Nick Diaz
Diaz-Condit winner riding off with sponsor bonus prize
UFC 143 main event competitors Nick Diaz and Carlos Condit may be fighting for the welterweight division’s interim title Saturday, but the winner has more than a paycheck and a belt to look forward to.
The new interim champ will also walk –or rather ride – away with a new Harley-Davidson motorcycle. UFC president Dana White made the announcement at Thursday’s press conference at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas for UFC 143.
Diaz and Condit face one another now after each was, at one time, scheduled to face champion Georges St-Pierre. But the Canadian champion has been forced out likely for much of 2012 after surgery for a torn ACL.
Harley-Davidson, a longtime UFC sponsor, also gave away a motorcyle to a previous event winner. Chris Lytle earned a Harley of his own after defeating Dan Hardy at UFC on Versus 5 last August in Milwaukee, where Harley-Davidson is headquartered.
UFC 143 takes place Saturday at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. The pay-per-view starts at 10 p.m. Eastern and will be preceded by two prelims on the UFC’s Facebook page at 7 p.m. Eastern and four fights on FX at 8 p.m. Eastern.