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LAS VEGAS – UFC president Dana White understands why Nick Diaz is upset, even if he doesn’t agree with the fighter’s belief that he won Saturday’s UFC 143 main event.

He also understands if Diaz goes through with an announced retirement, even if he thinks it’d be financially foolish to do so.

Quite simply, White has given up on trying to predict the 28-year-old’s often-erratic behavior.

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Nick Diaz is done, apparently.

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Veteran fighter Jorge Rivera’s mind was made up a long time ago – well before he finally clued in UFC officials.

At Thursday’s UFC on FX 1 weigh-ins, he finally told his longtime employers what he had decided nearly three months earlier: Friday’s fight with middleweight Eric Schafer would be the last of his career.

Following an impressive second-round TKO victory, 39-year-old “El Conquistador” told MMAjunkie.com there’d be no changing his mind.

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Kenny Florian, who’s competed in four different weight classes during a successful seven-year UFC run, is reportedly considering retirement.

A back injury may cut short the 35-year-old’s fighting career.

Florian told the “Boston Herald” a lumbar herniated disc in his lower back hasn’t improved since November, when he suffered the injury while lifting weights.

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UFC featherweight and lightweight title challenger Kenny Florian is contemplating retirement, according to a report Friday in the Boston Herald.

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With the exception of injuries or an act of God, Wanderlei Silva and Vitor Belfort will fight after Belfort meets Anthony Johnson on Saturday at UFC 142.

How much does Silva want to fight Belfort?

“A lot,” he told MMAjunkie.com during open workouts for the pay-per-view event, which takes place at HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro. “This is one fight I really, really want to do before I retire. I’m so happy for a fight with this guy in Brazil.”

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With the departure of Brock Lesnar, another fighter will have to step up – and soon – to fill in the void.

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LAS VEGAS – Dana White never publicly discusses his fight predictions,
but post-UFC 141, the UFC president admitted he thought Brock Lesnar was going to walk away victorious over Alistair
Overeem.

But when that didn’t happen, White said he wasn’t surprised Lesnar decided to walk away from the sport.

Check out the embedded video to hear White’s thoughts on Lesnar’s
decision, a potential Lesnar return to professional
wrestling, as well as impressions of some of the night’s other winners.

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UFC president Dana White said he had no idea former champion Brock Lesnar was planning on retiring.

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LAS VEGAS – Alistair Overeem is next in line for a UFC heavyweight title shot, and he ended a career to get it.

In his official UFC debut, the recent Strikeforce titleholder earned a first-round TKO victory over Brock Lesnar, an ex-champ who announced his MMA retirement following the loss.

The fight headlined the pay-per-view main card of UFC 141 and followed
prelims on Facebook and Spike TV. It took place at MGM Grand Garden
Arena in Las Vegas.

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