{"id":47260,"date":"2012-12-15T20:50:02","date_gmt":"2012-12-16T04:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=47260"},"modified":"2022-02-06T13:23:48","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T21:23:48","slug":"georges-st-pierre-vs-nick-diaz-official-as-ufc-158-headliner-ufc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/georges-st-pierre-vs-nick-diaz-official-as-ufc-158-headliner-ufc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Georges St. Pierre vs Nick Diaz official as UFC 158 headliner | UFC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/diaz-new.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37609\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/diaz-new.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/diaz-new.jpg 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/diaz-new-300x207.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>UFC officials confirmed today that former Strikeforce welterweight champ Nick Diaz (26-8 MMA, 7-5 UFC) will face current UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre (23-2 MMA, 17-2 UFC) in the main event of UFC 158, set for March 16th in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.<\/p>\n<p>GSP\u00a0and Diaz were originally scheduled to fight in October of\u00a02011 at UFC 137, but Diaz failed to show-up for a pair of promotional appearances and was subsequently pulled off the card. However, in an odd twist, he was later placed back on the card against B.J. Penn after St. Pierre was forced to withdraw from the event with a knee\u00a0injury.<\/p>\n<p>GSP\u00a0vs. Diaz was\u00a0then planned\u00a0to take place at\u00a0UFC 143, but\u00a0once again &#8220;Rush&#8221;\u00a0was\u00a0forced off\u00a0the card, which allowed Carlos Condit to step in and defeat Diaz in a hotly-contested decision win\u00a0and\u00a0in doing so claim\u00a0the UFC interim welterweight\u00a0title. Diaz then tested positive for marijuana metabolites in a post-fight drug test, resulting in him being\u00a0suspended by the Nevada State Athletic Commission through February 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully the third time will be the charm, and the French Canadian and 209 Native can finally have their grudge-match.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC officials confirmed today that former Strikeforce welterweight champ Nick Diaz (26-8 MMA, 7-5 UFC) will face current UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre (23-2 MMA, 17-2 UFC) in the main event of UFC 158, set for March 16th in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 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