The TUF5 finale is on this Saturday @ 9pm EST on Spike TV with Nathan Diaz up against Manny Gamburyan for the TUF5 championship and lucrative UFC contract.
Hermes Franca will be fighting Sean "The Muscle Shark" Sherk for the UFC Lightweight title July 7 at UFC 73.
Why are these two pieces of information relevant?
Well, Nate Diaz's last professional fight was against Hermes Franca at WEC 24-Full Force on October 12, 2006.
It is possible that Diaz and Franca's paths will cross again which would make the rubber match that much sweeter for Mr. Diaz if Franca wins his next fight against Sean Sherk two and a half weeks from now.
Win or lose, Nate Diaz is going to be a star in the UFC for a long time and he has the potential to become a champion someday. Hell, he's only 22 years old, has a brown belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu courtesy of Cesar Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Academy and a true MMA warrior and fighting mentor for a brother in Nick Diaz.
I feel strongly that Nate is gonna win against Manny at the TUF5 finale. After all, how the hell is 5'5" Manny gonna stand against 6' tall Nate... 5'7" Hermes Franca couldn't... never mind taking Nate to the ground either... just ask Gray Maynard about that.
Here's some comedy for you.. It's TUF5 reject Gabe Ruediger fighting Franca at WEC 19 - Undisputed on March 17, 2006.
Poor Gabe can never catch a break, huh?
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Nathan Diaz & Hermes Franca
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Gabe was eating that right hand like a piece of ice cream cake. Yum!
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