Nick Diaz vs. Robbie Lawler 2 In Works For UFC 266

Former UFC welterweight title challenger Nick Diaz is soon returning to the octagon and will be paired up against former welterweight champion Robbie Lawler. According to the UFC president, Dana White, UFC is operating to book this rematch which took 17 years in the making as the duo fought way back at UFC 47 in 2004. UFC is trying to book this fight as the co-main event for UFC 266 card in September. The news of Nick Diaz’s return started to circulate in late 2020 but there was no confirmation about that.

Nick was then spotted at UFC 261 and After the event, Dana White said he will be having a discussion with Nick regarding his comeback fight.

“It went good,” White told ESPN. “My whole thing with Nick Diaz is I just question how bad he really wants to fight. We got together, we had a great conversation, talked about a possible comeback for him, I just don’t know. We’ll see how it plays out this summer and the rest of this year.”

“It’s just the amount of time that he’s taken off already,” White said. “When you hear him talk about fighting, when you hear him talk about the sport – and I sit down daily, or talk to daily, hungry, young savages that want to break into the top 10, become world champions, all that stuff. Nick Diaz has done it all, seen it all. He’s been in big fights. I just don’t see that in him when I talk to him.”

But just a few months after that White confirmed that Nick Diaz will be returning to the fight game very soon.

“I wasn’t very high on it. I didn’t think that it would happen, but it looks like it will,” White told Farah Hannoun.

“You never hear me say that, ever,” White joked. “You say, ‘Do you think Nick Diaz will fight this year?,’ and ‘absolutely, positively not’ is what I usually say.”

“The matchmakers have (spoken to Diaz) and I don’t know where we’re at on it, but it’s looking promising,” White said.

Nick Diaz vs Robbie Lawler Rematch

Now according to the latest news surfaced White told TSN’s Aaron Bronsteter that a fight between former Strikeforce champ Diaz and former UFC welterweight champion Lawler is “in the works” for UFC 266.

“BREAKING: Nick Diaz vs. Robbie Lawler IN THE WORKS (not yet official) as a co-main for an event in September per Dana White.”

Nick Diaz and Robbie Lawler fought each other at UFC 47. Diaz was considered a huge underdog coming into this fight. Nick won the fight via KO in the second round of the fight. He landed a vicious hook that sent Lawler face first on the mat but he quickly got back up and then protested as he felt it was an early stoppage.

In his last fight in the UFC, Nick faced Anderson Silva at UFC 183 in 2015. He lost the fight via decision but the fight was declared as no contest as both the fighter tested positive for several substances.

Robbie Lawler on the other has been pretty much active in the UFC’s welterweight roster. He became the welterweight champion defended the belt several times. He recently is riding a 4 fight losing streak and is at the end part of his fighting career. A fight with Nick Diaz could be a huge fight for him at this stage of his career especially financially wise. Though no official announcement of this fight has been made soon there will be some confirmation from the UFC regarding this fight.