With recent rumor of Nick Diaz returning at UFC 310, BJPENN.com caught up with Nick’s Academy Recovery Coach and Team cut man Jose Garcia (BBJ) for an update on The General!
We must say, after speaking with Jose, we were left quite concerned. According to Garcia, Cesar Gracie continues to be the antagonist in this update as we previously reported in our last article (see that here). Nick Diaz’s removal from August’s UFC Abu Dhabi event was apparently due in major part to Gracie attempting to get the Stockton General back under contract so that he can financially benefit from Nick returning to the Octagon.
Nick had signed on to fight at Abu Dhabi independently, and he refused to sign the fight with Cesar’s offer. As the fight got closer (according to Garcia), Cesar Gracie did everything he could to sabotage Nick from going to Abu Dhabi, which as we all know, was eventually successful.
BBJ informed us that Nick Diaz is currently not signed to any manager and continues to get approached by leaches that want to profit off him, with Cesar Gracie allegedly leading the pack. According to Garcia, Cesar is desperate for a pay day, one that he would benefit from significantly, if Nick Diaz were to sign with him.
Nick Diaz is apparently not interested in working with Cesar Gracie in a management relationship as he has never benefited from him financially. Jose has notified us that Nick’s mental health is in a decline due to the pressure and stress that Gracie has applied to get Diaz to sign the contract that would allow him financial control over Nick’s fighting career.
It came to our attention that Cesar Gracie sent one of his former students out to Houston last week to check in on Nick. This was Cesar’s second failed attempt to get Nick to NorCal where Cesar could have him sign a fight contract. Cesar informed his former student that he could start Nick’s training camp and Cesar would compensate him for it. Several other people in Nick Diaz’s close circle have confirmed to us that Cesar Garcia is not currently his manager. Additionally, Gracie has not been involved in a fight camp since 2016 according to those sources.
“It is important that the MMA world knows what type of person Cesar Gracie is”, said Garcia. “He’s a snake and an opportunist that only has his own best interest in mind. He does not care about Nick’s mental health, nor does he care if Nick has a full fight camp as we saw when he fought Robbie Lawler (Cesar was in charge of fight negotiations and fight camp prep for that fight). Nick is excited to return to the Octagon and we are all excited to see his return. However, we want to see him mentally healthy and with a full fight camp. Cesar has caused Nick a lot of stress this last week.”
BBJ concluded that time and training away from Cesar Gracie is what Nick Diaz needs most.
Interesting.
I was told Nick trained 2 or 3 times TOTAL before he fought Robbie. Why would Cesar let his fighter do that? Im confused
He looked it too
This reads like AI wrote it…who the fuck calls Nick “The Stockton General”?
Lol
Nick’s walkout to the second Lawler fight. It was the definition of someone who’d rather be anywhere else in the world.
Man, America is so soft even a Diaz has mental health difficulties.
Cesar or no Cesar, Nick’s a grown man and I’m confused why he’d train a total of 2 or 3 times knowing he’s going to fight Robbie.
I dont know either. Im asking a question
If the 2-3 training sessions thing is accurate, then he looked a lot better than anyone gave him credit for. Rolling off the couch into the cage is wild for any fight, let alone Lawler.
Not sure im believing it EA , sounds Hetarted. Bottom of the 9th , 2 outs , Diaz know some shit by now ?
Yea. Youre right. How would I know? Its not like I talk to all the people close to the situation or anything haha
I mean for Nick to be ok with this clown foolery
I think just by the way he looked weight-wise lends a little credibility to the rumor. He’s never looked out of shape any time I can remember and in the videos he had posted right after the announcement he was pretty lean already. He walked out looking like Tim Sylvia, so something obviously happened to prevent him from even just running, which he does whether he’s fighting or not.
LOL
“He’s a snake and an opportunist that only has his own best interest in mind,” stated Garcia. “He does not care about Nick’s mental health, nor does he care if Nick has a full fight camp as we saw when he fought Robbie Lawler (Cesar was in charge of fight negotiations and fight camp prep for that fight).”
Those remarks marked the second time that Jose Garcia had accused Cesar Gracie of wrong doings with Nick Diaz, as he had previously claimed that the coach “forced” Nick Diaz to fight at UFC 266, this despite ‘The General’ being in bad mental and physical shape. Garcia also suggested that Gracie had been attempting to sabotage Nick’s camp for UFC Abu Dhabi, a fight which ultimately never came to fruition.
Well, Cesar Gracie has heard enough from Jose Garcia and wants the world to know that he is no more than a ‘Diaz groupie’ who holds a grudge against him dating back to Nick’s most recent Octagon appearance at UFC 266.
“You know, Nate (Diaz) is a nice guy. He lets anyone hang out and follow him to fights and stuff and do whatever. But the guy (Jose Garcia) is quoted on your site as being a coach. As a recovery coach, whatever the hell that means. He’s not a coach! I’m talking to Nick and Nate and they’re like ‘dude sorry’ we have nothing to do with this article. So, the thing is, this guy has a vendetta because I literally told him he cannot adjust Nick’s neck back in 2021.”
Cesar Gracie explained:
“He (Jose) is doing chiropractic now, but he’s not actually a chiropractor. So, Nick had two discs for the Lawler fight (at UFC 266) that had collapsed on his neck. He had to have an operation after the fight. But before the fight, this guy Jose was going to come out and he wanted all this money from Nick to adjust his neck as a chiropractor. Nick’s triathlon coach caught word of this and told me ‘You can’t let this Jose guy do this because he worked on my neck and really hurt me and one other guy’. So, when Jose showed up, I was like no, you’re not even a chiropractor, this is dangerous. So ever since then the guy has had this vendetta for me dude. I took away the thing he lives for, taking pictures with the Diaz brothers.”
So here’s an interesting clue I just noticed on Instagram
This morning the BBJ guy referenced the whole situation in a post and Nick “liked” it, this was 15 hours ago.
The Cesar post was put out 2 days ago, and there’s no “like” from Nick.
So it looks kind of like he’s telling us who is telling the truth without directly telling us