{allcanada} GSP wants a piece of Diaz

 

TORONTO -- UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre reiterated Monday that he wants a piece of Nick Diaz.

St-Pierre was due to fight Carlos (Natural Born Killer) Condit next but asked UFC president Dana White to change his schedule after Diaz called him out on the weekend.

"Thanks to UFC for making Diaz fight happen -- it's the fight I want, St-Pierre tweeted. "Thanks to Carlos as well. See you all Super Bowl weekend.

After defeating B.J. Penn at UFC 137 in Las Vegas on Saturday night, the brash Diaz accused GSP of ducking him.

"I don't think Georges is hurt, I think he's scared," the California fighter sad in the cage.

"George St-Pierre flipped out tonight after Nick Diaz was in the ring," White told the post-fight news conference.

St. Pierre was slated to meet Condit in the main event of UFC 137 but pulled out with a knee injury. The Diaz-Penn fight was then promoted from co-main event.

Diaz was originally slated to fight St-Pierre for the 170-pound title on the weekend card but was pulled from the main event after failing to show up for a pair of news conferences in Toronto and Las Vegas.

Diaz said Saturday night he had to be the "bad guy" to get the GSP fight.

White said Condit had agreed to step aside.

FightMetric, meanwhile, reported Monday that Diaz has set a record for significant strikes in a UFC fight with 178 landed against Penn.

Diaz landed 20 in the first round, 75 in the second and 83 in the third. Penn had 88 in total.

Nam Phan had held the record, landing 174 against Leonard (Bad Boy) Garcia at UFC 136.

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