Ivan OrekhovSports correspondentAll materialsThe main MMA promotion is squeezing all the juice out of the famous MMA fighter Nate Diaz at the end of his career. In early autumn, the legend will take on the tough Khamzat Chimaev, who really could use a little more hype before the title fight. A few weeks ago, UFC President Dana White, in an interview, «accidentally» did not hide from the audience a list of potential high-profile league fights for the coming months. Among them, the fight between the undefeated Chimaev and the veteran Diaz stood out. Because such a one-sided duel is impossible for Borz!
However, now this poster remains only to be officially announced. Insiders have already written about agreeing on all the details, the fighters agreed to a confrontation — on September 10, a Swede of Chechen origin and an American will fight in the main event of the 279th UFC numbered tournament (the event will be held in Las Vegas; the fight will be five-round). Funeral for Nate Diaz! ESPN journalist Brett Okamoto quotes Chimaev on social networks. The promotion immediately had to deal with the fight of Petr Yan's sworn rival, UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling, who was supposed to make his second title defense against TJ Dillashaw in September. Since the tournament in Sin City received a large-scale fight of non-title status, there is no way a fight for the belt could be under it in the card — according to foreign media, the fight between Sterling and Dillashaw can become a co-main event scheduled for October 22 at UFC 280. The main event of the evening fights in Abu Dhabi will be the felling for the vacant lightweight title between Charles Oliveira and Islam Makhachev. But back to the controversial fight, which will be the last for Diaz in the UFC (under the contract) and, possibly, in his career. The fact that Chimaev agreed to it is more than understandable, but how could Diaz get involved in such an adventure? He is a loser in all respects: the 37-year-old athlete cannot oppose anything to the 28-year-old Borz either in the stance or on the ground. The guy from Stockton lost his last two fights by one wicket, and the last victory dates back to August 2019, when Diaz Jr. defeated Anthony Pettis, who was in decline. while the success of the US representative is estimated at 8.8.
Khamzat ChimaevNate's last fight in the UFC could have been his third fight with Conor McGregor. However, the Irishman heals his leg and will not return to the cage until the end of the year — of course, this does not suit Diaz, who is tired of the shackles of the league. He changed his mind and signed up for a fight with the main star of the league #right now. Yes, quite recently, the fighter was categorically against the fight with Chimaev. In an interview with MMA Junkey, he explained his position by his unwillingness to engage in the promotion of an opponent:
& # 34; I asked for a fight with Vicente Luque, with Tony Ferguson … I called four or five names, but I never received an answer. I only refused to meet with Chimaev — this is the only fight they offered me. Why did they offer me this? For me to help them create another star like before? Everyone I fought went on to fight for the title. I created Jorge Masvidal, brought him back to life at the moment when he was on the verge of retirement".