JERSEY CITY, N.J. – Nick Diaz is making an MMA comeback towards Vicente Luque, however apparently that wasn’t the unique plan.
In accordance with Kevin Holland, who returns to this Saturday at UFC 302 towards Michal Oleksiejczuk, the promotion provided him to battle Diaz. Nevertheless, regardless of Diaz being an enormous title, Holland (25-11 MMA, 12-8 UFC) needed to flip it down.
“I used to be speculated to take a battle at 170 towards a reasonably big-name opponent, however they mentioned he wasn’t going to have the ability to battle till August and I mentioned, ‘Rattling, that’s a very long time.’ They usually’re like, ‘Bro, it’s solely an additional month.’ And I used to be like, ‘Nah, that’s too lengthy,’” Holland informed MMA Junkie and different reporters at UFC 302 media day on Wednesday. “So I received this, and I’m pleased with it. I suppose that (different) battle shouldn’t be going to circle again as a result of I see he simply received booked, so let’s see what occurs after.”
Other than the proposed Diaz battle date, which is Aug. 3, Holland (25-11 MMA, 12-8 UFC) wished no half in flying over to Abu Dhabi, the place Diaz’s battle with Luque is going down.
“Oh yeah, it was in Abu Dhabi,” Holland mentioned. “No, no, I’m not going to Abu Dhabi.”
Holland wasn’t stunned to get provided Diaz, who has fought solely as soon as within the final 9 years. He knew the previous Strikeforce champion would make an eventual comeback and was assured in a possible matchup.
“I knew he was going to return again to battle, so I simply thought I used to be going to smoke him, after which I used to be going to smoke Luque, too,” Holland mentioned. “These two are combating one another, to allow them to smoke one another. Two large ass joints.”
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