Diaz Denied!

[windmortal]

Good for him ... Thug


Source: Champ Nick Diaz denied spot on Strikeforce's June 26 card due to brawl

by Steven Marrocco and Dann Stupp on May 01, 2010 at 1:45 pm ET
A post-fight melee that followed an April 17 Strikeforce event cost Jason "Mayhem" Miller a headlining spot next month at "Strikeforce: Los Angeles," and Strikeforce welterweight champ Nick Diaz appears to have suffered a similar fate.

A source close to Diaz told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) that the fighter was told his request to compete on Strikeforce's June 26 fight card in San Jose, Calif., also was turned down because of his role in the televised brawl.

Diaz was one of multiple Cesar Gracie team members involved in a post-"Strikeforce: Nashville" scuffle that broke out when preliminary-card fighter Miller interrupted main-event winner Jake Shields during a post-fight speech.

Miller entered the cage to campaign for a rematch of their November meeting, when Shields won a lopsided unanimous decision to earn Strikeforce's then-vacated middleweight belt.

When Shields shoved Miller, teammates such as Nick Diaz and Gilbert Melendez continued the shoving. Some of the group members eventually wrestled Miller to the mat, and punches and kicks were thrown until security and commission officials broke up the brawl. The entire episode aired live on CBS as part of Strikeforce's second nationally televised event, and it's been widely condemned by the MMA industry.

As MMAjunkie.com reported soon after the show, the Tennessee Athletic Commission executive director Jeffrey Mullen confirmed the commission had opened a formal investigation into the situation. Commission officials are expected to penalize some of the fighters involved in the event, including Diaz and Miller, though Mullen said the process could take weeks or months to finish.

Even before Miller's victory over Tim Stout at the April show, Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker talked of a possible June 16 headliner between "Mayhem" and fellow middleweight Robbie Lawler. However, earlier this week, the executive instead replaced Miller with former champ Renato "Babalu" Sobral and told MMAjunkie.com that "Mayhem" now is unlikely to compete on the card because of his role in the brawl.

Ten days after that Showtime-televised event, which coincides with the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), Strikeforce is expected to return to its home in San Jose for another major Showtime-televised event. Diaz hoped to secure a spot on the show, which could be headlined by Fedor Emelianenko vs. Fabricio Werdum. However, as with Miller, Strikeforce officials apparently will sideline Diaz until the Tennessee commission announces its findings.

Although he won't be a part of the June 26 Strikeforce card, Diaz still is scheduled to fight four weeks earlier at DREAM.14, which takes place outside of U.S. commissions' jurisdiction in Japan. Diaz is scheduled to fight Hayato Sakurai in a non-title fight at the May 29 event.

For more on the "Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Werdum" event, stay tuned to the MMA Rumors section of the site.

[Par]

And they took out the other thug also, Miller from fighting Lawler- Cool Strikeforce did something about the incident

[blackmamba_24]

"Thug" lol

[JRsDugout]

Strikeforce will be out of business before they make it to June IMO.

[ensbergcollector]

this "suspension" is a joke. diaz wasn't even scheduled to fight on the june card. by "asking" if he could fight on the card and being turned down, it looks like he was punished when in reality they aren't doing anything. He will still fight the next time he was planning on fighting.

[Par]

it was Not a formal suspension, i read that strikeforce is keeping him out until the commission decides the punishment if any

[Alwaystradinautos]

Diaz denied?
what was he denied of ?

hes fighting Hayato Mach Sakurai in japan on

May 29, 2010

So really he wouldnt be fighting in june regardless with or without a suspension

its just strikeforces way of scamming people into thinking nick diaz is being

suspended he isnt gonna lose a dime, and hes still gonna fight...

Most American MMA fans only follow strikeforce / ufc and dont even

realize there are lots of other professional organizations in and out of the united

states