{"id":197364,"date":"2016-06-24T11:14:04","date_gmt":"2016-06-24T18:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=197364"},"modified":"2016-06-24T11:14:04","modified_gmt":"2016-06-24T18:14:04","slug":"nick-diaz-wants-fight-michael-bisping-not-ufc-middleweight-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/michael-bisping\/nick-diaz-wants-fight-michael-bisping-not-ufc-middleweight-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Diaz wants to fight Michael Bisping, but not for the UFC middleweight title?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another name has dropped on the list of opponents for the <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/michael-bisping-says-snap-conor-mcgregors-neck-fight\/\">new UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Bisping opened up on his radio SiriusXM show <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/siriusxmrush\/ufc-middleweight-champ-michael-bisping-vs-nick-diaz\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;The Countdown&#8221;<\/a> about recently hanging out with another big UFC draw that has been out of the loop with a suspension, but will be <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/breaking-nick-diaz-eligible-to-fight-august-1st\/\">eligible to fight again in August<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll tell you something as well, another possible opponent that hasn\u2019t been spoken about, and I was with him a couple of nights ago in New York. I bumped into him in New York and we got talking. <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/exclusive-video-nick-diaz-shows-ridiculous-flexibility\/\">Nick Diaz<\/a>. Yeah, he\u2019s like, \u2018Man, we should fight, we should fight.\u2019 I\u2019m like, \u2018Yeah, I\u2019m down to fight you no problem.\u2019 And then he says, \u2018But we have to do it at 178.\u2019 I\u2019m like, \u2018What do you mean 178?\u2019 Yeah, yeah, he said we do a catchweight at 178. I\u2019m like, \u2018Let\u2019s just do 185.\u2019 He\u2019s like, \u2018Nope. 178.\u2019 So anyway, I had a good time with Nick, by the way, we had a couple of drinks and hung out, he\u2019s a good dude.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked why Diaz wouldn&#8217;t want to fight for the UFC middleweight title, Bisping did not ask him at the time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor sure. I don\u2019t know, he didn\u2019t elaborate and to be honest I\u2019d had a couple of drinks, so I didn\u2019t really think to ask the question. He definitely wanted to fight at 178, which is kind of a curious weight. But there you go, there\u2019s another potential name.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>What do you think about a non-title catchweight bout between Michael Bisping and Nick Diaz? Share your thoughts on the fight in the comments!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Video | Michael Bisping<\/strong><br \/>\n[ooyala code=&#8221;Mzc3k5NDE6Q2PpD7r9u6eHj3O6cly9wA&#8221; player_id=&#8221;bd214e34cfad476984102de4bf5e8da2&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another name has dropped on the list of opponents for the new UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping. Bisping opened up on his radio SiriusXM show &#8220;The Countdown&#8221; about recently hanging out with another big UFC draw that has been out of the loop with a suspension, but will be eligible to fight again in August. 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