Georges St. Pierre’s trainer reveals he still wants to fight Nick Diaz
Firas Zahabi, the trainer of UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre, has revealed the French-Canadian stand-out is still wanting to go head-to-head with Nick Diaz despite the Stockton native having lost his last fight and announcing his retirement from the sport of mixed martial arts.
Speaking via The MMA Fight Corner, Zahabi said:
“Everywhere we go the fans are asking me for Nick Diaz. They’re always asking me when Georges is going to fight Nick Diaz. And when I tell them, he’s retired they have this crazy look on their face, like that’s crazy they still have to fight. I think Georges wants that fight. I think Diaz deserves a lot of money for that fight. I think they should pay him significantly, I think it’d be a big fight. I think everybody would be watching. Nobody would miss that fight. And I think for Diaz, he’s not happy. From what I hear, Nick Diaz is not happy with all the judging in the sport, and I can understand all that, but hopefully he changes his mind. He’s a great fighter and definitely a lot of people want to see that fight.”
St. Pierre has won his last nine professional mixed martial arts fights including victories over Josh Koscheck, Matt Hughes and B.J. Penn. His last defeat came at the hands of Matt Serra way back at UFC 69 in April 2007. Stay tuned to MMABay for more build-up to St. Pierre’s return to action as we get it.
By Michael Pepper. (Follow me on Twitter)
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