I don’t play fighting I fight so get your
soft body to Vegas and I will smoke you on dec 19. You are a real
fighter so let’s go @NateDiaz209— Khamzat Chimaev (@KChimaev)
October 13, 2020
Khamzat
Chimaev is on the prowl for a marquee matchup, and he just
added Nate
Diaz to his list of potential targets.
On Tuesday, Diaz reacted to Conor
McGregor’s proposal of a charity exhibition bout between the
Irish star and Dustin
Poirier this December outside the confines of the Octagon. The
UFC has since countered by offering a rematch to the two contenders
for an undetermined event.
“Let’s don’t get it twisted I already smoked these [two] now they
play fighting,” Diaz wrote on Twitter.
Chimaev responded to Diaz’s post, calling for a December showdown
with the Stockton, California, native.
“I don’t play fighting, I fight, so get your soft body to Vegas and
I will smoke you on Dec. 19,” Chimaev wrote. “You are a real
fighter so let’s go [Nate
Diaz].”
The 26-year-old Chimaev has quickly made a name for himself in the
UFC, wiping out John
Phillips, Rhys McKee
and Gerald
Meerschaert in his first three Octagon appearances. All three
victories came inside of two rounds and in lopsided fashion —
included a 17-second knockout off the well-traveled Meerschaert in
his last outing at UFC Fight Night 178.
The Allstars Training Center representative was initially slated to
meet Demian Maia
after the win over Meerscheart, but the promotion seemingly has
other plans for the fast-rising star.
Diaz, meanwhile, last appeared at UFC 244, where he last to
Jorge
Masvidal via doctor’s stoppage in a battle for the “BMF” title
at Madison Square Garden. The UFC had reportedly been targeting a
Masvidal-Diaz rematch for early 2021, but now it appears the Las
Vegas-based organization might be interested in booking Masvidal
against Colby
Covington instead.