Nate Diaz will make his return to the Octagon against Michael Johnson in December.
Nate Diaz is back. The enigmatic lightweight hasn't competed since last December 2014, but he'll make his return to the cage against Michael Johnson at UFC on Fox 17 this December. Fox Sports Live broke the news earlier tonight.
Diaz (17-10, 12-8 UFC) had been holding out from the UFC for a while to get a new contract, but when that didn't happen he took a fight with Rafael dos Anjos late last year. He came in overweight, lost a lopsided decision, and hasn't been heard from since apart from a fight with Khabib Nurmagomedov at a recent WSOF event.