{"id":301460,"date":"2019-02-12T04:31:32","date_gmt":"2019-02-12T12:31:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=301460"},"modified":"2019-02-12T04:31:33","modified_gmt":"2019-02-12T12:31:33","slug":"nate-diaz-to-corner-kron-gracie-at-ufc-phoenix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/nate-diaz-to-corner-kron-gracie-at-ufc-phoenix\/","title":{"rendered":"Nate Diaz to corner Kron Gracie at UFC Phoenix"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Fan favorite UFC lightweight contender Nate Diaz will be returning to the cage this weekend at UFC Phoenix on ESPN, he just won&#8217;t be doing any fighting. Instead, the younger Diaz brother will be cornering BJJ ace Kron Gracie in his UFC debut opposite the always exciting Alex Caceres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ESPN&#8217;s Greg Rosenstein has the details:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nate Diaz will be cornering Kron Gracie this weekend at UFC Fight Night: Phoenix, per <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GilbertMelendez?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GilbertMelendez<\/a>. Gracie faces Alex Caceres in his UFC debut.<\/p>&mdash; Greg Rosenstein (@grosenstein) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/grosenstein\/status\/1095063155879936005?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 11, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Kron Gracie will enter this fight with a perfect 4-0 MMA record. His three most recent wins all occurred under the RIZIN Fighting Federation banner, where he defeated Erson Yamamoto, Hideo Tokoro and Tatsuya Kawajiri, all by submission. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alex Caceres, meanwhile, is 14-11-0 overall. In his last fight, he defeated Mart\u00edn Bravo by split decision. This win was defeated by a decision loss to Guan Wang and a stoppage defeat of Rolando Dy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nate Diaz has not fought since August of 2016, when he gave up a close, majority decision to&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/conor-mcgregor\/\">Conor McGregor<\/a>. The Stockton, California native was expected to return to the cage against Dustin Poirier at UFC 230 in November, but this plan was scrapped when Poirier sustained an unfortunate injury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since then, there&#8217;s been widespread wonder as to whether or not Diaz ever return to the Octagon \u2014 as a fighter, not just a cornerman. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This article first appeared on&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><em>BJPENN.COM<\/em><\/a><em>&nbsp;on 2\/12\/2019.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fan favorite UFC lightweight contender Nate Diaz will be returning to the cage this weekend at UFC Phoenix on ESPN, he just won&#8217;t be doing any fighting. Instead, the younger Diaz brother will be cornering BJJ ace Kron Gracie in his UFC debut opposite the always exciting Alex Caceres. 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