Nick Diaz’s UFC return confirmed with new date against Vicente Luque

Unable to settle their business on August 3, many questions were raised as to whether the welterweights would be rescheduled for a later date or if the UFC would cancel the matchup between 32-year-old contender Luque and the older Diaz brother, who is nine years his senior.

It appears the UFC is determined to make this fight happen as MMA Mania’s Alex Behunin reports that Luque vs. Diaz is currently in the works for UFC 310 on December 7 in Las Vegas, Nevada – the promotion’s final pay-per-view event of the year.

This will be Diaz’s second fight in nearly a decade. The last time we saw Diaz (26-10), the former Strikeforce champion was in a long-awaited rematch against Robbie Lawler at UFC 266 in September 2021, which he lost by third-round TKO (retirement).

Prior to that, Diaz had not fought since a no-contest finish against former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva in the main event of UFC 183 in January 2015, later being suspended by the Nevada State Athletic Commission for a positive drug test containing marijuana metabolites.

“The Silent Assassin” Luque has seen better days in his UFC career, losing three of his last four fights, starting with a loss to current champion Belal Muhammad in 2022. Luque was on the verge of a title challenge at the time, but he’s now on the periphery of the welterweight rankings at No. 14 after a TKO loss to rising contender Joaquin Buckley in his last outing in March.

Vicente Luque will look to bounce back against a UFC legend (and icon to boot) in Nick Diaz on December 7.

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