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Nate Diaz is looking to stay busy following his defeat in his MMA comeback.
Diaz had no complaints about the way the fight ended, with the bout against Mike Perry stopped in his corner before the start of the third round.
The former UFC fighter showed plenty of grit, but deep cuts brought an early end to his return.
Speaking after the fight, Diaz said he “didn’t actually feel good at all” and is hoping to get back in action soon to keep things moving forward.
Nate Diaz’s first reaction after the fight stayed true to his earlier comments about needing time to readjust to MMA after such a long break.
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Nate Diaz eyeing rematch with Mike Perry after return to MMA
His loss to Mike Perry at the Intuit Dome seems only to have fired up the creator of the BMF title, pushing him to get back in and stay active.
He called for a rematch with ‘Platinum’ right after the fight, and that’s still very much what he’s focused on now. Diaz tagged “rematch” in his post, alongside a target emoji pointed at Sacramento’s Golden 1 Center.
There was early talk of running it back between Diaz and Perry even before they left the arena, with Jake Paul backing Sacramento as the location.
Perry replied under Diaz’s post, writing: “Yeah good fight Nate. I was starting to get tired man. Thank goodness they stopped it.”
Right now, Diaz is facing a 180-day medical suspension unless he can clear up a possible finger fracture on his left hand with a doctor’s note.
The Stockton native said right after the bout that he picked up the injury within seconds of round one and admitted focusing too much on it during the fight.
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