Nate Diaz has revealed he was in the sauna completing his own weight cut when he was informed Khamzat Chimaev was overweight.
Chimaev scaled 7.5lb over the welterweight limit on Friday before his fight with Diaz was scrapped. The Swede instead took on Kevin Holland while Diaz faced Tony Ferguson in the main event at UFC 279, with both men winning by submission.
Diaz had been a huge underdog ahead of his fight with Chimaev but insists his rival was scared to face him in Las Vegas. "I was in the sauna on my last pound, and I was like what the f***?" he said after beating Ferguson. "Whatever, let me finish this up and then we’ll talk about it.
