Forward of his slated return subsequent month in Abu Dhabi, Nick Diaz’s former head coach, Cesar Gracie has voiced his concern for his former pupil forward of his slated conflict with Vicente Luque – insisting he would have suggested the veteran towards preventing that opponent, in addition to competent abroad this late into his profession.
Diaz, a former welterweight title challenger underneath the banner of the UFC, is slated to make his first outing contained in the Octagon since taking over the retired former champion, Robbie Lawler again in 2021, dropping a 3rd spherical TKO loss within the pair’s middleweight rematch.
And set to snap a three-year hiatus from the game subsequent month within the United Arab Emirates, it got here as a shock to followers that Diaz was booked to tackle welterweight mainstay, Luque in a return to the division – with pundits and commenters alike suggesting he ought to tackle fellow veteran, Tony Ferguson on the identical card – who can be set to compete in Abu Dhabi.
Nick Diaz’s ex-coach exhibits concern for UFC Abu Dhabi reserving
Posting some current coaching footage forward of his comeback to preventing, Nick Diaz’s former head coach in Stockton, the above-mentioned Gracie, voiced some concern for his long-time pupil, questioning why a pairing with Luque was booked.
“I’m not likely concerned in that combat,” Cesar Gracie instructed Submission Radio throughout a current interview. “I’m gonna be completely trustworthy with you, that wasn’t my concept. If I used to be advising Nick (Diaz), I wouldn’t have suggested him to try this combat. It’s in Abu Dhabi, I wouldn’t advise to go combat abroad at this level. Particularly [to fight] (Vicente) Luque – who’s a really robust man.”
“Nick is a troublesome man, nevertheless it simply doesn’t make that a lot sense to me the place Nick is at in his profession,” Gracie defined. “It’s not the combat I might have made, and don’t even know what’s happening with that combat, to be trustworthy with you. It’s a toss-up what’s gonna occur. I don’t actually see him coaching with fighters. And I don’t know what’s happening with that combat.”
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