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Anthony Pettis not sure when he'll be able to return, but says he "would love to fight Nate Diaz"
Mar 28, 2015 - 3:15:24 PM Anthony Pettis not sure when he'll be able to return, but says he "would love to fight Nate Diaz"

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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

"I haven't thought about who I want to fight next. I can't even say when I can fight next. But I would love to fight Nate Diaz. That's a fight I've been waiting for, for a long time. If that's next, I'm for sure down with that. I just gotta figure out when I'm able to fight again or when I can start even looking at dates to fight again... There's a lot of guys I gotta fight. Now that I suffered this loss, I'm sure everybody thinks they want their shot at me, they want to take advantage of this. But it's my job to get back out there and get back to the top. I think a couple more wins and I'll be right back to where I was at."

-Anthony Pettis talks about what's next for him after losing his title at UFC 185 in an interview with Ariel Helwani on The MMA Hour.

Penick's Analysis: While Diaz is a lot further down the ladder from a rankings standpoint right now, that's a fight that would be highly entertaining from a stylistic matchup standpoint. Pettis could fight anyone in the top 15 at lightweight next and it would probably be entertaining, but the UFC will look to give him a relevant matchup that puts him back on the path to title contention. A Diaz bout could be used as such if they have it as a headliner on Fox or FS1, but they could easily go with any number of fighters right now.