Nick Diaz wants a rematch with Anderson Silva outside the UFC's 'dog cage'

Anderson Silva and Nick Diaz

UFC 183 was a disappointment for Nick Diaz on a number of levels. Now, he would like another crack at Anderson Silva – under PRIDE rules.

Silva (34-6 MMA, 17-2 UFC) defeated Diaz (26-9 MMA, 7-7 UFC) by unanimous decision in the middleweight main event before it was announced that both fighters failed drug tests around the event – a third career marijuana metabolite failure for Diaz. While the final punishment for the failed drug tests is still to be determined, Silva has already made noise about a rematch.

Now, Diaz expressed his own interest in a rematch via a message posted on Instagram, but he’d prefer to compete under a specific set of rules.

Diaz wants the fight with Silva to take place in a ring and with yellow cards for stalling, something he

He was so frustrated with Silva’s movement and refusal to engage in an all-out brawl that he was eventually driven to lay down on the canvas and pose during the action.

Diaz only fought once in the now defunct PRIDE promotion – an incredible gogoplata win over Takanori Gomi that was overturned due to .

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