[Centraal] MMA topic #128 This must be a Stockton slap in the face

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Fightersonlymag.com:
Nick Diaz will not be cut for failing his UFC 143 drug test, says Lorenzo Fertitta.

Diaz tested positive for marijuana at the weekend’s fights and, bar a successful appeal, will be suspended for up to a year. The failed test has cancelled a Carlos Condit rematch and postponed any possible showdown with Georges St. Pierre.

Fertitta said the UFC would stand by Diaz during an impromptu Q&A session on Twitter today.

“[I] really like the kid [he] just needs to get it together. I'm a sap for real fighters,” he posted in reply to one enquirer who wanted to know whether Diaz had ‘pushed it too far’ with his latest misdemeanour.

Diaz will find out what sanction he faces in April when the Nevada State Athletic Commission convenes its next general meeting.

Other items of note from today’s Twitter marathon:

- Junior Dos Santos and Alistair Overeem are to contest the heavyweight title in Las Vegas on May 26th

- Lorenzo is not impressed with Jason Miller. When a fan asked him to “please bring Mayhem Miller back” he replied, “he looked terrible against Bisping.”

- ‘2013’ was given as the year that shows will take place in Italy, Spain, China and India

- France is still being worked on but the laws there mean that the Ministry of Sport would have to make amendments to legislation to allow a UFC event to take place. Currently MMA is technically illegal and so are events in a cage. The same situation exists in Holland.

- He believes that ESPN UK has not handled the UFC well and has not done enough to push the sport there or maximise its potential. He is “not happy” with the channel and says that when the present deal expires this summer, the new carrier will be bigger and better.

- In a rare foray into Dana White territory, Fertitta sent ‘FU’ to fighter agent Ken Pavia, who had tweeted him to ask for a dinner together. Pavia and the UFC are engaged in litigation against each other over what the UFC claims is his misappropriation of confidential UFC documents and contracts on behalf of the Bellator organisation.

- Fertitta expressed interest in bringing both Hector Lombard and Alexander Shlemenko. They are two of the bigger names on the Bellator roster.

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Op vrijdag 10 februari 2012 17:15 schreef Fenomeno het volgende:
Moeilijke voor Cain denk ik, ik vind Cain's boxing echt zwaar, zwaar overhyped, en denk niet dat hij staat te springen om met Mir naar de grond te gaan.