Nick Diaz is reportedly making ready to battle once more in 2022 and whereas that is thrilling information for a lot of followers, former fighter Josh Thomson believes it is all concerning the paycheck for the elder Diaz brother.
Diaz’s longtime coach Cesar Gracie gave a shock replace concerning his pupil’s preventing future, declaring ‘Search for Nick Diaz to battle by the tip of the 12 months’ in an Instagram submit.
Throughout a brand new episode of the Weighing In podcast, Josh Thomson and ‘Huge’ John McCarthy debated on whether or not Nick Diaz was making an attempt to battle out his UFC contract or pad his retirement fund. After estimating Diaz had one thing like three extra fights on his contract, Thomson mentioned:
“He is received a methods to go. He is 38-years-old, one thing like that. I do not assume he’ll be capable of battle out his contract and go some place else until he needs to battle into his mid-forties. I do not assume he is fascinated by boxing both, I believe he was when he was youthful. I believe he is making an attempt to make that final little cash seize earlier than he rides off into the sundown, which is okay, it is nice.”
Watch the total episode of Weighing In discussing Nick Diaz’s return beneath:
Diaz returned to motion at UFC 266 in September 2021 towards Robbie Lawler. Per week earlier than the bout, the bout was modified from welterweight to middleweight at Diaz’s request, and Diaz seemed gradual and at occasions disinterested en path to a 3rd spherical stoppage loss.
Previous to that, Diaz hadn’t competed within the octagon since a 2015 bout towards Anderson Silva, dominated a No Contest after each Silva and Diaz failed drug exams.
Dana White has mentioned he does not assume Nick Diaz ought to battle once more
Whereas UFC president Dana White was charitable concerning Diaz’s efficiency towards Robbie Lawler at UFC 266, he later acknowledged he did not assume Diaz ought to battle once more. In an interview with ESPN, White mentioned:
“No matter how good he seemed and what he did after such an enormous layoff, I don’t assume Nick ought to battle. He’s a grown man and he can do no matter he needs to do. I simply don’t assume that Nick does it ‘trigger he loves it. I believe Nick does it ‘trigger he has to do it.”
He added:
“I at all times speak concerning the individuals who sit in bumper-to-bumper visitors and go to a job they hate. That’s what I really feel like when Nick Diaz is preparing for a battle. He’s in bumper-to-bumper visitors going to a job that he doesn’t love in any respect.”
Diaz has a 26-10 MMA report however is simply 2-3-1 over the previous decade.
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