{"id":453571,"date":"2022-07-19T12:21:25","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T19:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=453571"},"modified":"2022-07-19T12:37:47","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T19:37:47","slug":"nate-diaz-set-to-headline-ufc-279-against-khamzat-chimaev","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/nate-diaz-set-to-headline-ufc-279-against-khamzat-chimaev\/","title":{"rendered":"Nate Diaz set to headline UFC 279 against Khamzat Chimaev"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nate Diaz will be fighting out his UFC contract at UFC 279.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bokamotoESPN\/status\/1549470809244188674\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ESPN&#8217;s Brett Okamoto<\/a>, Diaz will headline UFC 279 on September 10 against Chimaev. The event will take place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, and will serve as the final fight of Diaz&#8217;s contract.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Khamzat vs. Nate. UFC 279 on Sept. 10 at T-Mobile Arena. Main event. Five rounds. Verbally agreed, per UFC Chief Business Officer Hunter Campbell. It is the final fight on Nate Diaz\u2019s current UFC contract. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/p7lrcoroH0\">pic.twitter.com\/p7lrcoroH0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brett Okamoto (@bokamotoESPN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bokamotoESPN\/status\/1549470809244188674?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 19, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Diaz <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/tony-ferguson\/nate-diaz-reveals-hes-asked-for-fights-against-tony-ferguson-and-vicente-luque-it-was-never-good-on-their-side\/\">has been vocal in wanting to fight out his contract<\/a> as he says he felt the UFC was holding him hostage. He had been vocal in wanting to fight ASAP and he now has gotten his wish.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My objective is I want to get out of my contract and they are slow rolling me, trying to keep me in contract,&#8221; Diaz said to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Zqyee9QZXm0&amp;ab_channel=MMAFightingonSBN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The MMA Hour<\/a>. &#8220;I&#8217;ve been doing all I can, I&#8217;ve never asked for so many fights in my life&#8230; When I&#8217;m trying to make them happen, they are not letting me get in there and finish my contract&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I just want to depart, I&#8217;m over the whole UFC roster as of right now,&#8221; Diaz continued. All the guys that they can offer or the guys I&#8217;m asking for everybody has been used and abused, it&#8217;s a recycled division, the lightweight and welterweight divisions (are) all recycled guys. I feel like there are no worthy opponents for me at the moment so I want to step out and recover from this whole shit. When the time is right, when there is a whole new batch of guys in here doing something good that is when I will be back&#8230; I don&#8217;t feel like I have anything else to do in the UFC. I&#8217;m ready to move on.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Nate Diaz (20-13) is coming off a decision loss to Leon Edwards back at UFC 263 last June and prior to that, he suffered a TKO loss to Jorge Masvidal for the BMF belt. In his career, he holds notable wins over Conor McGregor, Anthony Pettis, Jim Miller, and Donald Cerrone among others.<\/p>\n<p>Khamzat Chimaev (11-0) beat Gilbert Burns by decision last time out at UFC 273 and he has been linked to a fight with Diaz for quite some time. The Swede is 5-0 in the UFC with wins over Li Jingliang, Gerald Meerschaert, Rhys McKee, and John Phillips. This will be the first five-round fight of his career.<\/p>\n<p>Who do you think will win, Nate Diaz or Khamzat Chimaev?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nate Diaz will be fighting out his UFC contract at UFC 279. According to ESPN&#8217;s Brett Okamoto, Diaz will headline UFC 279 on September 10 against Chimaev. The event will take place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, and will serve as the final fight of Diaz&#8217;s contract. Khamzat vs. Nate. 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