Nick Diaz’s coach Cesar Gracie revealed in July that the former Strikeforce World Champion had been offered a “kind of neat” opponent for a UFC comeback, having retired following a decision loss to UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre in March.
UFC president Dana White has now revealed a fight of which is currently on the table at 185lbs between Nick Diaz (pictured) and former UFC light-heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida.
At a Q&A session in Boston, White explained: “I talked to Diaz today, and I made him an offer, so we’ll see what happens, he had been talking about going to 185 pounds. Machida has been talking about going to 185 pounds. So we wanted to see if he wanted to fight Machida at 185.”
“I wanted Machida to fight Vitor Belfort, but Vitor Belfort is his own matchmaker, apparently, he wants to make his own fights.”
Machida most recently lost a unanimous decision to Phil Davis at UFC 163 earlier this month, while Belfort has his heart set on once again challenging for the middleweight title despite champion Chris Weidman next facing Anderson Silva in a huge rematch for the middleweight crown.
