If I Did It: Unsolicited PR advice for Nick Diaz, the Nevada Commission & the UFC

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Once again I’m back with my co-host extraordinaire Eugene S. Robinson, author of Fight: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Ass-Kicking but Were Afraid You’d Get Your Ass Kicked for Asking and I brought back Alexei Auld to grill us with some PR stumpers from the world of combat sports.

Today’s puzzlers include:

What can Nick Diaz do from here to marshall public support and pressure the Nevada Athletic Commission to reduce his suspension
What can the Nevada Athletic Commission do from here to recover from this self-inflicted PR black eye?
What, if anything, should the UFC do to avoid getting blame for this mess they had very little to do with causing?
Plus which GOP presidential candidates are in “Eugene’s Lost Battalion”?

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Nate Wilcox

Nate Wilcox is the founding editor of BloodyElbow.com. As such he has hired every editor and writer to work for the site. Wilcox’s writing for BE is known for its emphasis on MMA history, the evolution of fighting techniques and strong opinions. Wilcox developed the SBN MMA consensus rankings which were featured in USA Today from 2009 to 2011. Before founding BE, Wilcox was a political operative working for such figures as Senators John Kerry and Mark Warner and an early political blogger. He is the co-author of Netroots Rising, a history of the political blogosphere from 2003 to 2007. Wilcox also hosts the Let It Roll podcast on music history for the Pantheon Podcast Network.