“They had one opportunity ever in the history of the UFC to do it. Like, I planned episode 911 to be Alex Jones. They should have planned episode 209 to be in Stockton with Nick and Nate Diaz. I guarantee to you, that [expletive] would have gotten two million pay per view buys.”

Two of the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s most popular fighters in the Diaz Brothers fight out of Stockton, California which boasts an area code of “209”.

While this knowledge may fall upon deaf ears for the casual fan of mixed martial arts, diehards know what it means to come from the “209” and were excited for “UFC 209” to roll around as it would no doubt be built around Nick and Nate Diaz.

However, just nine days away from “UFC 209” fight night not a Diaz brother is seen on the card.