Nick Diaz Camp Wants Rematch with GSP

By John Heinis on Wednesday, March 27th 2013
Nick Diaz Camp Wants Rematch with GSP

Just when it looked like all the whacky antics of former Strikeforce champ Nick Diaz were over … they definitely aren’t.

MMA Fighting reported on Tuesday afternoon that Quebec’s athletic commission, which oversaw UFC 158 where Diaz lost a lop-sided decision to UFC welterweight champ Georges St-Pierre, allows championship bouts to be contested up to 0.9 pounds over the divisional limit.

Jonathan Tweedale, a representative from the Diaz camp, claims that allowing St-Pierre to way in anything more than 170-pounds for a title fight violates the bout agreement signed by both “Rush” and Diaz.

"The Quebec Commission's statement is a disappointing admission that the March 16 event was not conducted under the rules applicable to a UFC title fight - or under the rules the fighters contractually agreed to, upon which rules Mr. Diaz was entitled to rely under his bout agreement,” Tweedale said.

He also alleges that St-Pierre was not supervised by the commission during his pre-fight drug test, a matter the Diaz camp plans to file a formal complaint against.

According to the report, the UFC has held six events in Quebec since 2008 and each card was headlined by a title fight that did not allow any sort of weight allowance.

Tweedale insists that the commission “relaxed the rule” in this instance in order to “allow their home-town fighter to make weight.”

Furthermore, he claims that GSP is still “legally and ethically” obligated to fight Diaz in a title bout at 170-pounds.

Neither St-Pierre nor any members of his camp had offered any response to the allegations as of Tuesday evening.

The victory over Diaz gave the 31-year-old French-Canadian a UFC welterweight record of eight consecutive title defenses and boosted his win streak to 11.

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