UFC 143 video: The confusing words of Nick Diaz

LAS VEGAS — Nick Diaz is saying, but he’s not saying.

The UFC interim welterweight title challenger showed up for his first round of media duties yesterday in Las Vegas. Our videographer Silton Buendia did a beautiful of piecing together what he could.

On the topic of being the favorite in his UFC 143 fight against Carlos Condit:

“We have a really even sort of record. One of us might ha fought harder opponents. I can’t say that I have. I just figure that one of us, with all those fights, one of us has had harder opponents in there,” Diaz told the media at UFC 143 workout day. “I know that everybody I’ve fought has been really, they’ve been really tough. I’ve never been fed any squids.”

So Condit’s resume is less impressive, right? That’s exactly what Diaz said, or did he?

On the subject of Georges St-Pierre’s ACL injury, Diaz has his doubts yet he doesn’t.

“Who knows? Maybe Georges isn’t really hurt. Anybody seen any pictures of surgery because I haven’t. I don’t know, maybe they are everywhere and everybody knows. I just haven’t seen it. I want to see some photographs or video,” Diaz said. “I’m not saying ‘Georges ain’t hurt.’  I don’t know. You’re working out already?”

These comments came on the heels of Diaz saying he would never pull out of fight yet less than a minute later he questioned why GSP is showing fortitude and coming back so quickly.

Diaz also seemed to suggest that the UFC was making him fight too often … but they’re not.

“I don’t know, sometimes I wonder if they like me out here, they don’t like me? They think I’m an exciting fighter, they don’t I’m an exciting fighter? I don’t know these sort of things,” Diaz said. “I wonder sometimes, are they just trying to beat me down.”

Diaz was asked if he wants some time off.

“Not necessarily. I’d like to get credit and get paid. I’d like some acknowledgment. [...] I don’t like to fight. I don’t like to do this. This is a job,” said Diaz.

Diaz, tabbed the No. 1 contender by the UFC, will battle Carlos Condit for the interim title. He could take the interim strap with a rousing victory, get a big ovation from the crowd and a postfight bonus from the UFC, but with Diaz he’ll probably react by asking why they didn’t give him the real belt. In fact, mark it down.

You can watch UFC 143 right here on Yahoo! Sports

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UFC 143 “Diaz vs. Condit” early estimates in around 400K pay-per-view buys

By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

The UFC’s Super Bowl weekend cards have typically garnered good buyrates on pay-per-view for the organization, but with the loss of Georges St-Pierre from last weekend’s UFC 143 event, that wasn’t likely to be the case with the replacement Nick Diaz vs. Carlos Condit bout.

Diaz’s return to the UFC in October in the headlining bout of UFC 137 drew just 280,000 pay-per-view buys for his fight against B.J. Penn, part of a run of really poor buyrates for the organization. Condit, meanwhile, had never headlined a UFC pay-per-view event before, and only two of his five UFC fights had been on pay-per-view.

That’s why it comes as a surprise that this pay-per-view on Saturday night was one of the best for the UFC’s recent schedule for an event that didn’t feature GSP, Brock Lesnar, Anderson Silva, or Jon Jones. According to Dave Meltzer in the latest edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter (subscription required), early estimates for Saturday’s broadcast have it coming in around 400,000 pay-per-view buys. It would be the only card of the last year that reached the 400K mark without any of the aforementioned top draws.

Penick’s Analysis: Considering the lack of drawing history on pay-per-view for both fighters, this is a really good number. The UFC has to hope that they can parlay that number into more interest in Condit as a challenger to GSP, but most were expecting Diaz to come out on top, so that could put a damper on things. With a Condit-Diaz rematch now not likely coming, it’s possible that people may be turned off of Condit after his win, but his track record speaks for itself and he makes for a dangerous challenge for St-Pierre later this year.

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Confirmed were the reported UFC on FX 4 event in Atlantic City, New Jersey on June 22, as well as the UFC 148 event on July 7 in Las Vegas.

Additionally, UFC on Fox 4 will take place on August 4, and will emanate from Los Angeles, Calif. That card will mark the UFC’s first LA event since UFC 104 in October of 2009.

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