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UFC 143's Diaz-Condit shouldn't be for title

February 1, 2012 11:24 PM By MARK LA MONICA mark.lamonica@newsday.com

Nick Diaz, facing camera, and BJ Penn grapple

Photo credit: AP | Nick Diaz, facing camera, and BJ Penn grapple during their welterweight bout at UFC 137 in Las Vegas. Diaz won by unanimous decision. (Oct. 29, 2011)

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Many words will be written and spoken this week about Nick Diaz and Carlos Condit as they prepare to fight Saturday night at UFC 143 in Las Vegas. Here are the three worst words you will come across: interim welterweight title.

Yes, Diaz vs. Condit is a title fight. A title fight for a belt neither one is defending. A title fight for a belt that the champion has yet to lose.

That champion,...

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