{"id":200155,"date":"2016-08-01T20:48:32","date_gmt":"2016-08-02T03:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=200155"},"modified":"2016-08-01T20:48:32","modified_gmt":"2016-08-02T03:48:32","slug":"video-nick-diaz-somebodys-getting-shot-im-guy-beat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/nick-diaz\/video-nick-diaz-somebodys-getting-shot-im-guy-beat\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO | Nick Diaz: &#8216;Somebody&#8217;s getting a shot against me, because I&#8217;m the guy to beat&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script src=\"http:\/\/player.espn.com\/player.js?playerBrandingId=4ef8000cbaf34c1687a7d9a26fe0e89e&#038;adSetCode=91cDU6NuXTGKz3OdjOxFdAgJVtQcKJnI&#038;pcode=1kNG061cgaoolOncv54OAO1ceO-I&#038;width=576&#038;height=324&#038;externalId=espn:17197426&#038;thruParam_espn-ui[autoPlay]=false&#038;thruParam_espn-ui[playRelatedExternally]=true\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/nick-diaz\/video-diaz-brothers-tribute-nick-diazs-suspension\/\">Nick Diaz<\/a> can once again compete in the UFC now that his <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/breaking-nick-diaz-eligible-to-fight-august-1st\/\">18-month suspension is up<\/a>. However, the product of Stockton, California says he has no immediate plans to fight.<\/p>\n<p>August 1 marked the end of Diaz&#8217;s suspension term after testing positive for marijuana in his last fight in the UFC against Anderson Silva, who also happened to fail his drug test from their UFC 183 fight.<\/p>\n<p>Diaz spoke with <a href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/mma\/story\/_\/id\/17197752\/nick-diaz-suspension-ends-fires-back-tyron-woodley\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN<\/a> on Tuesday and says that his suspension has had positive and negative effects on his life.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There are ups and downs with that, being suspended. People don&#8217;t understand, I&#8217;ve had 37 fights, three-to-five fights every year, for 17 years. That does something to somebody. These suspensions are the only vacations I&#8217;ve ever had. It cost me a lot of money to have a vacation, basically. It&#8217;s nice to step back and see there&#8217;s more to life. (Before), I didn&#8217;t do any hanging out, drinking, meeting people, going to different places &#8212; unless it was for a fight.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Diaz said that with the competition and fights that he has under his belt, no other fighters in the UFC present a fight that will draw a big crowd and turn in the big dollars.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re going to have to see, sit down and have a look at what fans want to see,&#8221; Diaz said. &#8220;I&#8217;m on top right now. I&#8217;m on top of this game. There ain&#8217;t no &#8216;giving&#8217; me a shot. I&#8217;m giving somebody a shot. If anybody&#8217;s getting a shot, somebody&#8217;s getting a shot against me, because I&#8217;m the guy to beat. These guys aren&#8217;t doing any money fighting each other and until they do some money fighting each other, I&#8217;m not interested. I&#8217;m looking for the right guy to make the right show, do the right numbers. 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