World Jiu-Jitsu Expo: Nick Diaz Misses BJJ Match With Braulio Estima
By Chris Leslie on May 13, 2012
Tonight was supposed to be a special night at the World Jiu-Jitsu Expo as UFC welterweight Nick Diaz was supposed to take on BJJ Champion Braulio Estima in a superfight. Unfortunately, Diaz did not appear and left Estima waiting on the mat before it was clear Diaz would not show.
Caesar Gracie told MMAFighting he did not know why Diaz did not show, stating:
“I know he was mad when he was told Braulio would not make weight last night. No one has seen him today. Braulio ended up making weight this morning.”
While Diaz was upset Estima did not make weight the day before, Estima did cut the weight and weighed in this morning. Day of competition weigh-ins are very common in grappling tournaments and Estima had flown in from the United Kingdom for the bout.
While others volunteered to face Estima, including BJJ standout Robert Drysdale, the irate Brazilian insisted he would only face Diaz.
The no show put the damper on the impressive display of grappling put on for those both in the crowd and those that had paid $9.95 for the PPV. Both Diaz and Estima were going to donate their purses from tonight’s bout to charity but it is unsure if that will happen since the bout did not occur.
Full Results:
- Jeff Glover def. Caio Terra via points 10-6
- Kron Gracie def. Victor Estima via one advantage
- Rafael Lovato def. Lucas Leite via points 2-0
- Bill Cooper def. Nino Schembri via referee’s decision due to ties in points and advantages
- Kyra Gracie def. Alexis Davis via points 5-0
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class act diaz really justt wow. so much potential and just pathetic display of sportsmanship. i can only imagine him being one other place tonight, stoned out of his mind at a taco bell drive thru
I read this on my phone in a group of people, I started laughing out loud and now I look crazy. But I agree with you
I am sure he had a great excuse. Umm, something like He lost his hitter on the way to the match and got lost in his car looking for it. Way to show people your not a joke Nick. You wonder why nobody respects you? Heh, me too!
Maybe Braulio brought this on himself telling Nicks camp he won’t be making weight
The Diaz camp was made aware that he may not make weight the night before and agreed to allow day of weighins.
Diaz was scared homie!
Plain and simple: Diaz was shook.
He’s a punk ass who promises checks his ass can’t cash
Come on man u let a lot of people down
I AM CALLING OUT NICK DIAZ! Your a disrespectful looser! Come on Mr. Diaz you dont want to show up for your charitable fights? Come fight me in my back yard! I am 100% SERIOUS! I dont care who you are and if you can beat me! Come on im here!!!
If you know Nick Diaz copy and send this to him, this is a serious message! I will fight you ANYWHERE!
What a piece of work. I hope no promotion touches him for at least a year or more. Personally I’ll never watch another event if he’s on the card.
Let’s hear from all the Nick Diaz apologists out there… what excuse do you guys have now? He is the most disrespectful professional athlete I have ever witnessed. He breaks rules, he breaks contracts, he violates policies, he screws over fans of his as well as fans of MMA/BJJ. He has spit in the face of what it means to a competitor. What kind of selfish animal pulls this stuff time and time again? What kind of fan keeps forgiving him? His word is dirt and I wouldn’t blame any competitor who refused to take a fight/match with him. I feel bad for the wasted time and sacrifice Estima made in futility. Even more so, I HATE Nick Diaz for squelching on his purse donation to St. Judes. F you Diaz and the same goes for any of his inexplicable apologists out there who make an excuse for him this time.
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Its all business. People will pay to see the guy who re nigged on charity get his ass kicked
Well said Kevsmitt
It’s obvious Diaz is a street thug making a living in MMA.
The story should read, ” I was going to graple with BJJ Champion Braulio Estima in a superfight,…but then I got high”…..lolol what a self centered joke…
Everyone has pretty much said it, but beneath my contempt,i’m starting to feel pity for Diaz. What a self-absorbed, smoked out nut case he is.
So I hear Nick’s excuse is that Estima didnt make weight BS since Nicks camp agreed to let Estima weigh in again the day of the fight which he did weighing 180 lbs. The other excuse was that the promotion didnt donate to the charity. Again BS the promotion was prepared to donate the money after the event also from what i hear they are still going to donate a portion of the money to the charity still. No promotion in their right mind would pay Diaz up front before a fight the little punk would just run off with it. Nick is a disgrace to mma & BJJ and it makes me sick to which people in the sport have to defend his action ie Ceaser and Renzo Gracie. Just give it up Nick no one cares if you fight again, stick to Triathlons
I can see how Diaz would be pissed. He was the underdog and Estima was not on weight. Not really an excuse for not showing, he could have said I’m not fighting. But I dont get the shock, surprise and anger about it, this is Nick’s M O. Just lower your expectations and you can still like the guy as a fighter.
SInce this is quickly becoming the norm for Nick, I’m not even going to say too much about him. Everytime I try to give him a chance, he pulls something else, so whatever; but what I DO want to know, is what excuses Cesar Gracie is going to come up with. How is he going to spin this one to make Nick the victim? He sits back and talks about other fighters like he would ever even have a chance in the cage, and then talks about how the sport/organization misunderstands Nick, doesn’t give Nick the benefit of the doubt. Tries to call out other fighters like GSP on his injuries. Tries to chime in and say that Condit was “running” the entire match… well Cesar, at least they show up to their jobs, be it pressers, interviews, or god forid, A FIGHT.
The main reason that “scrap pack” gets a bad name isn’t all because of the fighters (mainly Nick), but because Cesar allows them to get away with it. As does Dana White apparently (no in this particular instance, obviously, but you know he’d welcome Nick back in for a fight with either of the current WW champs; real or interim.
Everyone needs to shorten that Diaz leash a little.