{"id":393857,"date":"2022-06-24T16:34:09","date_gmt":"2022-06-24T16:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=393857"},"modified":"2022-06-24T16:34:09","modified_gmt":"2022-06-24T16:34:09","slug":"id-smoke-diaz-kevin-holland-fired-up-to-take-on-either-nick-diaz-or-nate-diaz-following-emphatic-ufc-austin-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/id-smoke-diaz-kevin-holland-fired-up-to-take-on-either-nick-diaz-or-nate-diaz-following-emphatic-ufc-austin-win\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I&#8217;d Smoke Diaz&#8217;- Kevin Holland Fired Up to Take On Either Nick Diaz or Nate Diaz Following Emphatic UFC Austin Win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC welterweight Kevin Holland made a massive splash over the weekend when he submitted Tim Means in the co-main event for UFC Austin. \u2018The Trailblazer\u2019 has been on a tear ever since he\u2019s worked on his wrestling following some disappointing outings in the cage.<\/p>\n<p>Following his standout victory, Kevin Holland called out Sean Brady for a fight, as Brady is a rising contender who has looked like a star. However, on closer introspection, Kevin Holland is keen to face off against Stockton\u2019s finest: Nick Diaz or his younger brother Nate Diaz.<\/p>\n<p>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/nunes-threw-everything-she-had-at-pena-michelle-waterson-believes-amanda-nunes-reached-her-breaking-point-against-julianna-pena\/\">\u2018Nunes Threw Everything She Had at Pena\u2019- Michelle Waterson Believes Amanda Nunes Reached Her \u2018Breaking Point\u2019 Against Julianna Pena<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Kevin Holland wants all the smoke with the Diaz brothers<\/h2>\n<p>In their own way, both fights make sense since both brothers have been calling out for fights in the media. Nick Diaz is keen to skip the line and fight Kamaru Usman for the belt, while Nate Diaz is ready to take on anybody in the division if it means he can wriggle out of his UFC contract.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019ll take anyone. He\u2019ll take anyone.  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NateDiaz209?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NateDiaz209<\/a> let\u2019s do this for everyone! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/danawhite?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@danawhite<\/a> I think this moves the needle! <br \/>I want all the\ud83d\udca8 both inside and outside the cage <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/18sTduxU3B\">pic.twitter.com\/18sTduxU3B<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kevin Holland (@Trailblaze2top) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Trailblaze2top\/status\/1539759408481181698?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 22, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The UFC hasn\u2019t been willing to fulfill Nate Diaz\u2019s requests while Nick Diaz\u2019s call-out is simply unrealistic. This is where Kevin Holland comes in as he\u2019s confident he can step in and \u2018smoke\u2019 either brother.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe Diaz fight, I\u2019d smoke Diaz,\u201d <\/em>Holland told MMA Fighting<em>. \u201cBig brother, little brother, it doesn\u2019t matter. Either Diaz brother, I\u2019d smoke. I think Nate\u2019s a better fighter than Nick. Either way, I\u2019d smoke them.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThey\u2019re over the hill, let\u2019s be real about it. They\u2019re both fun fights. They\u2019re both over the hill. I mean Nate did good against Leon [Edwards] but Leon has a butter chin. It is what it is. For sure, I think me and Nate would have a fun time.\u201d [h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2022\/6\/24\/23180474\/kevin-holland-welcomes-nate-diaz-nick-diaz-id-smoke-diaz-big-brother-little-brother-it-doesnt-matter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mmafighting.com<\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/NateDiaz209\/status\/1539646024657948672?s=20&#038;t=cn9C6E9dxZsKelZ1sr3UsA<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Holland has become a major player in the welterweight division with his recent wins over Means and Alex Oliveira. Additionally, his profile continues to grow with his outstanding efforts to subvert crime in his home state of Texas.<\/p>\n<p>The UFC might be looking to put on this fight, as Holland\u2019s name value and fighting style would be a compelling treat for MMA fans to witness. Coupled with the aforementioned traits are the star power that the Diaz brothers bring to the table, making it a viable booking.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC welterweight Kevin Holland made a massive splash over the weekend when he submitted Tim Means in the co-main event for UFC Austin. \u2018The Trailblazer\u2019 has been on a tear ever since he\u2019s worked on his wrestling following some disappointing outings in the cage. Following his standout victory, Kevin Holland called out Sean Brady for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":393861,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2006],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-393857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ufc"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=393857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393857\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/393861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=393857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=393857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=393857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}