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Nate Diaz vs. Rory MacDonald still on at UFC 129, Wednesday Twitter comments just venting frustration
Mar 23, 2011 - 5:56:28 PM Nate Diaz vs. Rory MacDonald still on at UFC 129, Wednesday Twitter comments just venting frustration

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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

Nate Diaz caused a bit of a stir on Wednesday morning when he took to Twitter to vent some frustrations, and gave the impression his UFC 129 bout with Rory MacDonald was in danger next month.

"Can someone tell Canada to quit trippin and let me up in there I'm tryin to get paid," wrote Diaz. But while that comment could be construed as him having difficulties, his manager Cesar Gracie says he was simply venting about extra paperwork he's been made to fill out for the fight.

Diaz has a mark on his criminal record for disturbing the peace stemming from an incident in Reno, Nevada in 2006, but in comments made to MMAJunkie.com, Gracie said the UFC just found out about the charge recently and wanted him to make sure he had everything in line with the Canadian government and are having him fill out more paperwork to have everything in order.

"He was assaulted by a bouncer," Gracie said. "The UFC said, 'This might give you trouble going in (to Canada).' Well, he's been there eight times since then, and it's never been a problem for him."

"But just to cover all the bases, they want him to do a little paperwork. It's no big deal."

So there is nothing to worry about, and the fight is set to headline the Spike TV Preliminary Card portion of the UFC's record setting event at the Rogers Centre in Toronto. The main pay-per-view card is headlined by the Welterweight Championship bout between Georges St. Pierre and Jake Shields.

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Penick's Analysis: Diaz vs. MacDonald is one of the fights I'm very much looking forward to on this card, so thankfully it sounds like this is nothing. The UFC is right to make sure they've got everything in line, especially with this event, and in the end a little extra paperwork isn't going to kill Diaz. It's only a slight inconvenience in the grand scheme of things, especially in being a part of a card like this.