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Published 11:53 20 Oct 2016 BST
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And with the Silva fight seemingly a no-go, Mousasi has looked in the direction of another veteran of the fight game.
The former Strikeforce and DREAM champion revealed that he's open to welcoming back Nick Diaz, who hasn't fought in almost two years due to a ban for testing positive for marijuana metabolites.
But once he pays off the remainder of the fine that accompanied that punishment, Diaz is free to fight once more and Mousasi has made his availability known.
Typically a welterweight, Diaz has fought at 185lbs in the past and his return to action will be one of the most anticipated of all time.
https://twitter.com/mousasi_mma/status/788896399702102016
“Nick Diaz, that's a good fight for me,” Mousasi told FloCombat. “Nick Diaz, I think people would love that fight. I can ask for all the fights that I want to fight, but whether they give it to me is a different thing.
“Like even Vitor Belfort, I asked for that fight for a long time, you know? It wasn’t because I asked for the fight [that I got it], it was because Vitor asked for me. He asked the UFC he wants to fight me so they gave him the fight.”
Mousasi vs. Diaz? Just take our money now.
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