Nate Diaz will fight out his UFC contract by taking on welterweight bogeyman Khamzat Chimaev.
Diaz and Chimaev have verbally agreed to fight over five rounds at UFC 279 in Las Vegas on September 10. The fight will likely see Diaz exit the promotion following a long and storied career.
The Californian has been at loggerheads with UFC president Dana White, claiming he has been held "hostage" amid his increasingly desperate attempts to leave the organisation. White denied his fighter's claims but faced a race against time to secure Diaz a fight before the end of October.
