to lie, but seeing Nick Diaz on Elimidate would have been the greatest thing on television.

Sodak wrote:God I hope Diaz wins and i hope its an ass whoopin.

I agree with you TEH he should probably show up, its promotion and he might be getting a PPV cut, its part of the game, but I could care less if he doesn't, I agree with Audax his main job is to show up and fight in his best form, not do all these stupid little things that only matter to ZUFFA, that promo might get 30 people to watch the fight who weren't going to.

What bothers me is ZUFFA and the joke media acting like its such a big deal no one would even blink notice or care if dana wasn't giving these ridiculous responses and desperate media trying to latch onto no stories like its some serious issue.

i'm sure he had his reasons and he should get more respect.

TehPackage wrote:

Sodak wrote:God I hope Diaz wins and i hope its an ass whoopin.

I agree with you TEH he should probably show up, its promotion and he might be getting a PPV cut, its part of the game, but I could care less if he doesn't, I agree with Audax his main job is to show up and fight in his best form, not do all these stupid little things that only matter to ZUFFA, that promo might get 30 people to watch the fight who weren't going to.

What bothers me is ZUFFA and the joke media acting like its such a big deal no one would even blink notice or care if dana wasn't giving these ridiculous responses and desperate media trying to latch onto no stories like its some serious issue.

i'm sure he had his reasons and he should get more respect.

His job is to do what he signed up for. Diaz bitches and moans about money yet he does things that prevent him from making more money.

PRIDE NEVER DIE wrote:I wouldn't doubt this is all a work in order for dana to play up Diaz "bad boy" image.

Sodak wrote:

TehPackage wrote:
Treated like shit? He brings it on himself.

He got fired because he wouldn't go on elimidate for dana, gets snubbed for years, couldn't even corner his own brother at UFCs, gets dropped from his long overdue title shot for missing some bullshit circlejerk no one cared about, gets shit talked continually in the media by the company, then gets booked in the cheapest ass coach plane seats ZUFFA can buy for a fight that's gonna net ZUFFA 30 plus million dollars, and then apparently is expected to wake up early the next day and go do shit for them? I'd say screw it too.