UFC president Dana White admitted that he only gave Nate Diaz a fight against Dustin Poirier at UFC 230 because someone on his staff spearheaded the negotiations. Now, after that fight fell apart, White has no interest in going back to Diaz with another bout.
Soon after Diaz vs. Poirier was announced at a press conference, Diaz went ballistic because he felt the UFC wasn’t promoting him properly after they announced Conor McGregor’s return at the same press conference. In fact, he walked out of the press conference after McGregor’s fight with Khabib Nurmagomedov was unveiled.
Diaz’s public chastising of White and the organization ever since and him constantly waffling on whether or not he was even going to show up for the fight certainly had to give White mixed feelings in dealing with him, so much so that he now appears to be done with Diaz.
No, it’s not that he’s tearing up Diaz’s contract, but he just has no interest in trying to get him another bout until Diaz comes to him saying he’s ready to get back in the Octagon.
“I’m not interested in making a Diaz fight until Diaz is just absolutely dying to fight,” White told ESPN.
When he’s ready to fight, he’ll let us know.”
Ironically, the UFC 230 bout was canceled after Poirier had to withdraw because of a hip injury.
This article first appeared at News – MMAWeekly.com
