There is room for concern prior to a potential return of Nate Diaz.
The former UFC title Challenger and Superstar recently made the headlines when he said that Max Holloway wore his' BMF -Riem.
Diaz claimed that Dustin Poirier and Holloway fought for his title in the main event of UFC 318, in which Holloway won weeks ago in a hard -fought unanimous decision.
As you may remember, it was Diaz who fought for the inaugural BMF title in 2019, but the doctor ruled it a TKO break for Jorge Masvidal after a cut around the eye of Diaz.
Holloway came on the Diaz hit list earlier this year when the free agent showed an interest in a UFC return.
Although the fight would certainly be a payment day for the Fan Forasedites, a UFC legend does not know if it is the right step for Diaz, who turned 40 in April.
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Daniel Cormier has 'hard to think' Nate Diaz can hang with Max Holloway
The last time Diaz in the UFC moisture was in 2022, so that the promotion of a submission victory at the Winless Tony Ferguson on UFC 279 left.
Diaz has since gone 1-1 in the boxing ring and dropped his debut against Jake Paul, but comes on top against rival Masvidal in a controversial decision last summer.
In the meantime, Holloway has done great striking designs on lightweight, where he abused Poirier and Justin Gaethje, as a result of which former two-division champion and UFC commentator Daniel Cormier are even concerned with even a hunter who is as sustainable as Diaz.
“I find it difficult to think that Nate Diaz can now fight with a man like Max Holloway,” Cormier said on a good guy / bad guy.
“Because Max Holloway is still rising,” Cormier explained.
“Nate is still very good. I just don't know if you can leave MMA, where it is the same that we are talking about with Amanda Nunes, you don't get better not to do something.
“Unless Nate has been struggling in the training camp all the time, struggling, striking, it will be difficult to return to the championship level.
“This is the biggest difference. The BMF title is not what it used to be,” Cormier continued.
“The BMF title earlier was fun. It was boys who were not necessarily in title guidance, guys who didn't really have a way to a title. But now you have had the BMF title with Justin, Dustin, Max and those guys. Those are all, guys who have held a version of a world championship. It is not the same BMF division it is.
'I am interested [in Holloway vs. Diaz] Because someone should be interested in Nate Diaz who returns. I just don't know if that's the right fight for Nate Diaz.
“Would love it for Holloway, because that means a lot of money in his pocket, but I just don't know if that is the right fight for Diaz,” Cormier added.
The BMF title was 'cheerful' in 2023 in 2023
Almost four years after the inaugural belt was made, there were no BMF title fights.
The BMF title between Diaz and Masvidal was initially seen as a special 'one-off' event. After Masvidal won it at UFC 244 with a doctor's stop TKO, the Masvidal belt would never be at stake again, despite his next opponent and then champion Kamaru Usman who wants to fight for it.
In 2023, the UFC brought the title back to lightweight instead of Welterweight, where Poirier and Gaethje fight for the second BMF title in the main event of UFC 291. Gaethje won the title via Head Kick Knockout.
Holloway became the first hunter to successfully defended the title when he defeated Poirier on UFC 318.