Dana White On Nick Diaz, Robbie Lawler And Jake Shields.

UFC president Dana White must feel like Christmas came early with the demise of EliteXC. Not only did he get rid of a nationally known rival, White certainly has his pick of the free agents that will come about as a result of the closure of ProElite. Recently White was on Tapout Radio and spoke about some of the fighters. Here’s the quote:

“I like Robbie Lawler. Robbie Lawler’s coming too. Nick Diaz. I think Nick Diaz is a bad ass. Nick Diaz is a tough kid. Nick Diaz doesn’t handle himself right all the time in public. Ya know? When I first met Nick Diaz he was a great kid. Ya know? I like him. I respect him as a fighter. I love his attitude. I love the way that kid fights, but you can’t do the stuff that this kid does in public. You can’t get into a fight in the middle of the, uh, uh, when the fight’s over. You can’t do that stuff. Ya know? And when you see Ken Shamrock out there. Ken Shamrock is a lot of bravado and likes to do it up. Nick Diaz ain’t fuckin around. Nick Diaz wants to fight your ass. Ya know what I mean? I like Nick. I like Nick. Every time I see Nick I say “Hi” to Nick. Nick’s a good kid. I fucking love Nate Diaz. Nate Diaz has got all the tools. He looks better every time he goes out there. He continues to grow as a fighter. Ya know? And he doesn’t go crazy.

White also spoke to MMAWeekly and had this to say about EliteXC(former/current) welterweight champ Jake Shields:

“We’re always interested in having the best guys in the world. Jake Shields is obviously one of them.”

Without a doubt you can expect to see more than a few former EliteXC fighters transferring over to the UFC and The MMA News will keep you up to date on any developments. UFC president Dana White must feel like Christmas came early with the demise of EliteXC. Not only did he get rid of a nationally known rival, White certainly has his pick of the free agents that will come about as a result of the closure of ProElite. Recently White was on Tapout Radio [...]

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