There haven’t been many fans of the Nate Diaz vs Khamzat Chimaev booking, with people seeing it as retaliation or a rough send off for the long disgruntled star’s final UFC bout.
Leon Edwards, who is Diaz’s most recent opponent, believes that the Stockton native deserves better, seeing that he already made the UFC a lot of money through the years.
“If I had to put money on it I’d probably go Khamzat – but I’d love Nate to get it done,” Edwards said on a media scrum in London. (Transcript via MMA Junkie). “He’s done so much for the company and I wish they gave him a veteran, a nice fight to bow out to.