Overview
- A video posted by Jake Shields’ Fight Back MMA captured Diaz and Strickland greeting each other at Xtreme Couture in Las Vegas and discussing training together.
- Strickland praised Diaz as a “f*cking legend” and said he wanted to “get rolling,” to which Diaz replied, “Now I watch you.”
- Diaz has resumed training at Xtreme Couture after nearly a year of rehab and treatment in Mexico, with reports he has already sparred Jake Shields.
- Strickland is booked to face Anthony Hernandez in the UFC Houston main event on Feb. 21.
- Strickland looks to rebound from a unanimous-decision loss to Dricus du Plessis at UFC 312, while Hernandez arrives on an eight-fight winning streak that includes a 2025 submission of Roman Dolidze.