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Published 11:06 10 Sept 2022 BST
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Khamzat Chimaev looks on after his welterweight fight against Gilbert Burns during UFC 273. (Photo by James Gilbert/Getty Images)[/caption]
"If you saw him yesterday, he was very lean already and he should have come in on weight. He started to cut weight and he started locking up and cramping and all the things that are from a bad cut. Unlike 10 years ago, we send in a doctor and they determine whether he will keep cutting weight and the doctor told him he shouldn't."
"It's all frustrating," said Diaz. "I trained to fight Khamzat. I don't know how to fight this guy [Ferguson]. I'm going to go home tonight and watch some video. It don't matter anyway... I'm ready for war."Nate Diaz says he is 'at least fighting with someone who went through it' rather than a 'fake ass minor leaguer', in Khamzat Chimaev. Diaz claims he is already 1-0 after getting the upper hand on Chimaev in the back-stage brawl, which also included Kevin Holland and some of his team. Many fight fans feel the new-look main card is an improvement on the original slate. Veteran MMA broadcaster Ariel Helwani stated that the rejigged main event was 'poetic justice' for Diaz and Ferguson. Diaz has lost three of his last four fights while Ferguson is 0-4 in his last four. One gets the feeling that whoever loses in the main event may well lay down the gloves and seek challenges elsewhere.
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