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Nate Diaz And Kamaru Usman Tease A Fight Against Each Other On Twitter | Social Media Roundup

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Tyler Fell Jun 23, 2021 12:00PM

Nate Diaz and Kamaru Usman have gone back and forth on Twitter teasing a future fight for the UFC welterweight championship — this and much more on Wednesday's social media roundup.

Nate Diaz and Kamaru Usman go back and forth on Twitter teasing a future fight against each other

Ciryl Gane Bidding to Be Back in Heavyweight Title Picture at UFC 310

After Nate Diaz lost quite convincingly to Leon Edwards at UFC 263, talk of him fighting for a UFC title any time soon basically vanished.

However, Diaz's typical trash-talking has once again lured Kamaru Usman into acknowledging him on Twitter.

Check out the Twitter posts which Diaz targeted at Usman below.

Usman then responded to Diaz's tweets.

It would be very controversial if Diaz was the next fighter to face Usman but from a business point of view, it would make perfect sense as the fight would most likely generate millions of pay-per-view buys.

Would you like to see a fight between Diaz and Usman?

Kelvin Gastelum and Henry Cejudo train together

Ahead of his fight against Jared Cannonier, UFC middleweight contender Kelvin Gastelum has been training with the former two-division UFC champion Henry Cejudo.

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On this day 14 years ago...

On this exact day 14 years ago, the MMA world was made fully aware of Nate Diaz when he won the fifth season of The Ultimate Fighter.

Ciryl Gane's journey to the top of the UFC heavyweight division

Ciryl Gane's rise to being a top contender in the UFC's heavyweight division has not been an overnight success story.

Gane has worked incredibly hard and gone through a lot to get where he is today.

Check out the video below of Gane explaining his journey through MMA.

Potential Francis Ngannou vs Derrick Lewis fight pushed back by a month

Francis Ngannou's first defence of his UFC heavyweight title is looking likely to be a rematch with Derrick Lewis.

The target date for the fight has always been August, but due to scheduling conflicts it is looking like the fight will not take place until September according to Ariel Helwani.

UFC 264 promo has everybody hyped

It is fair to say that the entire MMA community is counting down the days until UFC 264 where Dustin Poirier and Conor McGregor will meet for the third time in one of the biggest fights in UFC history.

Despite the natural excitement from the fans, the promo below is also a reason why fans are so excited about the fight.

Leon Edwards and Belal Muhammad reignite their beef

After Belal Muhammad defeated UFC veteran Demian Maia at UFC 263, he called out Leon Edwards for a rematch.

Edwards, as expected, shut down all talk of a rematch as he is looking for a title fight against Kamaru Usman next.

This has led to Edwards and Muhammad going back and forth on Twitter.

See the interaction below.

Claressa Shields to re-enter the cage before her next boxing match

Claressa Shields made her MMA debut just a few weeks ago where she won via TKO in the third round.

Shields is now set for a quick turnaround as she is set to fight again in PFL in August.

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