Condit's manager took a more proactive step, lobbying for the Albuquerque fighter to step in if Diaz was unable to fulfill an essential duty such as promoting his fight.
"Two hours later, I was told I had the fight," Condit said.
UFC President Dana White opted to scratch Strikeforce champion Diaz from the title fight.
In Condit, St-Pierre gets a 27-year-old who's captured consecutive knockouts of the night by flying in to bury a right knee to the face of Dong Hyun Kim in July, and previously decking former title contender Dan Hardy last October with a left hand followed by a barrage to Hardy's face on the canvas.
"Carlos is much more dangerous," St-Pierre told The Times. "He hits harder, kicks harder, has more weapons [than Diaz]. He's a very lethal striker and a good submission artist."
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