Anderson Silva and Nick Diaz News of Anderson Silva and Nick Diaz ’s fight initially was greeted as an exquisite piece of matchmaking and a breath of fresh air in the UFC’s athletic schedule. It was a sure moneymaker, too, after some rough outings on pay TV. Six months later, some that hype has cooled, but it’s still an important fight, at least to the business. After all, the absence of Silva was a weight on Zuffa’s shoulders, along with the possible retirement of now-former welterweight champ Georges St-Pierre, the doubtful return of Brock Lesnar, and injury bug woes. The promotion seemed to be pushing upwind toward the golden days of 2009. Silva, a top-five draw when he had to miss the past year with injury rehab, and needle-mover Diaz were two guys who’d rarely been put in the same sentence together, apart from a few musings of the latter fighter, a career welterweight prone to fanciful ramblings
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