Add Daniel Cormier to the growing list of fighters concerned about Nate Diaz’s safety heading into his welterweight matchup with Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 279.
Cormier acknowledges Diaz is a legend of the sport and is as tough as they come but thinks the Stockton, Calif. local has little to nothing to gain from fighting Khamzat at this stage in his career, labeling the fight a mismatch.
With that said, ‘DC’ doesn’t expect Diaz, 37, to ‘go down quietly’ in what could be his final fight in the UFC against Chimaev.
“You know what RC, I don’t believe that Nate will go down quietly,” Cormier said on the DC & RC podcast (h/t BJPenn.