EliteXC wins: Nick Diaz heads to Honolulu, not Tokyo

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Report: Diaz off of DREAM’s show this Sunday
Published 5/6/2008 by Sam Caplan at Five Ounces of Pain
... Another fight involving Nick Diaz has reportedly been canceled. A planned bout between Diaz and Katsuya Inoue that had been scheduled for Sunday’s DREAM.3 card has been canceled, according to a report by Josh Gross of SI.com . News of the possible cancellation first surfaced Monday night at the ...

Nick Diaz off of DREAM 5/11 show
Published 5/6/2008 by Jim Murphy at MMA Blog - TheSavageScience.com
... from Honolulu, Hawaii. Representatives for Fight Entertainment Group, which expected to promote Diaz’s welterweight bout this weekend versus Katsuya Inoue, did not respond to requests for comment. On Sunday, Gracie aimed to make it clear that his side was not to blame for the confusion that had two of MMA’s top promoters battling.“We put these two organizations in contact with each other,” he said. “They were supposed to figure it out but there was some miscommunication somewhere.” EliteXC wins: Nick Diaz heads to Honolulu, not Tokyo @ SI.com

Nick Diaz DREAM 3 fight against Katsuya Inoue scratched
Published 5/6/2008 by James Iannotti at UFC blog for UFC news, results, videos, rumors, fights, pics and tickets -- MMAmania.com
... Nick Diaz is being forced to withdraw from his fight against Katsuya Inoue at DREAM 3 this Sunday, May 11, at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan, according to Josh Gross at SportsIllustrated.com. ...

Nick Diaz DREAM 3 fight against Katsuya Inoue scratched
Published 5/6/2008 by Chewy at MMAdness
... Nick Diaz is being forced to withdraw from his fight against Katsuya Inoue at DREAM 3 this Sunday, May 11, at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan, according to Josh Gross at SportsIllustrated.com. ...

Nick Diaz’s Fight at DREAM 3 Scratched
Published 5/6/2008 by CagE at Cage Today - MMA News, Results, UFC blog, Ultimate Fighter, Rumors, Video and Opinion
... Josh Gross of SportsIllustrated is reporting that Gary Shaw has pulled the plug on Nick Diaz’s appearance at Dream 3. According to Shaw, a stipulation in Nick Diaz’s contract, give EliteXC the power to pull the plug on any fight that coincides with a scheduled EliteXC show. Being only 33 days before Diaz is scheduled to fight on the June 14 EliteXC Hawaii card is just to close for comfort. EliteXC President, Gary Shaw: With Shaw, apparently, unaware as little as two days ago of an upcoming bout for the ...

Nick Diaz still listed on DREAM.3 card…
Published 5/7/2008 by Lyman Hoyt at MMA Blog - TheSavageScience.com
... still has him listed on the fight card. There’s also no mention of Diaz’s withdrawal in the Japanese sports media. Since its just after 2 PM Tokyo time as I’m writing this I doubt they’ll have any update on his status until tomorrow. The SI.com article that we linked to when we first reported this had an unintentionally funny line: Representatives for Fight Entertainment Group, which expected to promote Diaz’s welterweight bout this weekend versus Katsuya Inoue, did not respond to requests for comment. Corporations tend to not respond when you contact them just before ...

Nick Diaz Pulled From DREAM 3
Published 5/7/2008 by Eric Shapiro at MMAFrenzy.com
... In what seems to be an unfortunate trend for Nick Diaz, the EliteXC lightweight has been restricted from competing as scheduled at this Sunday’s DREAM 3 event in Saitama, Japan: ...