{"id":98514,"date":"2014-05-23T09:38:11","date_gmt":"2014-05-23T16:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=98514"},"modified":"2022-02-06T11:37:33","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T19:37:33","slug":"dana-white-when-the-diaz-brothers-are-ready-to-fight-theyll-call-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/dana-white-when-the-diaz-brothers-are-ready-to-fight-theyll-call-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White: When The Diaz Brothers Are Ready To Fight They&#8217;ll Call Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/video-dana-white-on-diaz-grant-rankings-fight-night-40-more\/dana-white-png-4\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-96615\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Dana-White-PNG.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Dana White PNG\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-96615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Dana-White-PNG.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Dana-White-PNG-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Dana-White-PNG-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>By Evan Stoumbelis<\/p>\n<p>The Diaz brothers have continued to keep their name relevant in the MMA world, despite the fact that they have not fought this year.  Recently the UFC removed Nate Diaz from its official rankings, which some saw as a form of revenge.  However that is not the case according to UFC President Dana White, who spoke to media members today in preparation for UFC 173: Barao vs. Dillashaw.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWhen we talk about this, it\u2019s not like baseball, where it\u2019s been around for 100 years.  This is all new s\u2013t. We just started doing the rankings less than a year ago, so all this stuff a work in progress. In no way was it a retribution to Nate Diaz.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI said it to you guys 50,000 times \u2013 if Nate Diaz doesn&#8217;t want to fight for the next three years, he doesn&#8217;t have to fight.  You can\u2019t force a guy to fight. He came in, signed the contract, and was happy about his contract. But it\u2019s always the same thing with the Diaz brothers \u2013 \u2018I didn&#8217;t know what I was doing and I didn\u2019t know anything about anything,\u2019 and \u2018I don\u2019t know how to do this and I don\u2019t know how to do that.\u2019 OK. Nick is, what, 31, 32 (years old)? And Nate\u2019s a couple years younger than him? What do you do? They\u2019re grown men.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cBut Nick is retired. He\u2019s made it very clear that he\u2019s retired. But [the Brown offer] was me responding to Nate saying, \u2018I want to fight Matt Brown.\u2019&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe kept offering Nick Diaz fights, and Nick said, \u2018I\u2019m retired; I don\u2019t want to fight.\u2019 When he\u2019s ready to fight, he\u2019ll let me know. That\u2019s what everybody doesn\u2019t understand \u2013 you don\u2019t want to fight, OK, don\u2019t fight. But you can\u2019t take up a top-10 ranking if you\u2019re not fighting.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>One thing the Diaz brothers have remained steadfast in is their desire to fight for a title.  Both brothers have said they will return for the right money, or for a title shot.  To that, Dana had the following to say:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cBut they want to jump in strategically (and say), I\u2019ll take this fight, or I\u2019ll take a fight at 170, or I\u2019ll take a title shot, give me a title shot. You won one fight in your last three fights. You don\u2019t just jump in and take a title shot. I know the Diaz brothers are fun \u2013 I like watching them fight, too. I like watching them do their thing; I like all the things that you and the fans like about the Diaz brothers. But they can\u2019t just jump in whenever they want to and jump over all these other guys that are active and fighting all the time.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Evan Stoumbelis The Diaz brothers have continued to keep their name relevant in the MMA world, despite the fact that they have not fought this year. Recently the UFC removed Nate Diaz from its official rankings, which some saw as a form of revenge. 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