Saturday, September 10, 2011

St-Pierre vs Diaz Cancelled, Condit Replace Diaz in UFC 137 Title Fight

Nick Diaz's refusal to promote his own title fight means he won't get it, after all.

In an unprecedented moment for mixed martial arts, the Ultimate Fighting Championship on Wednesday replaced Diaz with Carlos Condit in the main event of next month's UFC 137 event in Las Vegas. Condit will challenge welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre at the Oct. 29 show.

"I've promoted over 1,600 fights in my career," UFC President Dana White said. "This has never, ever happened once. Never. We've never had a situation where a guy just goes MIA and doesn't show up for this stuff."