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EliteXC pulls Nick Diaz from DREAM.3 card
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EliteXC officials have pulled prized lightweight Nick Diaz from his DREAM.3 fight with Katsuya Inoue, which was set to take place on Saturday, May 11, at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.
News of the fight cancellation appeared on GracieFighter.com, the website of Diaz's home at Cesar Gracie Jiu-Jitsu.
According to the bulletin, EliteXC officials were concerned that the May 11 fight could prohibit Diaz from being healthy enough to fight Muhsin Corbbrey at a June 14 EliteXC event in Hawaii.
Diaz, though signed to a non-exclusive contract, still has to get permission to compete outside EliteXC. The organization traditionally uses a 30-day window, and though Diaz was safe by a few days, EliteXC Live Events President Gary Shaw apparently didn't want to risk losing a high-profile fight.
"With Diaz having been scheduled to fight in Hawaii on June 14, Shaw finds the new May 11 date perilously close to the Showtime card and has therefore nixed Diaz's participation on the DREAM card," GracieFighter.com reported.
Diaz was originally scheduled to fight at DREAM.2 on April 29, but the organization delayed the bout -- apparently without alerting EliteXC officials.
The fact that EliteXC recently lost its June 14 main event -- Jake Shields vs. Drew Fickett for the first-ever EliteXC welterweight title -- could have played a part in the decision.
Diaz hasn't fought since a November 2007 loss to K.J. Noons for the first-ever EliteXC lightweight title. Diaz suffered multiple facial cuts and wasn't allowed to continue past the first round, and he underwent surgery to repair scar tissue after the fight. Diaz was then scheduled for a March 29 Strikeforce/EliteXC event but wasn't cleared to fight by the California State Athletic Commission -- possibly because of an issue with his medical marijuana card.
Regardless, Diaz has lost just once in the past six fights.
EXC are simply making sure that they don't lose yet another prized fighter to injury, he is already slightly injured, so they can't risk it being made worse for another company.
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Not letting fighters go elsewhere to fight for fear of injury, he is always critizing Dana for not letting his fighters go elsewhere in other promotions and yet he pulls Diaz for the exact same reason Dana doesn't let his fighters go elsewhre.
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It's not possible for UFC fighters to do so, they are on an exclusive contract, not allowing fighter to go elsewhere when it is their own right and they are not legally tied down is a different thing.
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