“Let’s face it. He’s a fighter and he’s gonna fight. It’s gonna happen.”

“I think a guy like him is better served doing big fights, no matter where they’re at,” Gracie said. “Seriously, no matter where the fight is — even if he has to go down a lighter weight than even 170. He wants big fights. That’s what motivates him. I think that’s what the greatest guys did was they didn’t look so much at weight classes, but they looked at the big fights that motivate them.”

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“I don’t want to see Nick go out there and fight some guy he never heard of at 170 or some up-and-comer. He’s already past all that. He deserves the respect of having big fights.”

During a new interview with MMAFighting.com, Nick Diaz coach Cesar Gracie revealed that he believes his fighter will fight again.