UFC: Nick Diaz challenges Jorge Masvidal to 2020 fight at Cowboys Stadium
- Diaz says ‘it’s on you Dana White’ after laying out plans for comeback
- The 36-year-old tells Masvidal, ‘don’t talk about baptising my younger brother’
Nick Diaz dropped a couple of bombshells on Monday night, revealing he wants to return to the UFC Octagon in 2020 – and has set his sights on Jorge Masvidal.
Masvidal beat Diaz’s brother, Nate Diaz, for the “BMF” belt at UFC 244 earlier this month. Nick walked his brother out at Madison Square Garden, but has not competed since January 2015.
Nick Diaz’s manager, Kevin Mubenga, told ESPN’s Ariel Helwani they want to fight Masvidal in the spring at AT&T Stadium, home of the Dallas Cowboys, in Arlington, Texas.
“You know, it's on you Dana,” Diaz told Helwani, in reference to UFC president Dana White. “It's on you, UFC. … that's on them. It's in your hands now. Cowboy Stadium.”
Masvidal beat Nate Diaz via a controversial third-round TKO, after the cageside doctor ruled the Stockton fighter should no longer continue, given two nasty cuts around his eye.
“I'll fight anybody,” the 36-year-old Nick Diaz also said in an interview on Helwani’s MMA Show. “This guy [Masvidal] can do anything he wants to do right now to make the most money possible.