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Nate Diaz still has plenty of fight left in him. | Sarah Stier/Getty Images for Netflix
Nate Diaz ended first MMA fight in nearly four years covered in blood.
After two fairly lopsided rounds in the Most Valuable Promotions “Rousey vs. Carano”co-main event, Diaz’s corner waved off the fight against Mike Perry, giving the BKFC “King of Violence” an emphatic TKO victory against a man who emerged as biggest stars of the sport over the past decade-plus.
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While the bout wasn’t especially competitive, the Stockton, California, native remains defiant regarding his fighting future. When Diaz is ready to retire, he vows that it won’t be a public spectacle — and that day doesn’t seem to be coming anytime soon.
“The show goes on,” Diaz said at Saturday’s post-fight press conference. “I felt the same way as when I lost when I was younger and the same as the last time. I don’t have a checkout time, you know what I’m saying? That s—t’s forever.
“And when I do check out, I don’t need to be f—ing crying about it to the f—ing media and put my gloves down in the ring. You f—ing go out into the woods and have your f—ing life then, you know what I’m saying? That’s like, you’ve got to explain yourself why you’re not fighting anymore? Do whatever the f—k you want. But as of now, I feel like I have a long road ahead of me and a lot of s—t to do.”
First on Diaz’s agenda is a potential rematch with Perry.
“Right now, yeah, let’s start that ASAP, ASAP,” Diaz said. “Heal up, and I’ll start running on Monday.”
The 41-year-old Cesar Gracie Fight Team standout has lost three of his last four MMA appearances dating back to his BMF title defeat to Jorge Masvidal in 2019. He’s also split a pair of boxing matches, losing a unanimous verdict to Jake Paul in August 2023 before taking a majority decision against Masvidal in July 2024.
Regardless of what the future holds, Diaz remained defiant toward anyone who suggests he calls it a career because of the loss to Perry.
“And then people will be like, ‘You lost, you should hang them up.’ And I’m like, isn’t this the most violent motherf—er who just knocked out f—ing middleweight champion Luke Rockhold and Jeremy Stephens. And who the f—k did he just beat? Eddie Alvarez? He’s the lightweight champion forever,” Diaz said.
“And then, yeah, and he’s popping, he’s doing all this s—t, fighting everybody… I just fought the most violent motherf—ker right there. So maybe I just need to f—ing run a little harder next time and get the f—ing job done.”
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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