The highly anticipated five-round welterweight fight between Nate Diaz and Leon Edwards has been postponed from UFC 262 which was scheduled to take place next weekend at the Toyota Center in Houston Texas.
The fight will now take place at UFC 263 in Glendale, Arizona which will take place at the Gila River Arena on June 13.
Nate Diaz suffered a minor injury which will prevent him from competing at UFC 262.
The news was first reported by Kevin Iole of Yahoo Sports.
Nate Diaz v Leon Edwards on June 12. Diaz has a minor injury but will be back in Glendale, Arizona
— Kevin Iole (@KevinI) May 4, 2021
“Nate Diaz v Leon Edwards on June 12. Diaz has a minor injury but will be back in Glendale, Arizona,” Iole tweeted.
Leon Edwards last fought against Belal Muhammad at UFC Fight Night event earlier this month and the fight ended in a No Contest. In this fight, Leon Edwards accidentally poked in the eye of Muhammad following which he was unable to further continue fighting.
This was Leon Edwards’ first fight in nearly eighteen months. Prior to that he fought against Rafael Dos Anjos at UFC on ESPN 4 and defeated him via unanimous decision. He was also scheduled to fight Tyron Woodley in March, but the fight got cancelled following the global lockdown and travel restrictions because of the surge in coronavirus.
The latest UFC 262 card includes:
- Michael Chandler vs. Charles Oliveira
- Beneil Dariush vs. Tony Ferguson
- Jamie Pickett vs. Jordan Wright
- Priscila Cachoeira vs. Gina Mazany
- Viviane Araujo vs. Katlyn Chookagian
- Alex Perez vs. Matt Schnell
- Andrea Lee vs. Antonina Shevchenko
- Edson Barboza vs. Shane Burgos
- Jack Hermansson vs. Edmen Shahbazyan
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