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UFC president Dana White admits fight against Khamzat Chimaev ‘wouldn’t have been good’ for Nate Diaz

Dana White is glad the UFC 279 card got reshuffled at the last minute because he doesn’t think the main event would have ended well for Nate Diaz.

Diaz, now a free agent, ended up fighting Tony Ferguson after original opponent Khamzat Chimaev was demoted to the co-main event due to missing weight.

However had the fight gone ahead, White believes the outcome ‘wouldn’t have been good’ for Diaz, to put it lightly.

Diaz went on to submit Ferguson in the fourth round while Khamzat put in a dominant performance against Kevin Holland in the co-main event, taking just over two minutes to lock up a d’arce choke and finish the fight.