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.