‘Nick Diaz looked like a different man’- Daniel Cormier reflects upon Diaz’s return at UFC 266


‘Nick Diaz looked like a different man’- Daniel Cormier reflects upon Diaz’s return at UFC 266

Daniel Cormier on Nick Diaz

Nick Diaz’s return to the octagon wasn’t as eventful as many people would have expected and most fans weren’t too was not impressed with the veteran coming off a huge layoff.

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Diaz is undoubtedly one of the biggest stars the MMA world has seen. The superstar from Stockton was banned from the sport for five years and he finally made a much-anticipating come back against his former rival Robbie Lawler at UFC 266. Much to everyone’s disappointment, the fighter was not himself and gave up in the third round which gave Lawler a victory via TKO.

People were very excited about Nick’s return, he looked in an incredible shape before the fight, but during the fight week, he looked a little off, and his overall attitude was not like he wanted to fight. Even his opponent, Robbie Lawler walked up to him after the fight and asked him if he was having any problems in his life.

Robbie Lawler and Nick Diaz
Robbie Lawler and Nick Diaz

“I don’t feel like we’re gonna really see him again”- Daniel Cormier believes Nick Diaz won’t return to the octagon ever again

Nick Diaz
Nick Diaz

Nick never responded to his loss, and many speculated he had some other reasons for taking this fight. Nobody was expecting him to fight again, but his head coach, Cesar Gracie recently said he would return by the end of this year. Nothing is official yet, but those who care about Diaz don’t want to see him walk inside the octagon again.

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Another MMA legend, Daniel Cormier talked about him during ESPN’s DC & RC show, he said, “My last visual of Nick Diaz, I don’t feel like we’re gonna really see him again in the octagon. The pictures he looked shredded, inside the octagon he looked like a different man and it didn’t seem like he wanted to be in there.”

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