Din Thomas: Nate Diaz vs. Mike Perry legitimizes 'circus' Netflix card

Din Thomas sees Nate Diaz vs. Mike Perry as added value for Moist Valuable Promotions' debut MMA event. The card is headlined by the return of women's MMA pioneers Ronda Rousey and Gina Carano, who square off May 16 at Intuit Dome, Inglewood, Calif.

, in a fight that streams on Netflix. Former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou battles Philipe Lins in a heavyweight co-headliner. But with Rousey and Carano inactive for years, and Ngannou a massive favorite against Lins , Thomas believes Diaz vs.

Perry is the fight that will intrigue many fans the most. "It legitimizes the card in a way, to the point where you go, 'OK, it's not just a circus,'" Thomas told MMA Junkie. "The other fights are cool.

Francis is going to do his thing and Philipe, too. Again, he's another friend of mine, I've worked with him in the past, and I'm so happy to see him hopefully make some money off of this, but this legitimizes it in terms of OK, this is what some fight fans of the current day want to see because Mike Perry has been active. And any time you can get a Diaz brother inside any type of environment fighting, we want to see that.