UFC 263 is this Saturday night in Arizona and while the main card will be closed out with two title fights, the bout before those could be the most highly anticipated of the evening as fan-favorite Nate Diaz makes his return against Leon Edwards in a five-round welterweight showdown.
We haven’t seen Diaz since a doctor stopped his fight with Jorge Masvidal way back in November of 2019.
Diaz is beloved by fans both because how he fights inside the Octagon and how he carries himself outside of it. He keeps things realer than real all of the time and isn’t concerned about how others feel about that.
This week he made an appearance on ESPN’s SportsCenter and was asked what he thought of other fighters picking him to lose to Edwards.
His answer was classic Diaz:
"If you ain’t got nothing nice to say…”@NateDiaz209 gave a manners lesson to anybody picking against him 🤐 #UFC263 (via @sportscenter) pic.twitter.com/FOH1Kew4hC
— ESPN MMA (@espnmma) June 9, 2021
He also had this hilarious moment:
Incredible exchange here with Nate Diaz lol #UFC263 pic.twitter.com/dlfpN0knCL
— Connoisseur of Combat (@ConOfCombat) June 9, 2021
Fans loved it:
