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Cesar Gracie: Nick Diaz targeting September return, ‘very open’ to taking boxing match

All signs are pointing at Nick Diaz making a comeback in 2021, but it appears that a few things still have to be figured out.

A few weeks after UFC president Dana White said it looked like the former welterweight contender would fight again this year, Diaz’s longtime coach Cesar Gracie confirmed the plans in a text message to MMA Fighting. Gracie, however, said it’s still unclear when and where Diaz will compete next.

“We were looking at September,” Gracie wrote of a timetable for Diaz’s next fight. “I have to see where he is in his contract.