{"id":296801,"date":"2019-01-02T06:44:09","date_gmt":"2019-01-02T14:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=296801"},"modified":"2019-01-02T06:44:09","modified_gmt":"2019-01-02T14:44:09","slug":"dana-white-shuts-down-nick-diaz-vs-jorge-masvidal-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-shuts-down-nick-diaz-vs-jorge-masvidal-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White shuts down Nick Diaz vs. Jorge Masvidal fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Several weeks ago, Dana White told ESPN that a welterweight bout between fan favorites Nick Diaz and Jorge Masvidal had been added to UFC 235 on March 2. Unsurprisingly, this matchup generated quite a bit of excitement among fans. Unfortunately, it now sounds as though its announcement was premature.<\/p>\n<p>Since the fight was first reported, Nick Diaz has <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/nick-diaz-denies-jorge-masvidal-fight-claims-he-will-walk-through-tyron-woodley\/\">repeatedly refuted its legitimacy.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s rude of the UFC to try and lowball me and expect me to negotiate a deal while I\u2019m training for a fight,\u201d Diaz said recently via text message to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mma\/story\/_\/id\/25553755\/nick-diaz-says-accepted-ufc-235-fight-vs-jorge-masvidal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ESPN<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s not gonna go down like that. If anybody wants to fight me they know where to find me. I\u2019m not a hard guy to find. Come get some.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have a lot going on trying to manage a few different businesses. Once things make sense for everybody in that they actually have some fighters that they respect and I respect, we can try and come to a deal and do a show. That\u2019s how I feel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the UFC 232 post-fight press conference, UFC President Dana White finally confirmed that, despite announcing the matchup to ESPN, this Nick Diaz vs. Jorge Masvidal fight is most likely not happening \u2014 at least not at UFC 235 as planned.<\/p>\n<p id=\"GEwNTg\">\u201cI think that\u2019s pretty clear,\u201d said White during the UFC 232 post-fight press conference (via\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2019\/1\/1\/18097700\/nick-diaz-vs-jorge-masvidal-off-ufc-235\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMA Fighting<\/a>). \u201cAll you\u2019ve got to do is look at [Diaz\u2019s] Instagram. I don\u2019t think it looks like he\u2019s training for a fight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nick Diaz has not fought since January of 2015, when he battled middleweight legend Anderson Silva to a unanimous decision loss. Shortly after this fight, the bout was ruled a no contest, when Silva tested positive for drostanolone and Diaz tested positive for marijuana metabolites.<\/p>\n<p>Do you think we&#8217;ll ever see Nick Diaz fight again?<\/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 1\/2\/2019.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several weeks ago, Dana White told ESPN that a welterweight bout between fan favorites Nick Diaz and Jorge Masvidal had been added to UFC 235 on March 2. Unsurprisingly, this matchup generated quite a bit of excitement among fans. Unfortunately, it now sounds as though its announcement was premature. 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