Following his unanimous decision win against fellow welterweight BJ Penn at UFC 137, champion Nick Diaz made it quite clear that he did not want to continue to play the “bad guy” in order to get the big fights in the UFC.
However that didn’t mean he wouldn’t as he dramatically called out UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St. Pierre for a bout Diaz considered to be important for his career. He explains why:
“I had to come out and do what I had to do and fight, and come out all dramatic and act up, and next thing you know, I got a fight, so I’m sure he can’t blame me for that. That fight is important anyway because that’s the fight that people want to see because I beat all of these important people. I have three Strikeforce belts. If I was him, I would be asking to fight me. If he would have automatically asked for it, then we wouldn’t be in this situation he’s in where he’s not saying nothing. He should have said, ‘This is who I want to fight.’ It’s not about being a challenger; it’s about who is champion at the weight. I’m holding three titles, you know? And I got that DREAM champion too, so you can make that four. It’s just as important as anything else and I know I would want to fight another champion before I would want to fight a high contender. Even if I know that high contender is better than the champion, I would still want to fight the champion because he’s considered the best guy. That’s the route I would have took.”
