Vicente Luque hopes Nick Diaz ārecoversā after āsadā video goes viral: āHe didnāt look okayā
Vicente Luque is hoping Nick Diaz gets the help he needs.

Luque was supposed to fight Diaz at UFC 310, but the MMA legend was forced out of the bout due to undisclosed reasons. The cancellation came after a viral video appeared to show Diaz trying to light grass on fire in the middle of the night.
šØNEW: A video of Nick Diaz, by himself, shirtless in public, trying to light a random piece of grass on fire has surfaced online ahead of his MMA return against Vicente Luque on Dec. 7. š
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Following the video going viral and the fight being off, Luque says he hopes Diaz can be okay and get help if he needs it.
āI donāt know exactly why [it was cancelled],ā Luque said to MMAFighting. āI saw that video of him in the streets, and he didnāt look okay. And more than anything, I hope his family and heās taking care of himself. I hope he recovers and goes back to his best state possible. When I saw the videoāfirst, I didnāt know if it was a recent video or not. But, I kept thinking, if itās recent, I hope he really seeks help to get out of the situation heās in because Nick is a fighter I follow since before I was in the UFC.ā
Vicente Luque says Nick Diaz inspired him
Vicente Luque says Nick Diaz was a big inspiration in his MMA career so heās hoping he can recover.
āHe has inspired me a lot in the past. What heās done, fighting legends like B.J. Penn, Georges St-Pierre, Anderson Silva, Carlos Condit, many big names. You see his accomplishments, and see his state at 40 years of age, thatās not how I want to see any fighter,ā Luque added. āThis sport is very tough and we dedicate so many years to be able to make a living off this, and to see him in that situation, at his ageā¦ We donāt know what heās going to do from now on, if heās going to recover, if heās going to be able to fight again, maybe open a gym and teach, whatever, but we hope for the best. Itās very sad to see him at that stage. Because I donāt want that for anyone, much less a man that has inspired so many.ā
With Diaz pulling out of their UFC 310 fight, Vicente Luque will now fight Themba Gorimbo.
Luque is 22-10-1 as a pro and coming off a TKO loss to Joaquin Buckley. Gorimbo, meanwhile, is 14-4 and coming off a decision win over Niko Price.
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