‘UFC wants me to fight Conor McGregor, I’m not fighting Conor McGregor’

UFC welterweight fan favourite and winner of The Final Fighter 5, Nate Diaz, has develop into what could be finest described as a disgruntled worker.

Diaz has referred to as out a number of fighters and pleaded with the struggle promotion to launch him over the past a number of months. He has one struggle remaining on his contract and needs to ebook it and half methods with the group.

In a tweet over the weekend, Diaz mentioned that he hasn’t been provided a struggle in 9 months in response to UFC president Dana White saying that Diaz has been provided opponents in the course of the UFC Lengthy Island Submit-fight Press Convention on Saturday.

In line with Diaz, the struggle promotion is protecting him on the shelf in hopes of lining up a trilogy struggle with former two-division champion Conor McGregor. Diaz handed McGregor his first loss contained in the octagon of their first struggle in March 2016. McGregor avenged the loss within the rematch, however third struggle with McGregor doesn’t curiosity Diaz.

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“They don’t need to let me to go. They received’t let me out of this contract as a result of they need me to struggle Conor. That’s what’s taking place,” Diaz advised The MMA Hour. “They don’t need me out with out ending that struggle up. I’m not preventing Conor McGregor proper now. Our timelines aren’t matching up.

“You didn’t struggle me once you have been purported to struggle me. I’m not preventing you proper now. I’m purported to deliver you again to life earlier than I am going? You deliver your self again to life after which I’ll be again later. I’ve bought sh*t to do.”