Pettis would love to fight Nate Diaz next
Anthony Pettis: “I can’t even say when I can fight next. But I would love to fight Nate Diaz. That’s a fight I’ve been waiting for, for a long time.”
Coming off a decisive loss to Rafael Dos Anjos, ex-champion Anthony Pettis will likely need an impressive win or maybe two to earn another title shot. If it were up to him, Pettis would fight Nate Diaz next with whom he has exchanged words with more than once in the press and on social media:
Anthony Pettis still has some things to sort out before heading back into the Octagon, mainly a broken right orbital bone. But when he does return, he sure wouldn’t mind seeing Nate Diaz across from him.
“I haven’t thought about who I want to fight next,” Pettis told Ariel Helwani on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour. “I can’t even say when I can fight next. But I would love to fight Nate Diaz. That’s a fight I’ve been waiting for, for a long time. If that’s next, I’m for sure down with that. I just gotta figure out when I’m able to fight again or when I can start even looking at dates to fight again.”
