A rather arrogant Thomas Denny takes some time out to talk about his Saturday night bout against Nick Diaz. He taunts Diaz through this interview and promises that he will go out and upend Diaz at Unfinished Business. The interview lasts only a little over three minutes, but it doesn’t even take half that time to form a negative opinion of Denny. See for yourself as Denny talks a whole lot of smack.

Nick Diaz will be part of a cast of fighters who will help the EliteXC make its second attempt to bring mixed martial arts to a mainstream audience. This July 26th on CBS, Diaz will take on Thomas Denny, although he will not be featured in the main event. Instead, the Diaz-Denny clash will be part of the undercard.

For Diaz, the fight comes a little more than a month after he coasted to a third round TKO of Mushin Corbbrey. It is a wise move on EliteXC’s part to involve Diaz as he is one of the organization’s better fighters. Nonetheless, it may have been wiser to pair him up with a more formidable opponent.

Denny has mainly fought for King of the Cage and has only one EliteXC bout under his belt. Having previously stepped into the cage wearing a pink mohawk and two sleeves of tattoos, Denny has labeled himself the “Wildman”. However, owing a 26-16 record hardly instills opponents with as much fear as his ridiculous haircut. Denny will need to bring every bit of his wildness if he has any illusions of besting Diaz.

A better opponent?

There is no doubt that Diaz would much rather have fought EliteXC lightweight champion KJ Noons for the second time. A bout between the two seems imminent and EliteXC will do its fair share of marketing when that bout does eventually take place. A month’s time may not have been long enough to start promoting a Diaz-Noons bout where blood already seems to be boiling. Still, a Diaz-Noons battle would probably turn out to be much more exciting.

For now, Diaz will settle for his match-up with Denny in front of a home crowd in Stockton, California. Diaz’s local following will not only be treated to watching a hometown hero, but they will also be treated to watching one of EliteXC’s best.

The organization will now need to bring the best if they are to go beyond the nightmarish exhibition which concluded with the Kimbo Slice spectacle more than a month ago. Diaz is definitely one of the fighters who has the ability to make onlookers forget about that deleterious debut of the EliteXC on CBS.