An affiliation with Nick and Nate Diaz seems like it should be a major positive in the career of a young MMA fighter. But, that alliance can also have some drawbacks. And it feels as though Nick Maximov has seen both sides of that coin during his brief tenure with the UFC.
In 2020, Maximov accepted a fight on the DWCS at heavyweight. He did so even though he had competed at middleweight for the LFA just a few months before the DWCS event.
Maximov was the same height as his opponent, Oscar Cota, in that contest, but Cota (263) outweighed Maximov (209) by a massive 54 pounds.