Dana White wants Nick Diaz to be who he is, but play by the rules
UFC 137 headliners Georges St-Pierre and Nick Diaz likely will be featured for the next edition of the three-part Spike…
UFC 137 headliners Georges St-Pierre and Nick Diaz likely will be featured for the next edition of the three-part Spike TV series “UFC Primetime.” Unlike the UFC’s frequent “Countdown” show, “UFC Primetime” goes more in depth and focuses on some of the biggest fights of the year.
The only potential problem is Nick Diaz.
“It would be interesting, getting Diaz (and) having the camera following him for more than 10 minutes,” UFC president Dana Whitejoked this past weekend.
“It’s going to be very unpredictable. I don’t ask him to say anything special, to change who he is or whatever, but you’ve heard me say it a million times: ‘Just play the game. Do what you’re supposed to do professionally, and this will all work out.'”
“I don’t ever ask anybody to not be themselves. I don’t ever tell people what to say. I don’t ever do anything like that. He is who he is, and he can be who he is. But you have to play by some of the rules. You have to.”
UFC 137
October 29, 2011
Mandalay Bay Events Center
Las Vegas, NV
Live on PPV
In the championship pay-per-view main event, Georges St-Pierre puts his UFC welterweight title on the line against Nick Diaz, who vacated his Strikeforce belt to rejoin the UFC for the first time since in five years.