{"id":55612,"date":"2013-03-28T15:14:58","date_gmt":"2013-03-28T22:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=55612"},"modified":"2022-02-06T13:11:51","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T21:11:51","slug":"firas-zahabi-responds-to-diaz-camps-complaint-gsp-made-weight-ufc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/firas-zahabi-responds-to-diaz-camps-complaint-gsp-made-weight-ufc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Firas Zahabi Responds To Diaz Camp&#8217;s Complaint: GSP made weight | UFC NEWS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/firas.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33699\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/firas.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/firas.jpg 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/firas-300x207.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Firas Zahabi, head trainer at Tristar Gym in Montreal, Quebec Canada, recently responded to accusations made against Georges St Pierre from the Diaz camp.<\/p>\n<p>It seems as though just prior to weigh-ins, the Quebec Athletic Commission notified the two camps that their fighters were allowed to weigh in over the 170 pound limit, as long as they were under 171. After suffering defeat in the UFC 158 championship bout, Nick Diaz and camp are making <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/diaz-vs-quebec-commission-the-case-and-its-implications-ufc-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">all kinds of accusations<\/a> in hopes of scoring a rematch.<\/p>\n<p>Firas Zahabi told <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.theprovince.com\/2013\/03\/27\/ufc-gsps-coach-firas-zahabi-comments-on-team-nick-diaz-complaints\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Province<\/a> earlier today that<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;GSP made weight and he had his shorts on&#8221;.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>He went on to say that they acted in accordance with what they were told by the RACJ and that a difference of less than one pound is not enough to change the outcome of a fight.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI was told the decimal didn\u2019t count, so we didn\u2019t worry about it.,\u201d Zahabi told The Province. \u201cI don\u2019t see even .9 making a difference in a fight, so I didn\u2019t give it any thought.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It seems Georges St Pierre was playing by the rules and would have weighed in even less sans shorts. 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