{"id":235384,"date":"2017-04-26T06:29:30","date_gmt":"2017-04-26T13:29:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=235384"},"modified":"2017-04-26T06:29:30","modified_gmt":"2017-04-26T13:29:30","slug":"despite-war-words-marc-diakiese-not-fighting-paul-felder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/marc-diakiese\/despite-war-words-marc-diakiese-not-fighting-paul-felder\/","title":{"rendered":"Despite entertaining beef, Marc Diakiese will not be fighting Paul Felder next"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this year, when the UFC touched down in London, England, undefeated lightweight prospect Marc Diakiese picked up one of the <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-top-10-ufc-knockouts-2017-far\/\">best knockouts of 2017 <\/a>thus far, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-fight-night-107\/ufc-fight-night-107-results-marc-diakiese-kos-teemu-packalen-video\/\">one-punching Teemu Packalen just 30 seconds into the first round of the fight<\/a>. With this win, Diakiese moved to an impressive 12-0, and set himself up for a big step up in competition.<\/p>\n<p>For a time, it looked as though he&#8217;d get that step up in competition, as he and established lightweight striker Paul Felder began engaging in a heated war of words in interviews and on social media.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cHe\u2019s just a f\u2014ing little Irish wannabe, because I don\u2019t even know who he is, he\u2019s just talking crap,\u201d Diakiese said during an appearance on The MMA Hour. \u201cI beat his teammate Frankie [Perez], and now he\u2019s coming forward. Like I said, I don\u2019t mind, I\u2019ll fight anybody, but he\u2019s one of these guys, he\u2019s experienced, he\u2019s a veteran. If I were to beat him, I\u2019d look good.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI want to smash his face in front of his own people. That\u2019s my plan.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The two even <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/paul-felder\/marc-diakese-paul-felder-trade-trash-talk-twitter\/\">agreed to a fight on Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As it turns out, however, the UFC has decided to go another direction with Diakiese&#8217;s career, pitting him against fellow undefeated prospect Drakkar Klose (7-0-1) instead of Felder. The two prospects will fight at The Ultimate Fighter 25 Finale on July 7 in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Two undefeated records on the line! Brit <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Marc_Diakiese?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Marc_Diakiese<\/a> vs. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/drakkarklose?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@drakkarklose<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TUFFinale?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TUFFinale<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PIdujBAzT1\">pic.twitter.com\/PIdujBAzT1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; UFC Europe (@UFCEurope) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UFCEurope\/status\/857202860559187968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 26, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Given the way that Diakiese and Felder \u2013 two of the flashiest strikers at lightweight \u2013 match up, it&#8217;s hard not to wonder why the UFC chose to pit Diakiese against Klose. That said, Klose is a dangerous test in his own right, and should provide the rising Diakiese with an interesting challenge.<\/p>\n<p>Do you think the UFC dropped the ball by not pairing Marc Diakiese with Paul Felder? Who wins this Diakiese vs. Klose fight?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 4\/26\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this year, when the UFC touched down in London, England, undefeated lightweight prospect Marc Diakiese picked up one of the best knockouts of 2017 thus far, one-punching Teemu Packalen just 30 seconds into the first round of the fight. 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