Three years after his final struggle, Nick Diaz has a UFC bout on the books, and his brother Nate Diaz is happy to see his favourite fighter again in motion.

Nick is scheduled to step again into the UFC’s octagon on Aug. 3 for a welterweight co-main bout towards Vicente Luque at UFC on ABC 7 at Etihad Enviornment in Abu Dhabi. Seeing his brother fly throughout the globe for a scrap is one thing that tickled his youthful brother Nate.

“He’s going to go to f*cking Saudi Arabia,” Diaz instructed MMA Junkie with fun. “F*ck, huh?”

It’s been a very long time for the reason that Diaz brothers had been energetic fighters collectively.

Nate, who has been frequently energetic through the years, is scheduled to compete in a boxing match towards Jorge Masvidal on Saturday in Anaheim, Calif., in a rematch from their inaugural BMF title bout at UFC 244. Will probably be the third time the youthful sibling has competed since Nick has been on the sidelines.

The one-year elder was final in motion at UFC 266 in September 2021 in a TKO loss in a middleweight bout towards former welterweight champion Robbie Lawler. It was Nick’s first struggle since 2015, and the fourth consecutive look during which he didn’t document a win.

With a while off from combating, Nate is anticipating his brother to return in a giant manner towards Luque, who has additionally struggled to provide optimistic outcomes as of late, dropping three of his final 4.

“Luque’s a fighter, he’ll come to struggle,” Diaz stated. “And also you guys know Nick, in order that’s what that’s. You’re going to have a few animals in there. I don’t suppose there’s anyone higher than Nick, so we’ll see what occurs.”

The brothers have been working in separate camps in preparation for his or her fights. With Nate centered solely on the candy science of boxing at dwelling in California, Nick has been mixing the martial arts in Texas. Nonetheless, based on Nate, the plan is to get collectively after his struggle this weekend to finalize coaching and the gameplan for his brother’s large return to the cage.