{"id":395048,"date":"2021-09-22T17:24:38","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T00:24:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=395048"},"modified":"2021-09-22T17:52:56","modified_gmt":"2021-09-23T00:52:56","slug":"robbie-lawler-reacts-to-nick-diaz-changing-their-fight-to-a-middleweight-bout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/robbie-lawler-reacts-to-nick-diaz-changing-their-fight-to-a-middleweight-bout\/","title":{"rendered":"Robbie Lawler reacts to Nick Diaz changing their fight to a middleweight bout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Robbie Lawler didn&#8217;t seem to mad that Nick Diaz asked for their UFC 266 fight to be at middleweight.<\/p>\n<p>Diaz is set to return to the Octagon in a highly-anticipated rematch against Lawler. Although both men are known for their time as welterweights, on Tuesday,<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/nick-diaz\/nick-diaz-vs-robbie-lawler-2-at-ufc-266-now-a-middleweight-fight\/\"> it was revealed their fight was changed to a middleweight fight<\/a> due to Diaz asking for it. For Lawler, he says he&#8217;s a little light but he&#8217;s ready to fight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean I\u2019m ready to go. That\u2019s all that matters,&#8221; Lawler said at UFC 266 media day about his fight now being at middleweight (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2021\/9\/22\/22688253\/robbie-lawler-reacts-to-nick-diaz-asking-for-fight-to-be-moved-to-middleweight-im-ready-to-fight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAFighting<\/a>). &#8220;Camp went well and controlling the things I can control&#8230; It is what it is. I\u2019m ready to fight. We\u2019re moving forward&#8230; Obviously I\u2019m a little light, but I\u2019m strong, I\u2019m fast \u2013 I\u2019m ready to fight. I\u2019m going to eat, try to feel comfortable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite the short notice for the fight being changed weight classes, Robbie Lawler says it isn&#8217;t worth it to complain. Instead, he&#8217;s rolling with the punches and is just focused on the fight and beating Diaz to get back into the win column.<\/p>\n<p id=\"7m8f4q\">\u201cI\u2019m just trying to stay calm. There\u2019s no sense in getting all riled up and excited this happened, this is whatever. Just staying relaxed. Camp went well so that\u2019s pretty much what it comes down to. I\u2019m falling back on the work I put in,&#8221; Lawler said. &#8220;The work I put in went great. My training partner Jason Jackson got me tip-top and ready to go. I\u2019m sharp right now. I\u2019m freaking strong. My coaches did a great job. That\u2019s what I\u2019m falling back on and why I\u2019m not too worried about it. Life is good. (Diaz) comes to fight. He\u2019s going through whatever he\u2019s going through. It is what it is kind of thing. Just show up and fight and that\u2019s kind of the approach I\u2019m taking. Just whatever.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Who do you think will win at UFC 266, Robbie Lawler or Nick Diaz?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robbie Lawler didn&#8217;t seem to mad that Nick Diaz asked for their UFC 266 fight to be at middleweight. Diaz is set to return to the Octagon in a highly-anticipated rematch against Lawler. Although both men are known for their time as welterweights, on Tuesday, it was revealed their fight was changed to a middleweight [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54463,"featured_media":304237,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10152,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Robbie Lawler reacts to Nick Diaz changing their fight to a middleweight bout | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Robbie Lawler didn&#039;t seem to mad that Nick Diaz asked for their UFC 266 fight to be at middleweight as he is just focused on the fight.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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