Scrap-pack’s own Gilbert Melendez thinks Nick Diaz deserves a title shot if he beats Robbie Lawler at UFC 266.
Diaz might not have won a fight in almost a decade and been in MMA limbo for the last six years, but the former Strikeforce welterweight champion remains one of the most popular fighters in the UFC.
Melendez understands that Diaz brings eyeballs to the sport and thinks a welterweight title fight against the winner of Usman-Covington 2 would be ‘a win for everybody.’
“It’s huge. It’s a win for everybody,” Melendez told MMA Fighting’s Damon Martin in a recent interview.