DENVER – UFC lightweight contender Nate Diaz’s 170-pound experiment is over, at least for now.
It’s not that his two recent losses in the division have discouraged him
from giving it another shot. It’s not even that he was influenced by an
incredible UFC 135 win over Japanese legend Takanori Gomi.
No, the truth is Diaz feels like he has a duty to
stay at lightweight for now. A quick survey of the division’s landscape,
and Diaz realized he belongs among the sport’s best 155-pounders.