UFC 143 is set to take place tonight at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. Nick Diaz will face Carlos Condit for the UFC’s interim welterweight title live on pay-per-view.
GSP vs. Condit was originally scheduled for the event until a brash Diaz got into the head of GSP with a variety of insults which eventually prompted the champion to request to face the Stockton fighter, Nick Diaz, as soon as possible in the place of Condit.
Condit was than scheduled to face off with Josh Koscheck and Diaz with GSP in February’s main and co-main UFC 143 featured bouts. However, in this circle of top welterweights nothing ever seems to go as planned.
With the announcement that welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre was injured and out for 10 months Condit was then put in position to face off with Diaz in the main event of UFC 143 for the UFC’s interim welterweight title.
For this first time since Shane Carwin beat Frank Mir at UFC 111 in 2010, the organization is set to put in place an interim title in the champions extended absence. The bout will serve as the first interim title bout in nearly two years.
Use this thread to cast your comments, debate the fights and follow along with the action as it goes down tonight. The Preliminary card kicks off at 7pm ET and the action will follow on all the way until about 1am ET.
MAIN CARD: (Pay-Per-View)
Carlos Condit def. Nick Diaz via unanimous decision (48, 47 – 49, 46 – 49, 46) (To Win The UFC interim welterweight title)
Fabricio Werdum def. Roy Nelson via unanimous decision (30,27-30,27-30,27)
Josh Koscheck def. Mike Pierce via split decision (29,28-29,28-29,28)
Renan Barao def. Scott Jorgensen via unanimous decision (30,27-30,27-30,27)
Ed Herman def. Clifford Starks via submission (Rear Naked Choke) – Round 2, 1:43
PRELIMINARY CARD: (FX)
Dustin Poirier def.Max Holloway submission (armbar) – Round 1, 3:23
Edwin Figueroa def. Alex Caceres via split decision (28,27-28,27-28,27)
Matt Brown def. Chris Cope via knockout – Round 2, 1:19
Matt Riddle def. Henry Martinez via split decision (29,28-29,28-29,28)
PRELIMINARY CARD: (Facebook)
Rafael Natal def. Michael Kuiper via unanimous decision (30,27-30,27-29,28)
Stephen Thompson def. Dan Stittgen via knockout (head kick) -Round 1, 4:13
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all night this is the only one that matters!!! lets go Condit!!
dang. Cant watch the fight!!! great…. any of you gents wanna record it with yer phone and send it to me? :D
:) main event time boyz
has the fight started none of the live bolgs are going.
A lot more backpedaling on Condit’s part than I expected. Jus sayin’…
I agree, he definitely did not come to fight. I thought the judges were still gonna give it to Diaz though lol.
If condit doesnt get this its because the ufc doesnt want him to win. he won 4 rounds easy.
diaz hands down won the first and probably the second and third and he won the fifth with the takedown
I badly wanted to see Diaz V GSP but concede Condit deserved the victory….Great fight.
all i can say is good job carlos
Wow a Boxing decision. Run most of the fight and win. Wow just WOW!
Sure so maybe he shouldve just stood there anbd played the Diaz game and took all the shots.Dude thats exactly what Diaz wants because he knows his cardio is better.Get of his nuts ffs Condit scored the whole fight and your hero threw and fit and just quit just like he told BJ not to do because of a loss.Diaz is a badass but just a few minutes ago he lost all my respect after that f*** circus act.Hes butt hurt knowing he cant bully everyone he goes against.
RUNNINGS NOT FIGHTING HOMIE
Diaz was robbed he had the first second and fifth.
i bet you lose a lot of money tonight?
Yes Diaz got robbed!
fuckin bullshit…. they give the w to the dude who is avoiding the fight?!?!?!?!
Condit deserved it. fought the smarter fight… plus Diaz was being bitch
diaz has first second and fifth ,…and comdit did not clearly have the 3rd and 4th they were close…..im tired mma ufc also…u cant fukin win a belt running away from a guy….fuk,,i thought the fights are scored on ring control diaz….aggressiveness diaz,,,and landed strikes close call….what the fuk,,,nik always get fukct …
DONT COME TO FIGHHT OR FINISH…RUN AWAY AND RUN THE CLOCK DOWN AND U WILL WIN…….IF IM NICK DIAZ IM REALLY NOT FIGHT AGAIN IN THE UFC UNTIL HE GETS A TITLE SHOT…I WOULD SIT OUT AND REALLY RETIRE LIKE BJ …
way to run away from the stockton slap condit
he didnt run away.. he landed more and did more damage.. condit broke diaz face and spirit.. diaz pouting like a child was funny..
condit has better footwork and landed more.. i wish diaz would have won.. just to watch gsp destroy him with his jab alone..
diaz fought someone with similar height/reach and couldnt handle it.. condit had the better game plan.. diaz was too busy running his mouth and posturing .. fuck him
Condit won that fight for sure!
i dont know how anybody thought it was close, condit kicked and punched him for 5 rounds, nick taunts condit and thought he won that fight???
Condit stuck to his gameplan and avoided Diaz’s attempts to corner him. That’s all Diaz tried to do the entire fight. That’s how Diaz wins fights. By getting guys to stand and bang in the corner of the ring. Condit was smart enough not to get suckered into that situation. It might look like he was running but he was constantly on the offensive. He was nailing Diaz all night. Diaz sez they were weak leg kicks? Well why was his leg bruised the F up, when they went to the ground you could see it. Condit won this fight fair and square. He outworked Diaz and Diaz needs to stop being such a punk and crying about how its bullsh\+. He has always had a punk attitude and it showed tonight! “Waaaahhhh I lost!! I quit!!!”
Diaz is a whining lil bitch.
He was beat all night long.
I hope he keeps his word, and does retire.
He is all mouth, and that is where mouth belongs.
But more than likely, Diaz will be a lil bitch some more, and not be a MAN of his word. …. We call them “boys” where I live, no matter what their age … they do not act like men.
Condit barely had a mark on him.
Condit deserved the unanimous decision.
Because Diaz is too stupid to hit a moving target, we are supposed to feel sorry for him.
Not.
Diaz got his ass kicked all night long.
Period.