When considering Nate Diaz ’s potential opponent for his first fight of 2021, Leon Edwards must’ve been the last name on anyone’s list – if he was even considered at all. And yet, it’s happening. Diaz will return to the octagon for the first time in 18 months on May 15 at UFC 262 in Houston where he’ll meet top welterweight contender Edwards in a five-round (not three) co-main event. The last time we saw Diaz in the cage he was protesting his third-round doctor stoppage TKO loss to Jorge Masvidal in November 2019 at UFC 244
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