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STRIKEFORCE NEWS: Nick Diaz expected to return on January 29, could face Jason "Mayhem" Miller
Nov 23, 2010 - 10:57:56 AM STRIKEFORCE NEWS: Nick Diaz expected to return on January 29, could face Jason "Mayhem" Miller

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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

Nick Diaz will return to the Strikeforce cage on January 29, according to his trainer Cesar Gracie in comments made to MMAJunkie.com.

"I was talking to Strikeforce a little bit about it today," Gracie said. "No opponent has been named or anything. But he's going to fight on that date, and hopefully Fedor (Emelianenko) will be part of it too. It could be a really exciting time."

While no opponent is set, Gracie said that Diaz would be open to fighting Jason "Mayhem" Miller, a fight that many have called for since the brawl in Nashville this April. However, the caveat is that they want the fight to be at a catchweight.

"If that fight was offered, yeah, we'd probably take that fight," he said. "We'd just have to look at what weight class it's going to be in, and apparently, 'Mayhem' can't make 170. We're not going to accommodate going to 185. It doesn't really make that much sense to call someone out, and the champ has to ... go to your weight class."

"Being the champ of 'Bully Beatdown' doesn't really make you a contender. It doesn't. If he were beating people that's important, yeah. But the champ doesn't need to move [up] or down in weight because someone says, 'Don't be scared, homie.'"

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Penick's Analysis: It's a fight that really should happen right now, as they don't have an abundance of options for their Welterweight Champion at this point. It would make a ton of sense for the fight to be put together, and a catchweight in the middle of the divisions isn't unreasonable at all, especially when Diaz has taken fights near 180 lbs. in Strikeforce.