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GSP thinks Nick Diaz’ ‘best years are behind him’, looked ‘rusty’ against Robbie Lawler

UFC president Dana White thinks Nick Diaz looked ‘incredible’ in his comeback fight against Robbie Lawler at UFC 266, but some fighters think the former Strikeforce welterweight champion looked slow, rusty, and out of shape.

Former UFC welterweight champ Georges St-Pierre, for example, thinks Diaz didn’t look himself last month and hinted that his best years might be behind him.

“It was a tough night for him because he came back after six or seven years,” GSP told Yahoo’s Kevin Iole in a recent interview (h/t Sports Keeda). “It was a long, long time.