Nick Diaz: Fighting a Teammate Is a 'Disgusting' Thought

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Strikeforce welterweight champion Nick Diaz doesn't even want to think about having to fight one of his Cesar Gracie teammates.

Diaz said on a teleconference Thursday there is "nothing" that would make him consider fighting a training partner.

"I fight with him today, yesterday in training," Diaz said of teammate Jake Shields, who meets Georges St-Pierre for the title next month at UFC 129. "It's already a done deal."

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Bellator 39 Results: Alvarez vs. Curran, Saunders vs. Lee, More

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MMA Fighting has live Bellator results of Eddie Alvarez vs. Pat Curran and the rest of the MTV2 card happening tonight at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn.

In the main event, Alvarez will put his lightweight title on the line against season two tournament winner Curran.

Also in semifinal matchups, former Bellator champion Lyman Good will face Rick Hawn in a welterweight bout and Toby Imada will meet Patricky "Pitbull" Freire in a lightweight showdown.

Finally, in a special 175-pound attraction, UFC veteran Ben Saunders will face East Coast mainstay Matt Lee.

Bellator 39 results are below.

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Thiago Silva’s deception requires NSAC to add ‘special’ inspection

Keith Kizer didn't sign up for this. Thankfully, he's the boss, so he'll probably get someone else to do the dirty work now required because of Thiago Silva.

The UFC light heavyweight joined a short list of prominent athletes who tried to beat a drug test by submitting a false urine test. We should point out that it's a short list of athletes that have been caught.

Cagewriter first mentioned the rumors of a phony sample back on Feb. 25. The Nevada State Athletic Commission confirmed that Silva did submit a sample inconsistent with human urine. Silva  came clean taking full blame for trying to beat the system after his win over Brandon Vera at UFC 125.

We make decisions every day of our lives. Some are good, and some are bad. When you make a bad decision, you can either make the situation worse by trying to cover it up or lie about it, or just stick your head in the sand and refuse to acknowledge it even happened," Silva said in a statement to MMAjunkie. "Or you can own up to it with an honest explanation, accept the consequences of your actions, apologize to the people affected by it, learn from it and move on.

Silva said he felt pressure to use a banned substance after he re-injured his back just 45 days before the Vera bout.

Kizer dealt with the same situation back in 2006 with Kevin Randleman before a PRIDE card.

"What [Randleman] did was he grabbed the inner-thigh of his shorts, kind of pulled it open, stuck out what we thought was the tip of his penis ? it was the same color as the rest of his skin ? and then urinated in the cup and gave it to our inspector," Kizer said.

The executive director of the NSAC admits his staff will probably need to outright inspect the genitalia of fighters as they provide a sample.

"I we think might have to take it a step further … It might be a situation where inspectors have to go really close and look," said Kizer.

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Pat Curran Ready to Unleash Surprise on Bellator Champ Eddie Alvarez

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Pat CurranSaturday night is supposed to be another showcase night for Bellator lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez. He is perhaps the most highly ranked fighter in the world not currently on the Zuffa payroll after the company swallowed up Strikeforce in a recent mega-deal. Alvarez has won 11 of his last 12, finished six straight opponents and is as much as a 6-fo-1 favorite to retain his title at Saturday's Bellator 39 event in Uncasville, Connecticut.

But challenger Pat Curran has a big surprise in store for him.

The soft-spoken 23-year-old has hardly been seen or heard from since capturing the season two lightweight tournament last June, winning as an underdog three straight times in the process. He was supposed to fight Alvarez soon after, but a shoulder injury forced a postponement of the title bout.

Ten months later, Curran is healthy and set to unleash a big secret on Alvarez and the rest of the MMA world.

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