Shields: Diaz ‘looking a lot better’ than last year, teases 2023 return

Dec 24 2022 by Bloody Elbow

 
Jake Shields and Nick Diaz at an Elite XC event in 2008. | Photo by Michael Tran/FilmMagic

“He’s looking a lot better, training again. I think we’re going to see Nick back.”

Jake Shields says Nick Diaz is looking a lot better than he did in 2021 and that he expects the former Strikeforce welterweight champion and MMA fan favorite to return to the UFC next year, teasing a potential comeback during an interview with Inside Fighting (h/t MMA Fighting).

“I think so,” Shields...

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