Chael Sonnen sees Nate Diaz fighting for UFC’s ‘BMF’ title again

Nate Diaz’s UFC profession isn’t over. No less than that’s what Chael Sonnen thinks.

Now 38 and lined up for a boxing match towards Jake Paul on Aug. 5, some pundits assume Diaz’s time within the octagon is a factor of the previous. However not Sonnen. The three-time UFC title challenger turned analyst anticipated Diaz to return to UFC, and he’ll be concerned in a title combat.

“I feel he returns both means, however I’m going to do that from a optimistic standpoint of with a victory,” Sonnen mentioned on his YouTube channel. “If Nate beats Jake, he’s going to aim to return to the UFC, and he’s coming again for championships.”

Diaz accomplished his UFC contract in September and is now scheduled to tackle Paul this summer time in Dallas in an eight-round boxing match at 185 kilos. There aren’t any questions surrounding Diaz’s star energy, however there are loads on whether or not he’s nonetheless a UFC championship caliber fighter.

Sonnen doesn’t assume Diaz is within the title image at light-weight or welterweight, however there’s one championship lane he appears him clearly occupying.

“By the point Nate will get accomplished with Jake, and we assume it comes with a victory, and Nate says, I’m coming again to the UFC for a championship,’ you’ll be mistaken to imagine he meant a weight division championship,” Sonnen defined. “He would solely be coming again for one championship. His championship. It’s a championship that eluded him as a result of, in response to him, it was reduce brief by a health care provider who ought to’ve by no means stopped the combat after quarter-hour, and it was scheduled for 25. I after all was speaking concerning the ‘BMF.’

“So when individuals ask me, ‘What’s subsequent for Nate Diaz?’ I many occasions ask them, ‘What do they consider has modified for Nate Diaz?’ He thought he was the ‘BMF,’ he went on the market to contest it, he didn’t like the best way it was stopped.”

Diaz has been public about his desire to return to the UFC if the circumstances are proper.

The Dangerous Motherf*cker title, which was imagined to be, in response to UFC president Dana White, a one time occasion, was put back into circulation by the promotion. Dustin Poirier and Justin Gaethje shall be competing for the title on July 29 in the primary occasion of UFC 291 in Salt Lake Metropolis,.

The “BMF” title was initially launched in a welterweight combat between Diaz and Jorge Masvidal in November 2019. Masvidal was topped the ‘BMF’ champion after defeating Diaz by physician’s stoppage TKO on the finish of the third spherical.