Cesar Gracie: Nick Diaz wants super fight, not title shot, against Anderson Silva

By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

"Why Anderson? Because Anderson is a huge name. He's talking the talk that is kind of what we're talking about. He's talking about doing superfights. He's talking about the things that Nick's been talking about that Nick did when he was with Strikeforce that Nick is into. That's why. And he's exciting and just a great fighter. He's talking about catchweights, he's talking about exciting fights that people want to see instead of being limited to fighting, you know, if this is your weight class, if this is the number one contender, this guy did this, this guy did that. We're not interested.... people are thinking now, 'Why does Nick want to fight this guy? Why does Nick get a shot at the title?' It's not about the title. If he was at 185, we don't want the title. Nick isn't trying to be disrespectful to other great middleweights out there on campus and want that. There are a lot of great middleweights that are at the front of the line for a title shot. This is about fighting and a superfight."

-Nick Diaz's manager Cesar Gracie expands on his callout of Anderson Silva in an interview with MiddleEasy.com (transcribed by MMAMania.com).

Penick's Analysis: The way Diaz's luck has run with his suspension thus far, it's hard to believe he'll get his way and be back before next February. Still, whenever he comes back, he certainly makes for an interesting option for Silva's camp. Ed Soares tweeted over the weekend that they'd take the fight, but there are still other names, other options to be considered by the UFC right now. Which option they ultimately go with won't be known for a little while still, but Diaz realistically won't be in that conversation until early in 2013.

[Nick Diaz art by Grant Gould (c) MMATorch.com]

Source: http://www.mmatorch.com/artman2/publish/UFC_2/article_13967.shtml

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