In August 2013, Diaz was briefly offered an opportunity to go up to middleweight to fight former UFC light-heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida who was coming down to 185 pounds. Diaz also began running his own promotion, WAR MMA. He would only fight champions such as St. Pierre on cruise control outwrestling and outjabbing Diaz en route to a twenty-five minute unanimous decision victory.Īfter the fight, Diaz again retired from the sport, saying he only wanted big fights if he was to continue fighting in mixed martial arts. The fight turned out as many had expected with St. The fight did indeed take place with a lot of trash talk from Diaz hyping up the pay-per-view sales beforehand to become one of the most anticipated fights of 2013 to that point. For the UFC welterweight title held by St. If Diaz accepted the fight, it would take place one month after he gets off suspension in February 2013.
Pierre defeated Condit via unanimous decision in November 2012, he turned down a superfight against UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva and called out Diaz.
The fight never materialized and after Georges St. Diaz also failed his pre-fight drug test for marijuana, resulting in a year-long suspension from the sport.ĭiaz was announced to be finally returning in February 2013, possibly on Super Bowl weekend in a fight against fellow veteran Josh Koscheck. In the post-fight interview, Diaz retire but he seemed to rethink the decision in the days after the fight. Condit defeated Diaz via a close and controversial unanimous decision, breaking his years-long winning streak. The fight between Diaz and Condit would now be for the UFC interim welterweight title. Pierre accepted the challenge but was soon cursed with his second straight knee injury and forced to pull out of the bout.Ĭarlos Condit stepped up to replace St. "Where you at, Carlos? Where you at, motherfucker?" Penn, defeating Penn via a bloody and exciting unanimous decision. Pierre's training partner: former WEC welterweight champion Carlos Condit.ĭiaz next stepped in to replace Condit against former UFC welterweight and lightweight champion B.J. He was replaced in the title bout against St. The UFC management pulled Diaz from the bout, but stated that he would remain in the promotion. He missed two consecutive press conferences and wasted $15,000 on two missed flights. Diaz defeated Daley via knockout with seconds remaining in the first round.ĭiaz next vacated his Strikeforce welterweight title and returned to the UFC to face UFC welterweight champion and P4P king Georges St. He next defended his welterweight title against heavy-handed British striker Paul Daley. Diaz next defended his title against the vicious Evangelista Santos, winning via armbar submission with ten seconds left in the second round. During the bout, Noons suffered a broken jaw and a broken left hand but continued to battle onwards. He defeated Noons via a close unanimous decision to retain the belt and avenge his loss. Instead, Diaz defended his welterweight title for the first time against rival KJ Noons in a rematch of their controversial bout. Despite rumors that he might fight Jason Miller because of their grudge match after the Strikeforce Nashville brawl, rumors said that Diaz was next expected to fight in the Strikeforce middleweight tournament to decide the number-one contender for the title. Diaz won his most recent fight against Hayato Sakurai in Dream, submitting the veteran fighter via armbar.
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