Supposed UFC leak indicates surprising duel between Khamzat Chimaev and Nate Diaz in July

Supposed leak indicates duel between K. Chimaev and N. Diaz. Photo: SUPER FIGHTS montage

An alleged leak of privileged UFC information stirred social media last Tuesday (3). During recordings made by “Pivot Podcast” with Dana White in a UFC office, it was possible to see, on the walls of the place, a panel with supposed fight marriages for future Ultimate events.

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What caught the most attention were the supposed plans for the UFC 276, scheduled for July 2nd, in Las Vegas. The images show the card led by the middleweight belt dispute (up to 83,9 kg) between Israel adesanya e Jared Cannonier. The biggest surprise, however, came in the co-main fight, which features the unlikely duel between Khamzat Shimaev e Nate diaz.

In the images, it is also possible to see that the UFC is supposedly planning a duel between Jon Jones e Stipe Miocic, for the interim heavyweight belt (up to 120,2 kg), for the UFC 277, scheduled for July 30th, in Salt Lake City, Boston, Chicago or Dallas.

While everything is still in the realm of rumors, some factors help to give more credibility to the information presented in the leak. The panel shows, for example, the duel between Sean Strickland and Alex Pereira, previously scheduled for the UFC 277, marked for UFC 276. The advance of the fight was, in fact, confirmed by sites like “MMA Junkie” and “Combate” last Tuesday. The same panel also presents the duel between Robbie Lawler e Bryan barberena, already confirmed by Barberena on social media.

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