Nick Diaz announces details of WAR MMA 1

Nick Diaz’s WAR MMA goes live June 22nd

by John Haigh @JohnBJayHaigh
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A few weeks back I brought you the story that Nick Diaz was looking to start his own MMA promotion, that story can be read here well now it’s confirmed.

Nick Diaz still hasn’t confirmed if he will retire or not following what he said after he lost to GSP but he hasn’t been sitting idle while he thinks about it. On Wednesday Diaz officially announced his first mma event as a promoter WAR 1, taking place June 22nd in the Stockton area of his home town California.

The fight card currently consists of six fight with more due to be added in the next few days. The main event features Daniel Roberts vs. Justin Baesman, the other fights announce for the inaugural card are Antonio Banuelos against Benny Vinson, Caleb Mitchell vs. Evan Esguerra, Roy Boughton vs. Liron Wilson, Mike Persons vs. Clayton McKinney, and Darin Cooley vs. Cody Gibson.
WAR MMA fight cards are expected to feature a mixture of professional and amateur bouts but it’s not yet been mentioned whether women’s bouts will feature in WAR MMA.

WAR 1 will stream live for free atNickDiazPromotions.com. The stream begins at 1am in the UK 8pm ET / 5pm. PT.

Non-title bouts will consist of three five-minute rounds, while title bouts, when instituted, will consist of five five-minute rounds, and fall under the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts. In an attempt to re-institute more grappling in to WAR MMA fights does not allow for elbows to the head of grounded opponent, forcing the fighter in top position on the ground to either advance position or create space for punching. WAR fights will also take place in a ring rather than a cage.

Keep checking Kingdom MMA for more updates on WAR MMA.