Nick Diaz vacates Strikeforce Welterweight World Championship

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    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    Nick Diaz will vacate his Strikeforce title ahead of his bout with Georges St-Pierre at the end of 2011, preventing a title unification bout and likely closing the door on his return to Strikeforce. A tournament could ensue in Strikeforce for the WW strap or a top contender bout (a-la Jacare after Shields vacated) could take place.

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    Seems like a douche move. What does he gain, other than denying GSP a chance to hold both belts?
     
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    I would wager that Strikeforce would rather keep their title in-house than allow it to be transferred to the UFC, especially to a fighter like St-Pierre who would never fight on a Strikeforce card. So this arrangement was probably a stipulation put in by Showtime/Strikeforce not something Caesar Gracie/Nick Diaz orchestrated.
     
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