Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) champion Conor McGregor announced his third fight against Nate Diaz on his Twitter page.
“Congratulations to Nate Diaz for completing his UFC contract and becoming a true superstar. Incredible achievement. Fair play. Our trilogy will come true,” wrote McGregor.
Former UFC president Dana White knowledgeable About the changes in the card of the UFC 279 tournament on Chechen-born Swedish Khamzat Chimaev’s failure to weigh in before his fight with Nate Diaz. Their duel was supposed to be the main event of the tournament to be held in Las Vegas.
It has been announced that Nate Diaz will run the tournament against Tony Ferguson. Chimaev will face Kevin Holland in the joint main event. Both challenges will be five rounds.
Diaz and Ferguson have not won since 2019. In his final match, Diaz lost to Leon Edwards by unanimous decision at UFC 263, while Ferguson was defeated by KO of the year at UFC 274 to Michael Chandler.