{"id":395068,"date":"2021-09-22T21:30:30","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T04:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=395068"},"modified":"2022-02-04T11:54:20","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T19:54:20","slug":"nick-diaz-unsure-why-he-is-rematching-robbie-lawler-at-ufc-266-i-dont-know-why-im-doing-this-this-should-not-happen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/nick-diaz-unsure-why-he-is-rematching-robbie-lawler-at-ufc-266-i-dont-know-why-im-doing-this-this-should-not-happen\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Diaz unsure why he is rematching Robbie Lawler at UFC 266: “I don\u2019t know why I\u2019m doing this. This should not happen.”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nick Diaz will make his highly anticipated return to the Octagon on Saturday when he squares off in a rematch with Robbie Lawler at UFC 266.<\/p>\n

The pair originally collided seventeen years ago in a welterweight bout at UFC 47, with the Stockton native emerging victorious by way of second round knockout. This time around Diaz and Lawler will compete at middleweight, a decision that was made<\/a> earlier this week.<\/p>\n

Nick Diaz (26-9 MMA), a former Strikeforce welterweight champion, last competed way back at UFC 183 in January of 2015. That evening in Las Vegas, the eldest Diaz brother lost a unanimous decision to MMA legend Anderson Silva<\/a>. That fight ruling was later overturned to a no-contest, this after both Nick and ‘The Spider’ tested positive for banned substances.<\/p>\n

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Despite not having scored a win since UFC 137 in October of 2011, when he defeated our namesake and former UFC lightweight and welterweight champion BJ Penn<\/a> by unanimous decision in a \u2018Fight of the Night\u2019 affair, Nick Diaz believes he should have received a welterweight title shot in his return.<\/p>\n

Speaking with ESPN’s Brett Okamoto, Diaz shared the following words of confusion regarding his upcoming rematch with Lawler at UFC 266.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think I\u2019ll beat Usman,\u201d<\/em> Nick Diaz explained (via MMAMania<\/a>). \u201cI have a better shot at beating Usman than I do Lawler, just because I … I already beat Lawler! This doesn\u2019t make sense, for me to go in there and fight Robbie Lawler. I don\u2019t know why I\u2019m doing this. This should not happen. Whoever set this up is an idiot. I don\u2019t know why I\u2019m doing this, why this happened \u2014 I should be fighting Kamaru Usman, and that\u2019s it!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Check out the video footage from the interview below:<\/p>\n

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— . (@couldbemma) September 23, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n