After much ado regarding the final bout of Nate Diaz’s current UFC contract, a leading promotion official says agreements are in place.
UFC chief business officer Hunter Campbell, via broadcast partner ESPN, announced Tuesday that Diaz (20-13 MMA, 18-12 UFC) and rising star Khamzat Chimaev (11-0 MMA, 5-0 UFC) have verbally agreed to fight Sept. 10 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The bout will be five rounds and serve as the card’s main event.
Diaz representative Zach Rosenfield confirmed the booking to MMA Junkie and provided a statement to ESPN: “This is a fight Nate has been asking for since the middle of April.”
