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Nick Diaz vs. Kamaru Usman, unlikely as it is to happen, would be huge

Nick Diaz told TMZ that he wants to fight Kamaru Usman for the welterweight title sometime before the end of the year. The initial reaction was that it was crazy and could never happen and was just a case of Nick being Nick.

The UFC doesn’t have a perfect record, but it’s the best there is in combat sports at protecting the integrity of its championships. Look at the vast majority of title fights the UFC has put on in the Dana White Era in the past 21 years and there is a consistency and a logic to how the promotion has made its title matches.