Cesar Gracie Goes In-Depth On Nick Diaz Absence
“I don’t blame Dana White on this at all. This is a professional company, and Nick is a 28-year-old man. I’ve stuck up for Nick, even when he was wrong before. But he’s let a lot of people down. He’s let his team down. We all bought plane tickets to Vegas. We got hotel rooms booked, paid for. We’ve got all that, and Nick just decided not to go to something he’s supposed to. They’re paying him a lot of money, and in this economy where people don’t have money, he’s blessed. He should be thanking God every night how blessed he is. And instead, he’s not getting on a plane to go to Vegas. I’m extremely disappointed. He’s done a lot of stuff, but this is the worst of it. If I were him, I would be begging Dana White to get my job back and work your way up to a title shot at some point.”
“He’s a great jiu-jitsu guy. He’s a great fighter. I’m saying this because I care deeply about the guy. He’s one of my black belts. But in this situation, he is 100 percent wrong, and he got what he deserved. At this point, I don’t know what I’m going to do with Nick because he’s not only disrespected the sport, he’s disrespected me and himself. There’s a lot of people in this world that work hard and show up to work, and they’re grateful to have the job. And Nick is obviously one of those.”
“I’ve barely slept in the last couple of days, and it’s sickened me. Here’s the opportunity that I’ve worked for for over 10 years, to mold a guy to become the best possible guy, and to show he can be the best guy in the world. And he takes this opportunity and he acts like an immature child about it. It’s disturbing, to say the least. He got what he deserved by not taking this fight. He told everybody he would do whatever it would take to do it, he lobbied for it, and he acts like this. Dana White is 100 percent correct in what he did.”
- Cesar Gracie talking to mmajunkie.com
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“I’ve barely slept in the last couple of days”. Geeze UFC, you think you could have told us this bullshit before the tickets went on sale?
yeah wtf
Lmao!
Dana gets pretty righteous…but holds onto info that ought to be released in a timely fashion….I am thinking Brock Lesnar missing UFC in Vancouver this summer. Tickets were selling slowly so they waited a long time to annouce Brock was out.
If UFC were a public company and they pulled these stunts Dana would be charged with insider trading.
I agree with Matt Watson 100%
you can get a refund he said in the press conference. This main event will be better though
I wanted Penn vs. Condit… The best it’s gonna be is Penn vs Fitch…. screw that.
Dana made up his mind today once he knew he was a no show for the Vegas presser
Yeah at the press conference GSP said he just found out minutes ago but the UFC alreay had a promo video with Condit.
Wow epic dick tuck.
genius.. my dick almost tucked itself i as laughin so hadat that
str8 up
Damnit, Nick.
What a disappointment.
Smh
wow. Biggup to Cesar for telling it straight!!!
I think Nick knows he would be dominated by GSP and bit(hed out. He saw how easy GSP handled Shields and knows that Jake owns him in the gym. He’s ducking GSP saving himself from an inevidible azzkickin’. Wrestling rules! Lay and pray all the way.
How easily he handled Shields? Lol. what fight were you watching?
The one where Jake took all of those illegal swipes at GSP’s eye.
um….the one where he won 4/5 rounds.
It sucks, feel bad for bj. Don’t really want to see Penn vs Fitch 2 so soon either. 137 was a card too good to be true.
Hell yeah it really was to good to be true!
Earlier it was stated that Nick Diaz was “missing”. I think before too many people bash him, we should at least hear if he is ok and that he missed the events by being childish and not for a legitimate reason. I know the Diaz bros are known for a tough guy douchebaggery, but they still are awesome fighters and I like them both.
when your coach says you are 100% wrong…..what are you looking for Daiz to say? He slept in two days in a row? His cat died? He forgot.
I am sure if his mother died Dana would be okay with him missing a presser.
**** you nick diaz you are no longer my favorite fighter you SON OF A BITCH after all the interveiws and all the bullshit you said trying to get this fight then you pull this you’re a little bitch bro i really hope you read this! I doubt you will have any fans after this too.
Bout time u came around! Sorry for your loss homie!
what a puss!!
Neither one of the Diaz’s belong in top tier organizations…
what a chicken shit move.
You’re an idiot hate more!
Nah…if you don’t think that was a moronic puss move, then you’re living with your head up your own ass.
I’m an MMA fan, and you sound like a diaz nuthugger.
this guy is an idiot and don’t belong on the big stage…deal with it. scared homie
wow this is truely sad what a shame
Feel bad for Cesar, he’s done a lot for the dude! That’s why Diaz was out of the UFC in the first place.
Man I’m ashamed to share the first name as Diaz. Such a douche move. I’m wondering what he’s doing though. He’s legit MIA.
Much respect for Cesar. Him, his school and his team doesn’t deserve this kind of disrespect. A good a fighter as Nick is, he’s equally as immature. I wouldn’t be surprised if he was stoned out of his mind somewhere and couldn’t be bothered to go to the confrences.
If he didn’t want to do it for Dana or Grease, he at the very least could have shown up for Cesar and his team.
**** DIAZ…THIS FIGHT FOR BJ IF HE WON I THINK WOULD OF SOLIDIFIED HIM AS A NO.1CONTENDER…PLUS WHAT A FIGHT WHERE MISSING OUT ON PENN VS CONDIT WOULD OF BEEN SWEET…NOW ONLY LOGICAL FIGHT SEEMS FITCH…AGAIN A WRESTLER WHICH WOULD ONLY MEAN 3RD FIGHT AGAINST A GUY THAT ONLY LAYS AND PRAY, IF CONDIT AND BJ SINGED A CONTRACT IT SHOULD BE OBLIGATED BY LAW..UFC BETTER LOOK AFTER BJ IF HE BEATS FITCH AND GIVE TITLE FIGHT…PS RAMPAGE LOST 2 TO WANDY AND WON 3RD SO CAN BJ ..ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN IN A FIGHT..**** DIAZ
wait…..so this ****ing fight really isnt ****ing happening are you ****ing kidding me mother****er MOTHER****ER. whatever it wouldve been a finishing win for gsp, diaz you ****ing weirdo jerkoff WHAT THE ****…..bj please wreck fitch in the first round like caol uno and stop his grinding nonsense WARPRODIGYYYY
I heard Diaz is “missing”. I know he has a history of being kind of a douche, but I like him and his brother. Before everyone bashes the guy, lets at least make sure that he’s ok and that it wasn’t because of a good reason. Who knows at this point.
I too, think he gives a shit name to Nicks all around. But let’s be truly honest here, is anyone really that surprised? This is Nick Diaz we’re talking about. He wants to be a “badass” and play his own game, he can be unemployed, or go back to strikefarce and fight nobodies and call himself “the best”.
Good riddance. Sucks for BJ, but good for Condit. He deserves it.
I was a Nick Diaz fan til today. I’m sure i’m not alone either.
maybe nick diaz vs bj yay and then you nick diaz fans will love him even more when bj destroys him. lets face reality, nick diaz wasnt going anywhere soon anyway especially nowhere near the title. Condit is 1000x more deserving!
hate to say I TOLD YOU SO!!!! but i said it after the Toronto Presser he missed. Uncle Dana wont put up with this shit. People argued with me that “Diaz is the man” he can do what he wants. Yeah well obviously NOT. Dana is the man and he can do what he wants lolz.
wtf diaz! all you had to do was show up answer a few questions and talk a lil shit! what as ****ing waste!!!!
This really surprises me, it seems like a lot of people who know both fighters well picked Diaz. And now with this great opportunity he throws it away. I am dissapointed, I would have Liked to see this fight….
A LOT OF FIGHTERS PICKED DIAZ !!!!! WHO? All the boys in the 209. Seriously Diaz knew he was going to lose and this proves it.
As to all the people that say the UFC knew and didn’t say anything till now you’re being obtuse. Cesar said he hadn’t slept in a couple of days , that means two that’s from Monday night when Diaz missed his first plane. The UFC booked two more the next day for Nick to fly to Toronto ( so obviously at this point they still were planning on him fighting). Then the UFC booked more flights for Diaz to get to Vegas ( sounds like they still expected him to fight) but Diaz while staying at Cesar’s house in Nor Cal sneaks out the back door while waiting for the car to take them to the airport to leave for Vegas. Obviously the UFC didn’t know what the hell was going on with Nick, one doesn’t spend over 15000 bucks rearranging flights to get you to a presser if they don’t expect you to fight.
the worst part is BJ is probably gonna have to fight Fitch again
Wow to disappoint his coach is big. How many chances is Nick gonna get before he gets it. Not a big fan of the Diaz boys but Nick is a great fighter and fun to watch , but damn dude get your head out of your ass. D- bag.
What a *****, he was looking for a way out cause he is scared & knew he would get his ass beat!! What a dirty mexican
You sound like a bitch, hiding behind a keyboard calling him a dirty mexican. WTF does race have to do with it? Time to take the Klan outfit off.
the biggest fight he will ever have in his life And he blows it–My favorite fighter I have to say you are a FOOL
Guess what Nick is human, and obviously something is wrong. I am disappointed and aggravated too that this did not happen, and on the surface it seems like fargin’ BS and maybe it is. Unlike many people here I will wait to hear an explanation from Nick before I make judgement.
Thank you for stating what’s not obvious to so many here. I wanna hear Nicks side too – cuz I know how Dana can act like a domineering little ****. It is a shame, though, how Caesar feels about it…
its a shame his own coach who knows him best knows he chickened out like a lil girl. what do u wanna hear, what excuse will make things better for you? lol.
even if he has an excuse you need to get out in front of it. I assume he has a phone. you don’t show up for work, you get fired. that is life. you are way to soft on the guy.
We disagree on Dana, what did you want him to do? Even Caesar doesn’t blame Dana for taking the action that he did. Watch the news conference, apparently Dana gave him countless opportunities to show up in TO, bought him at least 3 plane tickets. I am just happy he didn’t flip out and give him the boot from the UFC.
Diaz has to play the game. Sucks
Im pissed can you Imagine how pissed ceasar is –Straight up fool
Maybe he just dont care it’s not hard to understand he might just not wanna fight anymore.
If he didn’t want to go he should have just said he was sick
lol @ people saying they were fans until now. if your a fan you support your fighter no matter what. anything else is just bandwagoning. diaz has been consistently epic throughout his career. he will either fight his way up through the ufc to a title shot or get cut and go fight somewhere else. if he cant make his way up then he probably didnt deserve to fight him in the first place.
I love you say “your fighter” lmao thats cute.
hahaa… don’t be scared homie! smh
Nick where the **** are you dude? everyone’s looking for you… you hiding under a rock or somethin? don’t be scared homie!