{"id":276193,"date":"2018-05-12T16:20:54","date_gmt":"2018-05-12T23:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=276193"},"modified":"2018-05-12T16:22:40","modified_gmt":"2018-05-12T23:22:40","slug":"video-nick-diaz-not-fond-of-nate-vs-georges-st-pierre-idea-says-he-was-poisoned-ahead-of-gsp-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/nick-diaz\/video-nick-diaz-not-fond-of-nate-vs-georges-st-pierre-idea-says-he-was-poisoned-ahead-of-gsp-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO | Nick Diaz not fond of Nate vs Georges St-Pierre idea, says he was &#8220;poisoned&#8221; ahead of GSP fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nick Diaz Says He was &#039;Poisoned&#039; Before 2013 George St-Pierre Fight | TMZ Sports\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IsmUInGcbf4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;I think whoever tries to make that fight [between <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/georges-st-pierre\/\">Georges St-Pierre<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/nate-diaz\/\">Nate Diaz<\/a>], I&#8217;m gonna have to give &#8217;em a backhand slap. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>At the end of the day, I fought the dude [St-Pierre], they poisoned my IV with some kind of drug that put me to sleep, I&#8217;ve never slept more than five hours [before a fight]&#8230; I have 37 fights been fighting seven years, I never slept more than five or six hours a night. 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Everything was strange.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Just yesterday, Nick&#8217;s brother\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/nick-diaz\/nate-diaz-claims-georges-st-pierre-cheated-against-brother-nick-says-fight-with-gsp-is-wolf-tickets\/\">Nate posted a message on\u00a0Facebook stating that St-Pierre cheated in his 2013 title clash with Nick<\/a>. And today, Nick spoke to TMZ expressing that he obviously feels the same way.<\/p>\n<p>UFC 158 marked Diaz&#8217; second to last fight in which he lost to St-Pierre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada by unanimous decision. The fight was one with years in the making, going back to when Diaz was a champion in Strikeforce while St-Pierre was ruling in the UFC.<\/p>\n<p>With reports in the air of Nate Diaz vs St-Pierre potentially being in the works for August 4th, the brothers appear to not be too keen on the idea. 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