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Leon Edwards and Nate Diaz s welterweight clash has been rescheduled from UFC 262 to UFC 263 on June 12, according to MMA Fighting s Damon Martin and Yahoo Sports Kevin Iole.
Diaz reportedly suffered a minor injury, which forced the promotion to push back the fight from its original date on May 15.
Leon Edwards is coming off a no contest with Belal Muhammad at UFC Fight Night 187 in March. He accidentally poked Muhammad in the eye in the second round, which brought the bout to an abrupt conclusion.
Nate Diaz hasn t stepped inside the cage since his loss to Jorge Masvidal at UFC 244 in November 2019.
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Diego Sanchez’s 16-year UFC career, essentially equal parts brilliant, flawed, celebrated and bizarre, has come to an end.
According to multiple online reports, the 39-year-old Albuquerque MMA fighter has been released by the UFC.
The long and mutually beneficial relationship between fighter and promoter became broken, according to reports, because of a communication breakdown regarding Sanchez’s health as his scheduled May 8 fight against former Jackson-Wink MMA teammate Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone approached. But, big picture, it was the UFC’s disapproval of Sanchez’s trainer that led to the popular fighter’s release.
In June 2019, Sanchez left Jackson-Wink his training home for most of his 19-year MMA career and began working with Josh Fabia, a fitness trainer with virtually no background in MMA.
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Francis Ngannou will likely have his first title defense against Derrick Lewis, according to UFC president, Dana White.
After Ngannou scored a second-round KO win over Stipe Miocic to become the new champ, many wondered who would be next for him. The hope for many MMA fans was the UFC would book the Ngannou-Jon Jones fight would would be one of the biggest ever.
However, according to White, it appears Lewis will face Ngannou next time out.
“It’s probably going to be ‘The Black Beast, ” White said to Yahoo Sports’ Kevin Iole. “At the end of the day, Derrick Lewis and Ngannou is the fight. That’s the fight to make right now.