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Kemal
15-08-2013, 20:49
Perhaps Lyoto Machida can be the one to get Nick Diaz out of retirement.


A day after UFC president Dana White told FUEL TV's "UFC Tonight" that he wanted to book a middleweight fight between Machida and Vitor Belfort, White said on Wednesday he offered Diaz a fight against Machida at middleweight.

"I talked to Diaz today, and I made him an offer, so we'll see what happens," White reportedly said during a question-and-answer session in Boston for The Shawn Thornton Foundation, a charity dedicated to improving the lives of those affected by cancer and Parkinson's diseases. MMAJunkie first reported the news.

"He had been talking about going to 185 pounds. Machida has been talking about going to 185 pounds. So we wanted to see if he wanted to fight Machida at 185."

White told MMAFighting.com afterwards that he offered the fight to Diaz himself, but he didn't know which fight had better a chance of happening: Machida vs. Belfort or Machida vs. Diaz.

Belfort has yet to comment on the potential Machida fight.

Of course, the 30-year-old Diaz vowed to retire from MMA following his UFC 158 loss to Georges St-Pierre, unless he received a rematch against St-Pierre or a fight against Anderson Silva, which didn't seem likely at the time. Thus far, Diaz has not hinted at a comeback, however, he has kept a low-profile since the welterweight title fight against St-Pierre in March.

Machida most recently lost a controversial unanimous decision to Phil Davis at UFC 163. Machida's manager, Jorge Guimaraes, told "UFC Tonight" on Tuesday that they loved the idea of fighting Belfort at either middleweight, light heavyweight or a catch-weight. He was not available to comment on the Diaz proposal.

K-1sunstarr
15-08-2013, 21:12
Dat zou een mooie pot zijn voor Machida, kan hij Diaz op zijn bakkes slaan:rotflmao:
Jongens zonder dolle, Machida pas totaal niet in de stijl van Diaz, denking omlaag, dirty boksen ect ect.

hankmoody
16-08-2013, 17:44
Ik heb een beter idee: Lyoto vs Belford
Mousasi vs Nick Diaz

T15Boxing
16-08-2013, 17:51
Wat? Vage idee en hopelijk blijft het daarbij.

Diz
16-08-2013, 18:08
Haha, lekker voor Nick z'n temperament, vechten tegen iemand die bijna niet te raken is en continue wegspringt... :lol:

K-1sunstarr
16-08-2013, 19:57
Haha, lekker voor Nick z'n temperament, vechten tegen iemand die bijna niet te raken is en continue wegspringt... :lol:

:rotflmao:

hankmoody
17-08-2013, 12:30
Wat? Vage idee en hopelijk blijft het daarbij.

Ik vind dat Lyoto op dit moment meer recht heeft op een top contender gevecht dan Mousasi.

Pahlavan
17-08-2013, 16:50
Idd rare matchmaking... Niet bepaald een partij waar ik persoonlijk op zit te wachten

Asura
17-08-2013, 17:02
Idd rare matchmaking... Niet bepaald een partij waar ik persoonlijk op zit te wachten

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