Featherweight alternate Diamond will try to make it back-to-back wins in his next outing at PFL 6.
After two fun fights in the PFL in 2021, "The Ultimate Fighter" season 27 semi-finalist was cut from the promotion, being left out of the $1M 2022 season. Diamond's career was put on hold for two years but the PFL would finally bring him back for a fight last summer where he lost to undefeated former champ Movlid Khaybulaev.
"I'm just at stage of my life where I'm not gonna go back to the local circuit," Diamond said regarding his thoughts of retirement. "I'm not gonna go back and fight for A1 combat or LFA. The money is just not there for me, like, at this stage in the game, like where I'm at and just everything else. I'm like, dude, I'm just not willing to do that. So, for me, it's PFL or bust.
In 2021, Diamond earned three points in the regular season before going to war with another champ in Brendan Loughnane. This season, Diamond's comeback story has him as an alternate in the PFL's stacked featherweight division that features imports from the recently-acquired Bellator promotion. "I haven't really asked and I haven't been super transparent as far as that, but from my understanding, yes, I'm like the main alternate. So, if something were to happen where someone in the playoffs spot dropped out and I had a better performance than the next guy kind of in line, then yes, I could potentially get plugged in. So, I have that in mind. It's not like these fights don't count for anything. They do.
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