Since, Diaz is appearing after a decade, he seems out of shape and slow. Lawler was more or less active in the UFC with fewer intervals. Though both fighters are irregular in the Octagon, the fight will be interesting as there will be a considerable amount of money for the fighters.
His first anticipated fight took place in 2011 at UFC 137 over B.J. Penn. In that match Diaz earned $275,000 in total. After that he fought Carlos Condit at UFC 143 for the interim UFC Welterweight Championship.
In their fist fight in 2004, Nick Diaz earned a total of $6,000 which includes $3,000 guaranteed and $3,000 win bonus. It was Diaz’s second appearance in UFC. Lawler earned $3,000 from that fight.
However, Diaz is returning to the octagon after 6 years and a win will be his first since 2012. Lawler, on the other hand, had last fight in 2020, but hasn’t won since 2017.
185Â lbsNick Diaz / Weight
Despite fight week being well underway for the September pay-per-view, the matchup ran into a late hurdle. Diaz, who's last fight was a middleweight clash against Anderson Silva, requested that the weight class for his return be changed from 170 to 185 pounds.
Nick Diaz at middleweight. Both fighters successfully made weight for this rematch, as Diaz stepped onto the scale at 185.5lbs and Lawler weighed in at 184.
Nick Diaz is an American professional mixed martial artist who has a net worth of $3 million. Nick Diaz has had a very successful career in the world of mixed martial arts, having competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Strikeforce, and World Extreme Cagefighting, among other mixed martial arts organizations.
170Â lbsConor McGregor / Weight
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6′ 1″Nick Diaz / Height
Diaz started his MMA career in 2001, but came to the limelight after he joined UFC in 2003. Over the years he appeared in 37 matches and won 26 of them. His first anticipated fight took place in 2011 at UFC 137 over B.J. Penn. In that match Diaz earned $275,000 in total.
In their fist fight in 2004, Nick Diaz earned a total of $6,000 which includes $3,000 guaranteed and $3,000 win bonus. It was Diaz’s second appearance in UFC. Lawler earned $3,000 from that fight.
Robbie Lawler earned overall $365,000 with $200,000 guaranteed in his last bout against Neil Magny in 2020. So, he was expected to earn around $200,000 guaranteed which could rise up to $350,000 depending on the win, bonus and. The table provided above contains the salary details of the fighters.
In his last fight, Diaz met Anderson Silva at UFC 183, which was a no contest fight. Despite the no contest, he banked $500,000.
It is a rematch between the fighters that took place nearly two decades ago. They met at UFC 47 in 2004.
Nick Diaz and Robbie Lawler face-off in front of fans and the press for UFC 266 – Volkanovski vs Ortega Press Conference on September 23, 2021, at MGM Park Arena in Las Vegas, NV. (Photo by Louis Grasse/PxImages)
Nick Diaz pocketed $6000 ($3000 show-money and $3000 win-bonus) as his fight purse for the fight against Robbie Lawler at UFC 47. The bout marked Diaz’s second appearance for the UFC following win over Jeremy Jackson. It’s worth mentioning that Diaz is the first fighter to hand a KO loss to Robbie Lawler.
However, it is expected that he will pocket in the range of $500,000 for his appearance at UFC 266 inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Diaz emerged victorious against Robbie Lawler at UFC 47, picking up a second-round stoppage win over the “Ruthless”. 17 years later, and interestingly 209 weeks later, Nick Diaz and Robbie Lawler will once again share the UFC Octagon in a rematch at UFC 266. The hugely anticipated rematch will take place in the middleweight division as a featured bout. However, for the second time in the history of the company, it will be a five-round featured bout .
Another reason Diaz is feeling so conflicted ahead of his return at UFC 266 is due to his brother Nate also competing at welterweight these days.
In their first meeting in 2004, Diaz knocked Lawler out in the second round — and he really doesn’t want to have to do that to him again. He’d instead prefer to face Usman.
According to the reports available, Nate Diaz pocketed a whopping $500,000 as his fight purse for the Masvidal fight. Needless to say, the fight purse reflects very little of what the fighter actually makes from a fight, and also doesn’t involve sponsorship money and fight-week incentives.
Nate Diaz is one of the most popular fighters in the game. The former WEC and UFC lightweight title challenger, the Stockton Slugger has time and again proved his credibility inside the UFC Octagon. Diaz is considered by many as one of the greatest mixed martial artists in terms of the legacy and the impact that he has left in the sport ...
Nate Diaz was incredibly popular since the beginning of his mixed martial arts career. It won’t be wrong to say that the popularity of his elder brother Nick Diaz helped him significantly to gain the recognition of the fight fans.