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When Nick Diaz and Robbie Lawler first met in an octagon cage 17 years ago, one was a 21-year-old fledgling "young talent" and the other was a 22-year-old "rising star".
The two blood-colored teenagers opened the highlight moment of their careers with a thrilling confrontation. At that time, Nick Diaz knocked out Robbie Lawler with a precise blow in the process of retreating, which became a landmark final moment in the history of the UFC and the beginning of this feud.
Today, 37-year-old Nick Diaz has a career total of 26 wins and 9 losses, including 13 KO/TKO endings. In 2001, Nick Diaz saw the scene of the Gracie family winning the UFC championship on TV, so he resolutely drove hundreds of kilometers to practice martial arts with the Gracie family and began his professional MMA mixed martial arts career.
In just two years, Nick Diaz took the WEC sub-welterweight titles and IFC sub-middleweight titles. It was also that year that Nick Diaz was officially signed by the UFC with a record of 7 wins and 2 losses. In the 12 years since, Nick Diaz has played 18 games at the UFC, with a record of 11 wins and 7 losses, including the classic battle of KO Robbie Lawler mentioned at the beginning of the article.
2011 was a landmark year in Nick Diaz's career. That year, Nick Diaz returned to the UFC with the collapse of the Strikeforce event, and in the return battle, Nick Diaz defeated the famous "prodigy" BJ Payne with points, and it was this game that made Nick Diaz one of the first line players in the UFC.
Although Nick Diaz was given two opportunities to challenge for the sub-middleweight title, both ended in failure. In 2015, Nick Diaz again lost again against "Spider" Anderson Silva and chose to retire.
To this day, Robbie Lawler, who is still fighting in the ring, has become a rare evergreen tree in the octagonal cage at the age of 38. Similar to Nick Diaz, Robbie Lawler returned to the UFC in 2011 with a record of 18 wins and 8 losses.
And in 2014, UFC 181 defeated then champion Hend Ricks to win the UFC sub-middleweight championship gold belt. Unfortunately, in July 2016, Robbie Lawler lost the title in the first ko by Tyrone Woodley due to a mistake.
Tonight at 22:30, Qinghai Satellite TV's "UFC of Dragon Fighting" will bring you the UFC 266 headline main match, from Nick Diaz, who has returned from a long period of silence, to play against former UFC sub-middleweight champion Robbie Lawler. After 17 years, two legendary veterans with outstanding achievements have continued to the frontier, and a long-lost double war is about to be staged.
Two players who debuted almost at the same time and had dedicated classic battles at the beginning of their careers, near the end of their careers, once again showed striking similar career trajectories.
Whether it is Robbie Lawler, who has lost four consecutive games, or Nick Diaz, who has not won in nearly 10 years, both of them have continued to fall into the trough after losing the peak of the impact.
However, all this does not matter to the boxing fans who truly love the sport, because it will be a "dream battle" that has nothing to do with the belt, or even the victory or defeat.
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February 18, 2022 At 22:30, this issue of Qinghai Satellite TV's "Dragon Fight UFC" will bring you the UFC 266 headline main game, with Nick Diaz, who has returned from years of silence, against former UFC sub-middleweight champion Robbie Lawler.