MMA fans have been waiting with bated breath for the return of both Georges St-Pierre and Nate Diaz. However, few people expected the UFC to be earmarking a bout between the two of them to go down. With a potential bout between GSP and Diaz becoming the focal point of MMA conversation, St-Pierre opened as a -200 favorite with Diaz coming back at +160 for a contest between the two.
Of course, this bout became more of a reality when UFC president Dana White said that the company is trying to put together a fight with GSP and Diaz for UFC 227 on the UFC Unfiltered podcast.
Though there had been some rumblings out there that the UFC had been looking at GSP vs Diaz, the big bombshell White dropped was about the weight class. “(St-Pierre and Diaz) would fight at 155 pounds.”
St-Pierre most recently won the UFC middleweight championship (185 pounds) but vacated it shortly thereafter due to struggles with the weight. The two-division champion has spent his entire MMA career at welterweight aside from that one bout at middleweight. However, GSP never discounted the idea of moving down to lightweight if the right fight were to arise.
Diaz has jumped around weight classes during his nearly 14-year career – but there is little doubt he is at his best at lightweight.
If this fight is to come true, then it will create an interesting logjam of fighters at 155 pounds. Not only would GSP and Diaz be fighting in a marquee bout but the division is already home to Conor McGregor, Khabib Nurmagomedov and Tony Ferguson.
- Georges St-Pierre -360
- Nate Diaz +270
