Nick Diaz returns! Here are the top 5 possible opponents

The NSAC suspension of Stockton’s own Nick Diaz has now expired giving the California native free reign to fight again for the UFC. This now opens up the discussion for exactly who will be chosen for the big money fight with the elder Diaz brother. I’ve put together a list of the Top 5 possible opponents to welcome back the polarizing figure to UFC competition:

5. Takanori Gomi

Okay so Gomi is now a lightweight. Okay so Gomi has lost four of his last five… Come on now, was Nick Diaz robbed when he strangled ‘The Fireball Kid’ with a Gogoplata back at Pride 33 in 2007 or what? Diaz failed a drug test for, you guessed it, marijuana resulting in one of the most epic battles in history being ruled a No Contest. If you have not seen this particular matchup then you should immediately pause life and go watch it, twice. The rematch would be nothing like the first, and pure fantasy, but a Diaz fresh off of a Sativa suspension would be ironic.

4. Tyron Woodley

The recently crowned UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley is the …

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