{"id":333156,"date":"2019-11-25T07:15:41","date_gmt":"2019-11-25T15:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=333156"},"modified":"2019-11-25T07:15:41","modified_gmt":"2019-11-25T15:15:41","slug":"nick-diaz-says-hes-about-to-be-fighting-again-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/nick-diaz-says-hes-about-to-be-fighting-again-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Diaz says he&#8217;s &#8216;about to be fighting again soon&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nick Diaz says he&#8217;s going to be fighting again soon.<\/p>\n<p>The elder Diaz bro made this claim moments before he was asked to kick a social media star in the groin. No, that&#8217;s not a joke.<\/p>\n<p>See it below:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In the middle of being asked to kick a guy in the balls for money, Nick Diaz says he has \u201cbig news\u201d and is \u201cabout to be fighting again soon.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Jm5rd2ifa5\">pic.twitter.com\/Jm5rd2ifa5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Anton Tabuena (@antontabuena) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/antontabuena\/status\/1198829073432104961?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 25, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t like to hurt people,&#8221; Diaz said shortly after he was asked to let loose a groin kick. &#8220;But also I don&#8217;t want to hurt myself, I got big news coming up, I&#8217;m about to be fighting again soon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This comment from Nick Diaz comes weeks after he made headlines by seemingly calling for a fight with streaking UFC welterweight contender Jorge Masvidal. Masvidal recently defeated Diaz&#8217;s brother Nate, picking up a TKO win in the main event of UFC 244 earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll I see is f*cking dollar signs right now,\u201d Diaz said in an interview with Ariel Helwani (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmanews.com\/nick-diaz-not-happy-with-jorge-masvidal-saying-he-wanted-to-baptize-nate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"MMA News (opens in a new tab)\">MMA News<\/a>). \u201cIt\u2019s not on me. You wanna talk about baptizing my younger brother, that\u2019s on you. I never had nothing disrespectful to say, but you don\u2019t talk about baptizing my younger brother. So you\u2019re already in a f*cked up position if you fight with me. You don\u2019t f*cking talk about baptizing someone\u2019s younger brother. That\u2019s my baby brother, you don\u2019t talk like that to nobody. So who rides on who\u2019s side?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou wanna say that? You wanna do that? You wanna walk? That\u2019s on you,\u201d Diaz added. \u201cI can relate to you, that\u2019s why I ain\u2019t mad at you. But if you wanna walk, that\u2019s on you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nick Diaz has not fought since January of 2015, when he took on Anderson Silva. The bout was initially ruled a unanimous decision win for Silva, but was subsequently overturned when Silva tested positive for Drostanolone and Androstane, and Diaz tested positive for marijuana metabolites.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, he&#8217;s hinted at a comeback at several times, but also expressed complete disinterest in fighting again at other times.<\/p>\n<p>Do you think Nick Diaz will 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 11\/25\/2019.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nick Diaz says he&#8217;s going to be fighting again soon. The elder Diaz bro made this claim moments before he was asked to kick a social media star in the groin. No, that&#8217;s not a joke. 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