{"id":122699,"date":"2014-12-14T11:12:13","date_gmt":"2014-12-14T19:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/?p=122699"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:04:35","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:04:35","slug":"dana-white-diaz-needs-get-serious-sport-retire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/dana-white-diaz-needs-get-serious-sport-retire\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White: &#8216;Diaz needs to get serious about this sport, or retire&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/jose-aldo-and-dana-white-insist-late-punches-after-the-bell-werent-intentional\/dana-white-10\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-116669\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/dana-white.png\" alt=\"dana white\" width=\"550\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-116669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/dana-white.png 550w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/dana-white-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/dana-white-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nate Diaz suffered a one-sided loss to Rafael Dos Anjos last night in the co-main event of UFC on FOX 13 that saw Diaz&#8217; leg battered over the course of three rounds.<\/p>\n<p>Following the loss, UFC President Dana White said that Diaz needed to either get serious about the sport, or retire.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;There\u2019s a laundry list of issues [with Diaz]. Like I\u2019ve said, I\u2019v always liked Nate, but he&#8217;s his own worst enemy. He says he wants to make more money, then he comes in four pounds over weight, which now you lose 20 percent of your purse. Did a ton of other stuff \u2014 got fined $10,000. But, I\u2019ll give him this: He\u2019s tough as hell. Those leg kicks he ate \u2026 Dos Anjos should have come back here and been arrested for attempted murder with that fight. He absolutely destroyed him. It was a one-sided beating. Diaz needs to either get serious about this sport, get his head together or retire. But, we\u2019re in business with him right now. You accept a certain amount of &#8220;whatever&#8221; when you are in business with the Diaz brothers \u2014 and we have other guys where lots of things happen behind the scenes and we try our best to be fair \u2014 but these guys are just over the top. He needs to get his head together, get back in the game or retire.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>You can catch the UFC President&#8217;s comments regarding the bout, as well as the rest of the event <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/dana-white-announces-rafael-dos-anjos-1-contender-lightweight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nate Diaz suffered a one-sided loss to Rafael Dos Anjos last night in the co-main event of UFC on FOX 13 that saw Diaz&#8217; leg battered over the course of three rounds. 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