Cesar Gracie: Diaz will counter GSP with true BJJ
After weeks of speculation, UFC President Dana White made it official via Twitter. U wanted it! U GOT IT!!! GSP vs…
After weeks of speculation, UFC President Dana White made it official via Twitter.
U wanted it! U GOT IT!!! GSP vs DIAZ Oct 29th UFC 137 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.
Officials for Zuffa, started looking into the possibility of St. Pierre vs. Diaz soon after the acquisition of Strikeforce in March. The St. Pierre bout falls under a new eight-fight deal that Diaz signed with Zuffa, Gracie said.
That contract allows Diaz to fight for both of Zuffa’s mixed martial arts promotions. But it precludes professional boxing, which Diaz originally planned to pursue in the fall.
“They were very fair in their dealings with us,” Diaz’s trainer Cesar Gracie said. “It was kind of a complex contract because of the boxing, so he obviously had to be compensated for not boxing and taking this fight instead.”
“Nick is going to counter his wrestling with true black-belt jiu-jitsu, Gracie jiu-jitsu,” said Gracie.