Condit 'not looking' for Diaz rematch
Carlos Condit's camp have seemingly ruled out a rematch between the Natural Born Killer and Nick Diaz, insisting Georges St-Pierre is next on Condit's hitlist.
Condit produced a tactical masterclass to out-strike Diaz at UFC 143, claiming the interim welterweight title in the process. He can now expect a showdown with St-Pierre, although that bout is unlikely to take place before November as GSP continues to recover from a torn ACL.
President Dana White, reacting to the controversy surrounding the judges' decision to hand Condit victory over Diaz, had hinted at a potential rematch. Such a solution would keep Condit active while he awaits St-Pierre.
However, the No. 1 contender is not interested, according to manager Malki Kawa.
"At this point, [a rematch] is not something we're looking to do," Kawa was quoted as saying by MMA Matrix. "We're looking for Georges.
"People forget, Carlos waited a long time to get this fight. He was moved around, and shuffled around between fights. He won the fight. It doesn't interest us at all. I think clearly and decisively, he won the fight. Even Dana scored it for him. All of the opinions that matter scored Carlos as winner.
"Two judges saw it four rounds to one, and one saw it three to two. The fact that he didn't stand and bang with him? I'm sorry, not every fighter has to do that. He did what he had to do, and that goes to show me that this guy is mature, he's fighting fights that are smart.
"People are like, 'Oh, Carlos is not a finisher. The guy threw how many spinning elbows? How many spinning backfists? He threw a flying knee. He tried to finish Nick Diaz when the time and the opening was there. I can't find a flaw in his performance."
Kawa did, however, confess that Condit does not want to be sidelined while St-Pierre recovers.
"Right now, the idea is that we want Georges St-Pierre," Kawa said. "The goal is to fight Georges St-Pierre. He wants to be the best in the world, so that's the fight that interests us at this moment.
"The fans disagree because they got hyped up to see Nick & Georges fight each other. Well, let them fight each other. We've moved on."
Comment
Ring Girls Blog
Exclusive : MMA Ring Girl Of The Week Shannon Ihrke Interview And Gallery
This week TNGF brings you an exclusive interview with ProElite's Shannon Ihrke. Shannon is currently a ProElite MMA spokesmodel and ring girl. She has also worked with King of the Cage and Sterling Entertainment with fights all around the Midwest.
This former Marine, yes you read that right, has put together an impressive modeling career over the last 2 years that we can only predict will continue to blossom in the future.
Shannon's body of work…
Exclusive : MMA Ring Girl Of The Week Brooke Lynette Interview And Gallery
This weeks we have a special entry in to our popular Ring Girl of the Week section with the very beautiful Brooke Lynette giving us an exclusive interview.
Brooke is a model and the head ring girl for the UK promotion Cage Warriors. Brooke was born and bred in Scotland and made her Cage Warriors debut at CWFC 41 back in April 2011. She has enjoyed a very successful career as commercial, lingerie and fitness model for over six years.
To know more about Brooke…
MMA Ring Girl of The Week Gallery: ProElite Girl Paige Chapman - aka 'Chanel Rae'
Remember ProElite? If not ProElite is hoping that their hot as can get, 21 year old model from Los Angeles named Paige Chapman - aka Chanel Rae - will help keep the promotion fresh in your head.
You can follow Paige Chapman on her facebook and modelmayhem pages.
BTW if the pictures you find on here and on her FB and MM pages are…
MMA Ring Girl of the Week - Fighter Miesha Tate
Written By J Sladky, TNGF.com
Miesha Tate is a professional female mixed martial artist. Not actually a ring girl but a major player in women's MMA and the current Strikeforce Women's Bantamweight Champ! She has also competed and won a silver medal in the FILA Grappling Championships.
Tate is currently the #4-ranked in the overall women's pound-for-pound MMA ranking by…
MMA Ring Girl of The Week Gallery: Belle Rodriguez
If you don't know who Belle Rodriguez is you will now!
Belle was coed magazines's Miss COED for 4/28/10. She hails from New York but works as a ring girl in Las Vegas. She’s done commercial shoots for Ed Hardy and Harley Davidson in addition to appearing in Playboy, Stuff, and Maxim en Espanol. Her TV credits include Keeping Up With the Kardashians, Friday Night Fights on ESPN 2, Real Housewives of NYC, and a commercial for Heineken Premium…
JOIN OUR REWARD PROGRAM
Live Traffic Feed
© 2012 Created by The Beast.
You need to be a member of The Next Great Fighter - TNGF to add comments!
Join The Next Great Fighter - TNGF