A major change has reportedly been implemented for UFC 266’s five-round rematch between Nick Diaz and Robbie Lawler. According to a Substack post from Ariel Helwani, the said matchup has been bumped from welterweight to middleweight.
This sudden change is happening four days before fight night, and no specific reasons were given. But during a media scrum after the Contender Series on Tuesday, UFC president Dana White shed some light on the situation.
“Robbie wants to talk to me about this whole thing, so this all happened when I was out of town this weekend,” he told reporters.