Nick Diaz says he is done with MMA after his controversial loss to Carlos Condit at UFC 143 in Las Vegas.

In a post-fight interview with Joe Rogan, Diaz was dumbfounded by the judges’ scorecards, and told Rogan that he’s done with MMA.

The controversy lies in how how you view Condit’s strategy for the fight. Diaz loves to cut off space, get you up against the cage and let his rapid-fire, accurate strikes do their damage. Condit was smart enough to continually get out of those situations and move the fight back to the center of the Octagon where he could create space and also counterstrike better.

Some viewed it as Condit running from Diaz, others saw it as a brilliant tactic from Condit and trainer Greg Jackson that nullified the Diaz’ patented style of attack.

Either way, it will be Condit that gets to fight Georges St. Pierre when the champ is healthy enough to do so.

The UFC held its first event at the home of the Chicago Bulls and Blackhawks last Saturday, and Blackhawks owner Rocky Wirtz was there for the action.

In this interview for ESPN Chicago, Wirtz offers his thoughts on what he thinks about the UFC, what was most exciting about the event and if he’d like the UFC back in the United Center.

Michael Bisping broke out the double-bird salute for his ‘fans’ at the UFC on Fox weigh-ins.

Bisping was announced by UFC commentator Joe Rogan, and he came out on the stage to a roar of boos and catcalls. Bisping slipped off his clothes, got on the scale and gave the fans this response:

Does Bisping really mean that or is he just having some fun with the UFC fans here in Chicago? It’s probably a bit of both.

Here’s the video of how it went down.

It’s hard to steal the show from Chael Sonnen at a UFC press conference, but Rashad Evans and Phil Davis might have pulled off the feat yesterday at the UFC on FOX presser downtown.

Rashad ranted rapidly about Davis’ wrestling technique being ‘trash’, and Phil Davis used some ‘Chappelle’s Show’ quotes to jibe the former light heavyweight champion.

Evans and Davis will fight in the main event Saturday night from the United Center when the UFC on FOX airs at 7 CT.

Matt Giancarlo is an amateur fighter out of Gilbert Grappling, who has competed at Brawl at Bourbon Street and G2 Fight Night. He got the smack-talk rolling at the press conference yesterday with this exchange with Michael Bisping. In true Bisping form, he gives it right back.

Giancarlo has trained with Sonnen at Team Quest in Portland, and he’ll fight again locally in March or April. He’ll eventually turn pro, and maybe we’ll even see him on the same UFC card with Bisping some day.

The training camps are finished, the poorly-timed Sandusky jokes have faded away and the fighters will finally enter the Octagon.

Rashad Evans and Phil Davis will battle at the United Center on Saturday night, with the winner getting the next shot at Jon Jones and his UFC light heavyweight title.

Evans lives in Chicagoland and has family here, but that’s not why I want him to win. Phil Davis is a very young fighter and he’ll have other shots at a title fight. I want Evans to win because I love a good grudge match. I think most of the MMA community wants to see Evans/Jones and I am no different.

But I think Evans just has too much for Davis at this point: Evans has too much power, too much experience and he’s a top-level wrestler, which is what ultimately might thwart Davis’ gameplan.

Here is the preview video from the UFC, as if you weren’t already pumped for this bout.

In this clip, Sonnen gives a nice motivational speech that also has everyone cracking up — including Clay Guida.

Plus, Jonny ‘Bones’ Jones offers his predictions for the big fights on the Chicago card.

Forrest Griffin, Randy Couture, Greg Jackson, Dan Henderson and others discuss Rashad and a possible title shot against Jon Jones, Sonnen/Silva II and Michael Bisping’s jump right back into action after his fight with Mayhem.