UFC Update: Dana White Loves A Nick Diaz – Robbie Lawler Rematch

Add Ultimate Fighting Championship President (UFC) Dana White to the list of personalities who would like to put on a sequel to a terrific match that happened a decade ago. White has recently responded to a query on Twitter on the possibility of pitting Nick Diaz against current welterweight champion Robbie Lawler and the head honcho was ecstatic about the prospect.

.@ChrisGaskill I would love to see Robbie and Nick fight again @nickdiaz209 @Ruthless_RL

— Dana White (@danawhite) January 12, 2015

There is a window of possibility for the match happening if the cards fall in the right place. Nick Diaz is set to welcome back Anderson "The Spider" Silva who is recovering from a gruesome leg injury that sidelined him for more than a year. Both fighters are returnees to the Octagon and will be the main event of UFC 183, which will be held Jan. 31 at Las Vegas, Nevada.

In essence, a lot is stake for both Diaz and Silva. A Diaz win would all but assure him calling out "Ruthless" for a title match while a Silva victory would parlay into a third match and title bout with current middleweight champion Chris Weidman. White has already confirmed that Silva will be getting that pairing if he wins the match against Diaz that leaves a question mark if he will still give a losing Diaz a title shot against Lawler.

Lawler has limited options after his supposed trilogy with Johny Hendricks was recently shelved. The "Bigg Rigg" has opted to fight Matt Brown in the interim given that the third fight with Lawler cannot be staged for a good six to seven months. The former welterweight champion will now be a co-main event at UFC 185 which is slated for Mar. 14 at Dallas, Texas. His manager, Ted Ehrhardt clarified that his ward wanted to continue on fighting top-10 talent instead of waiting on "Ruthless."

"We didn't want to wait around," Ehrhardt relayed to MMA Fighting's Ariel Helwani. "Lawler didn't want to fight until the summer, but we wanted to keep fighting. Title shot or not, no one wants to sit around another six or seven more months."

Due to the said developments, both Diaz and Lawler will have to wait for all matches to consummate -- specifically the upcoming Diaz match with Silva before any prospective matches are ironed out. Diaz and Lawler put up a great show 10 years ago when they tangled up-and-coming fighters in the Octagon. "Ruthless" came in as the favourite in that match only to come up empty in the second round when the Stockholm fighter stunned him with a vicious punch -- his only knockout loss in his career. Both fighters have had a roller coaster career and are currently enjoying a renaissance, which would make a second fight intriguing to the UFC followers.

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