Nate Diaz and Khamzat Chimaev have agreed to fight.
UFC CBO Hunter Campbell announced the news of verbal agreements Tuesday through broadcast partner ESPN and reporter Brett Okamoto. The bout is expected to take place Sept. 10 at UFC 279, scheduled for T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
On the heels of a very public fight and promotional agreement negotiations between Diaz and the UFC, the MMA community unsurprisingly had a lot to say about the sudden addition of one of the biggest matchups on the promotion’s calendar.
Scroll below to see what the MMA community had to say.
Caposa
Belal Muhammad
Ben Askren
Ben Fowlkes
Randy Costa
Khamzat Chimaev
Matthew Wells
Simon Samano
Darren Till
John S. Nash
Nate Diaz’s representative Zach Rosenfield
Danny Segura
Nolan King
Joe Giannetti
B.J. Penn
Eric Albarracin
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