Even when Georges St-Pierre and Nick Diaz were in different promotions, a clash between the two seemed inevitable and their feud is still one of the most talked about in MMA history.
St-Pierre would successfully defend his welterweight title against Diaz by unanimous decision at UFC 158, sweeping the scorecards, but Diaz has long been interested in a rematch despite competing just once since he and “GSP” shared the Octagon.
This past Saturday, Nick’s brother Nate Diaz made a successful return from a three-year hiatus himself by defeating Anthony Pettis at UFC 241. Post-fight, he called for a bout with Jorge Masvidal and then later during an interview with ESPN, he did some campaigning for Nick, saying that St-Pierre should come out of retirement for a rematch with the elder Diaz brother.
St-Pierre was asked about the callout in an interview with Chael Sonnen and he stated his disinterest in signing up for a bout with either Diaz brother.
“I think [Nick Diaz is] gonna hate me until the day I die, it’s unbelievable,” St-Pierre said with a laugh. “Look, I know he doesn’t like me and he looks to get me all of the time, but I genuinely like the guy to tell you the truth. If I were to see him in a situation of trouble and I would be the only person that could help him, I would go help him. And I don’t think it would be the other way around.
“I don’t know what to say. He’s one of my biggest adversaries. Even if we only fought once, we’re kind of very different personalities and I think that’s why the clash of the personalities makes it very interesting. But I’m retired now, I don’t want to go back and fight Nate Diaz. I wish him the best of luck in his pursuit of the title, if that’s what he wanted to do. But I don’t want to fight his brother Nick Diaz. It’s not interesting for me. There’s nothing I can gain from that. The risk is not worth the reward.”
St-Pierre, 38, has said that if he ever returns it would be for fight with unbeaten UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov. However, he admitted recently that even that bout is of little interest to him anymore.
Georges St-Pierre not interested in Nick Diaz rematch: ‘There’s nothing I can gain from that’
St-Pierre would successfully defend his welterweight title against Diaz by unanimous decision at UFC 158, sweeping the scorecards, but Diaz has long been interested in a rematch despite competing just once since he and “GSP” shared the Octagon.
This past Saturday, Nick’s brother Nate Diaz made a successful return from a three-year hiatus himself by defeating Anthony Pettis at UFC 241. Post-fight, he called for a bout with Jorge Masvidal and then later during an interview with ESPN, he did some campaigning for Nick, saying that St-Pierre should come out of retirement for a rematch with the elder Diaz brother.
St-Pierre was asked about the callout in an interview with Chael Sonnen and he stated his disinterest in signing up for a bout with either Diaz brother.
“I think [Nick Diaz is] gonna hate me until the day I die, it’s unbelievable,” St-Pierre said with a laugh. “Look, I know he doesn’t like me and he looks to get me all of the time, but I genuinely like the guy to tell you the truth. If I were to see him in a situation of trouble and I would be the only person that could help him, I would go help him. And I don’t think it would be the other way around.
“I don’t know what to say. He’s one of my biggest adversaries. Even if we only fought once, we’re kind of very different personalities and I think that’s why the clash of the personalities makes it very interesting. But I’m retired now, I don’t want to go back and fight Nate Diaz. I wish him the best of luck in his pursuit of the title, if that’s what he wanted to do. But I don’t want to fight his brother Nick Diaz. It’s not interesting for me. There’s nothing I can gain from that. The risk is not worth the reward.”
St-Pierre, 38, has said that if he ever returns it would be for fight with unbeaten UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov. However, he admitted recently that even that bout is of little interest to him anymore.
Georges St-Pierre not interested in Nick Diaz rematch: ‘There’s nothing I can gain from that’
