The highly anticipated fight between Leon Edwards and Nate Diaz will presently don’t happen at UFC 262 in May. All things considered, it has been pushed back a few weeks to UFC 263.
Numerous sources affirmed the news to MMA Fighting on Monday following an initial report from Yahoo! Sports.
The change occurred after Diaz endured a minor injury during his training camp that kept him from contending as right on time as May 15. Luckily, the injury was only a slight setback and the former title challenger will be all set again at UFC 263 on June 12.
The rare five-round non-main event fight joins a pay-per-view card that likewise includes a couple of title battles as Israel Adesanya puts his middleweight belt available for anyone in a rematch against Marvin Vettori while Deiveson Figueiredo and Brandon Moreno meet for the second an ideal opportunity for the flyweight title.
Those two fights previously made UFC 263 a pivotal fight card, however the expansion of Edwards versus Diaz will positively expand the interest in the event, which happens at Gila River Arena in Glendale, Ariz., with a full group in participation.
The showdown with Diaz allows Edwards to expand his nine-battle unbeaten streak, which arrives at all the path back to 2016. Edwards most as of late contended in March, yet an unplanned eye jab constrained his battle with Belal Muhammad to be pronounced a no challenge.
Concerning Diaz, the one-time “BMF” title contender shows up since November 2019, when he lost to Jorge Masvidal by TKO following a progression of cuts that brought about specialists not permitting him to continue.