Sean O’Malley hyped for ‘badass’ Nick Diaz return: ‘He was trying f—king good’ in opposition to Robbie Lawler

Nick Diaz may use a win.

One in all Stockton, California’s two favourite combating sons is ready to proceed his Final Combating Championship (UFC) profession. That’s proper, the elder Diaz brother will return when he faces Vicente Luque in a Welterweight conflict at UFC Abu Dhabi on Aug. 3, 2024.

Diaz, 40, hasn’t fought since a troublesome third spherical technical knockout loss in his rematch with Robbie Lawler at UFC 266 in September 2021. Sadly for the previous Strikeforce champion, the outcome prolonged his span and not using a victory because it’s now been 13 years since his final — a unanimous resolution over B.J. Penn. Regardless of all that, UFC Bantamweight champion, Sean O’Malley, is happy in regards to the return of the veteran.

“That’s so badass,” O’Malley stated on the TimboSugarShow. “[That’s badass for] us. Nick Diaz? Don’t watch it [if you don’t like it]. Positively may have gave him a greater match up. [Tony Ferguson] would have been good.

“His battle with Robbie Lawler, he was trying f—king good although,” he continued. “He seemed good, he actually did. Till he misplaced.”

As Diaz retains combating, so do his fellow fan-favorites like Ferguson, who will battle that very same night time when he takes on Michael Chiesa. Maybe essentially the most shocking component of the matchmaking selections is that Diaz will go from the unranked Lawler on the time to the No. 14-ranked Luque.

Diaz vs. Ferguson looks like a no brainer, particularly with the earlier tie-in of Nate Diaz, who defeated Ferguson by way of a fourth spherical guillotine in September 2022 (watch highlights). The battle was Nate’s final within the promotion. In the meantime, O’Malley gears up for doubtless his hardest check but, a title protection in opposition to the streaking No. 1-ranked Bantamweight contender, Merab Dvalishvili.