Despite his UFC future looking stale for the last few years now, it appears former welterweight title challenger Nick Diaz was interested in a fight with Rafael Dos Anjos at UFC Rochester, before Kevin Lee was booked to fight the Brazilian.
Diaz (26-9, 2NC) hasn’t won a fight in MMA since 2011 against B.J. Penn, losing his last three UFC appearances. The 35-year-old was suspended for five years in late 2015 after testing positive for marijuana metabolites, however the ban was lifted the following year.
In 2017, Diaz was again suspended by USADA, this time for one year after failing to report his whereabouts to the anti-doping agency.