{"id":96577,"date":"2014-05-07T20:25:19","date_gmt":"2014-05-08T03:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=96577"},"modified":"2014-05-07T21:25:26","modified_gmt":"2014-05-08T04:25:26","slug":"ufc-boss-how-long-we-going-to-play-this-game-with-diaz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/ufc-boss-how-long-we-going-to-play-this-game-with-diaz\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC Boss: &#8216;How Long We Going To Play This Game With Diaz&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/sorry-homie-dana-white-says-no-to-nates-request-to-be-released\/nate-diaz-png-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-88833\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-88833\" title=\"NAte Diaz PNG\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/NAte-Diaz-PNG.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/NAte-Diaz-PNG.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/NAte-Diaz-PNG-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/NAte-Diaz-PNG-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>UFC President Dana White stopped by &#8216;UFC\u00a0Tonight&#8217; this evening and cleared the air on several topics in Mixed Martial Arts, including <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/uh-oh-nate-diaz-bounced-from-ufcs-official-rankings\/\" target=\"_blank\">the removal of Nate Diaz from the UFC rankings.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>White, who <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/dana-white-explains-grant-and-diaz-ranking-removals\/\" target=\"_blank\">explained that inactivity is to blame<\/a>, is under fire from the media who say that just isn&#8217;t so.<\/p>\n<p>Dana defends,<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;You know how it is. You saw what&#8217;s happened on Twitter and all of these things. He wants to be released, he wants to be paid more money, he wants all this stuff. He just signed a new contract. He&#8217;s under a new contract right now and we offer him fights. He says he doesn&#8217;t turn down the fights because nobody responds.Just because you don&#8217;t respond doesn&#8217;t mean you didn&#8217;t turn down the fight. Not responding means you turned it down.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I don&#8217;t know how long we&#8217;re going to play this game, but there&#8217;s no sense in hurting the other fighters that are staying active and working their way up in the rankings, for a guy who&#8217;s inactive and we don&#8217;t know when he&#8217;s going to fight again. 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