Hot! Nick Diaz

LAS VEGAS Even headlining a Ultimate Fighting Championship minute card hasn't held Nick Diaz from feeling seller's remorse.

"If I had my own opportunity to undertake it about again, I would have absent back again into the boxing contract," Diaz claimed Wednesday. "It would have compensated me a lot more money. . Later on, I'm positive some people can be possessed me personally returning here."

Three days and nights before his / her welterweight bout with BJ Penn during UFC 137 (Saturday, 8 p.m. ET, Spike TV; in search of p.m. ET, pay-per-view), Diaz covered upwards a time with reporters through addressing a problem related to whether your dog regrets re-signing by using UFC, the biggest brand among Zuffa's put together martial martial arts disciplines properties.

He certainly seems to obtain second thoughts.

Diaz ended up being about to try his surrender skilled boxing next to former 168-pound titleholder Jeff Lacy this particular year, but Zuffa convinced the pup to remain throughout MMA having beneficial offer to maneuver him from Strikeforce specifically right into a concept struggle by using UFC welterweight champ Georges St. Pierre.

Unfortunately with regard to Diaz, your dog tanked the complete matter through forced away from press management meetings to market that St. Pierre bout, busting his arrangement by using UFC and irking Zuffa officials consequently significantly construct y drawn him or her on the attack and relegated the pup in order to second-banana reputation within the co-main event on this weekend's show.

The combat together with Penn wound up in this head line position in any case because of a training injuries in order to St. Pierre, nonetheless Diaz remains unmollified. He now believes this individual should have caught up to be able to his or her authentic prefer to common box this specific year.

Although Diaz provides only one professional boxing go with about his or her record, they have deemed among the simpler strikers throughout mixed martial arts because of his or her unmatched flexibility for you to throw punches immediately considering the his long arms as well as lanky frame to keep competitors with bay. Although he's very little brain activity as well as lacks one-punch knockout power, Diaz's iron chin and speedy striking possess toted him that will wining throughout stand-up brawls towards a few of the profitable punchers in his / her weight class.

Penn message or calls your ex boyfriend your ideal boxer inside combined martial arts, a view which Diaz possesses portrayed to be a "reasonable" description. Diaz believes his fists could have brought the afternoon alongside a former champ in Lacy and provided just how intended for more substantial purses and handbags throughout boxing and mixed martial arts.

Building his track record throughout boxing might have helped your ex to come back in order to merged fighting styles with a higher profile thus more gaining power, Diaz said.

"I would likely have got produced a good amount of dollars inside boxing plus would have designed an abundance of cash after on its way back" to help MMA, Diaz said. "It unquestionably might have exercised when I had executed just what I attempt to do along with only done pro boxing for awhile."