"If you wanted a fight with Kamaru Usman, you shouldn't be worried about Khamzat Chimaev" - Dana White explains why he believes Nate Diaz vs Khamzat Chimaev makes sense

From L-R: Dana White, Nate Diaz and Khamzat Chimaev [Image credits: @khamzat_chimaev and @natediaz209 on Instagram]

UFC president Dana White has made a case for a potential matchup between Khamzat Chimaev and Nate Diaz.

After Chimaev's impressive return to UFC 267 against Li Jingliang, the UFC president stated that he would be interested to see the Chechen-born Swede pitted against 'the Stockton Slugger'.

The statement by White has raised many eyebrows. Many in the MMA community, including MMA journalist Ariel Helwani, have opined that White was intentionally putting Diaz against a tough competitor like Chimaev as it would be the last fight on the MMA veteran's UFC contract.

During an interview with Adam Catterall for BT Sport, White stated his reasons as to why he believed the fight between Diaz and 'Borz' was a logical move.

"I just did an interview with Robbie Fox yesterday," said White. "He's like, 'Well, everybody feels like you're throwing Nate Diaz to the wolves.' This guy's [Khamzat Chimaev] got four fights. Nate Diaz has been here for years. Nate Diaz was just asking for an [Kamaru] Usman fight. That would be feeding Nate Diaz to the wolves."

"That would be feeding Diaz to the wolves!" 🐺

Dana White discusses the rise of @KChimaev and what may be coming next for him.

Watch the interview on YouTube 👉 youtu.be/ocJWHIn12lw https://t.co/hIw3LbIPLF

Meanwhile, Chimaev has called out Diaz in the UFC 267 post-fight press conference.

.@KChimaev sends a message to @NateDiaz209 and @GamebredFighter after his win at #UFC267:

"[Diaz], let's see who is the real gangster. … [Masvidal] has some bad motherf*cking belt or something. I'm going to take everything."

Watch full video: youtu.be/sq2oBmLtFgU https://t.co/JyvqqsxVlf

'The Stockton Slugger', too, does not seem interested in the duel as he posted a humorous video to his Instagram story, seemingly scoffing off at the idea of fighting the Swede.

Nate Diaz is seemingly not impressed by talk of a fight with Khamzat Chimaev.

📹 via (@NateDiaz209) on Instagram https://t.co/mXlLrdVbvD

Dana White believes Khamzat Chimaev is yet to prove his skills against high-level competition

During his interview with BT Sport, Dana White also said that no matter how good Chimaev looked in his four fights in the octagon, 'Borz' is yet to be tested against high-level competition in the UFC.

"Listen, Khamzat Chimaev looks incredible but he's never fought anybody inside the top 10," White said. "The last guy he fought was number 11 and he's never fought anybody in the top five. He's never been in any of those kind of fights yet. So, as incredible as he looks, let's be realistic here... If you wanted a fight with Kamaru Usman, you shouldn't be worried about Khamzat Chimaev."

You can watch the full Dana White interview below: