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Daniel Cormier: Nick Diaz should be locked in to ‘not embarrass himself’ vs. Vicente Luque at UFC 310

October 15, 2024 2:00 pm ET Daniel Cormier hopes Nick Diaz shows up in shape against Vicente Luque. Diaz (26-10 MMA, 7-7 UFC) returns against Luque (22-10-1 MMA, 15-6 UFC) in a welterweight bout at UFC 310 on Dec. 7 from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas (ESPN+ pay-per-view, ESPN2, ESPN+). Diaz hasn’t competed since a TKO

Daniel Cormier: Nick Diaz should be locked in to ‘not embarrass himself’ vs. Vicente Luque at UFC 310


Daniel Cormier hopes Nick Diaz reveals up in form in opposition to Vicente Luque.

Diaz (26-10 MMA, 7-7 UFC) returns in opposition to Luque (22-10-1 MMA, 15-6 UFC) in a welterweight bout at UFC 310 on Dec. 7 from T-Cellular Enviornment in Las Vegas (ESPN+ pay-per-view, ESPN2, ESPN+).

Diaz hasn’t competed since a TKO loss to Robbie Lawler in September 2021, when he seemed out of form in what was his first combat in additional than six years. Diaz’s staff later revealed he was dealing with a neck injury, which hampered his coaching camp.

“The factor about Nick Diaz, for me: I need the man from the images, I’m going to simply say it,” Cormier mentioned on “Good Guy/Bad Guy” with Chael Sonnen. “I don’t need to see Nick Diaz that’s simply ripped. When he fought Robbie Lawler, I used to be so excited as a result of I used to be like, ‘Man, he’s been again on the triathlons, and he seems to be even higher than he did in his prime.’

“Then when he bought to the octagon, he seemed nothing like that individual. He seemed like a man that was pushing 40, that hadn’t fought in lots of, a few years, and I didn’t know if he nonetheless had that combat in him.”

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Though Luque has misplaced three of his previous 4 fights, Cormier nonetheless sees the as soon as streaking contender as a stern take a look at for Diaz. He worries that the previous Strikeforce champion and UFC title challenger could tarnish his legacy if he doesn’t take Luque severely and carry out.

“Vicente Luque is regarded as on the decline,” Cormier mentioned. “I sort of judged him primarily based on how badly Joaquin Buckley beat him. However then now watching Joaquin Buckley do what he did to the child that was 18-1 in St. Louis, doing what he did to Stephen Thompson, now I look again at Vicente Luque and marvel if I used to be too fast to judgment.

“Perhaps I didn’t see how good Joaquin Buckley is versus the state of Vicente Luque’s profession. I nonetheless suppose that’s quite a bit for Nick Diaz. Nick Diaz struggled with Robbie Lawler, and Robbie Lawler was just one combat away from retirement. Vicente Luque shouldn’t be going anyplace. It’s a tricky combat. I feel for Nick, although, he needs to be actually locked in if he needs to go on the market and never embarrass himself.”

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