Nick Diaz Looks To DREAM 5

Nick Diaz is a very happy man coming off his tournament win at DREAM 3, over former King Of Pancrase, Katusya Inoue.

The road to DREAM has been a difficult one for Diaz, who was scheduled to fight on their first card, but the bout was pulled after his opponent Marcello Garcia declined the fight. Then his recent fight was proposed for DREAM 3, but was then axed due to the time between DREAM 3 and Elite XC's Hawaii event, on which Diaz is also scheduled to fight. Due to Diaz's Elite XC contract, he is unable to fight within 45 days of an Elite XC fight.

After much negotiation with Elite XC, Diaz was finally allowed to fight for DREAM, so he rapidly cut weight and flew to Japan, where he scored a victory over Inoue.

He is said elated at the fact he is fighting in the second leg of the tournament. His opponent will be former UFC and Pride fighter Hayato "Mach" Sakurai, a very tough opponent. Diaz has said in interviews that he would love to fight Aoki, but this is not to be. This match up could happen, however, if both Diaz and Aoki get past their next opponents. Diaz will fight Sakurai at DREAM 5 on July 21st.