{"id":102292,"date":"2014-06-23T09:13:38","date_gmt":"2014-06-23T16:13:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=102292"},"modified":"2022-02-06T10:00:17","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T18:00:17","slug":"nick-diaz-enters-contract-negotiations-eyes-return-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/nick-diaz-enters-contract-negotiations-eyes-return-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Diaz Enters Contract Negotiations, Eyes Return This Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/joe-riggs-nick-diaz-is-a-fking-mongoloid\/nick-diaz-png-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-82647\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Nick-Diaz-PNG.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Nick Diaz PNG\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Nick-Diaz-PNG.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Nick-Diaz-PNG-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Nick-Diaz-PNG-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of MMA&#8217;s biggest personalities, Nick Diaz, who hasn&#8217;t fought since dropping a decision loss to Georges St. Pierre at UFC 158 in March of 2013, now wants to make a return to MMA.  <\/p>\n<p>Sports Illustrated&#8217;s Loretta Hunt ran into Diaz at Glory Kickboxing this past weekend and got the story.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Ran into Nick Diaz last nite at Glory. Good mood. Said he hoped to be fighting again by new year; trying to work out contracts now<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Loretta Hunt (@lorettahuntmma) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lorettahuntmma\/statuses\/480727507063566336\">June 22, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>There have been talks of Diaz potentially being the man to welcome former middleweight kingpin Anderson Silva back to the Octagon when he is ready to make his return in early 2015. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of MMA&#8217;s biggest personalities, Nick Diaz, who hasn&#8217;t fought since dropping a decision loss to Georges St. Pierre at UFC 158 in March of 2013, now wants to make a return to MMA. Sports Illustrated&#8217;s Loretta Hunt ran into Diaz at Glory Kickboxing this past weekend and got the story. 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