Nate Diaz News

Tom Taylor - February 26, 2019

Dustin Poirier and Nate Diaz were supposed to fight at UFC 230 in November. Unfortunately, Poirier ultimately withdrew from the fight with an injured hip — although he recently divulged there may have been more to the story. Speaking with ESPN on Monday, Dustin Poirier was asked what he’d say to Nate Diaz if given the opportunity. The top lightweight contender, who battles Max Holloway for interim gold at UFC 236 on April 13, did not hold back.

Chris Taylor - February 23, 2019

Former UFC lightweight title challenger Nate Diaz was expected to square off with Dustin Poirier at UFC 230 this past November in New York. Unfortunately for fight fans, “The Diamond” suffered an injury in the lead up to the fight, which ultimately forced him to be pulled from the card.

Tom Taylor - February 18, 2019

Shortly after last night’s UFC Phoenix card wrapped up, UFC President Dana White partook in a interview with Megan Olivi. Mid-way through this interview, we were treated to a rare Nate Diaz appearance. After White and Diaz greet each other, Olivi asked Diaz if he’d be fighting again soon.

Tom Taylor - February 12, 2019

Fan favorite UFC lightweight contender Nate Diaz will be returning to the cage this weekend at UFC Phoenix on ESPN, he just won’t be doing any fighting. Instead, the younger Diaz brother will be cornering BJJ ace Kron Gracie in his UFC debut opposite the always exciting Alex Caceres. ESPN’s Greg Rosenstein has the details:

Tom Taylor - January 21, 2019

Over the last few weeks, UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and fan favorite contender Nate Diaz have engaged in a number of skirmishes on social media. If you thought this might eventually lead to a fight between them, however, think again. Speaking on Submission Radio this week, Khabib Nurmagomedov gave his assessment of Nate Diaz and his 19-11 pro record. Safe to say he’s not impressed.

Thomas Taylor - January 20, 2019

Streaking UFC lightweight contender Dustin Poirier was briefly scheduled to return to the cage opposite Nate Diaz at UFC 230 in early November, but unfortunately, that plan was derailed when he sustained a hip injury that forced him off the card. At least, that’s what we thought. Responding to a fan on Twitter on Sunday afternoon, Dustin Poirier claimed that, by the time he withdrew from the card with a hip injury, Nate Diaz had already dropped out of the matchup himself.

Tom Taylor - January 13, 2019

Things are tense atop the UFC lightweight division. Over the last few days, champ Khabib Nurmagomedov and former champ Conor McGregor have been trading shots on social media, and on Sunday morning, fan favorite contender Nate Diaz inserted himself into the fracas, rekindling his old beef with Nurmagomedov, which began with a heated altercation at a World Series of Fighting show in 2015. I slapped you in your head you and your team didn’t do shit …Live with that ur all pussies

Tom Taylor - January 13, 2019

Over the last few days, former UFC lightweight and featherweight champion Conor McGregor and reigning lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov have engaged in a fiery war of words on social media. And now, another premier player in the UFC lightweight division has joined the fracas: Nate Diaz. Nate Diaz took a shot at Khabib Nurmagomedov after Nurmagomedov went after Conor McGregor on Twitter.

Tom Taylor - January 9, 2019

Jorge Masvidal was briefly linked to a UFC 235 showdown with Nick Diaz, but that fight unfortunately fizzled out. All the same, Masvidal still has tremendous respect for Nick Diaz and his brother Nate, and is definitely interested in fighting both under the right circumstances. “Obviously, I want to fight Diaz, because they’re dogs,” Masvidal said on a recent episode of MMAjunkie Radio. “That’s what I really admire about them. Their skillset is not the greatest. They’re great at boxing. They’re great at jiu-jitsu even off their backs, but that thing – they don’t kick, they don’t wrestle.

Tom Taylor - December 28, 2018

When it was announced that Jon Jones would be allowed to fight at UFC 232 in California, despite trace amounts of turinabol turning up on several of his recent drug tests, several of his fellow fighters piped up, questioning the integrity of the UFC and the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA). Jones’s arch rival Daniel Cormier was one of the first to do so, and now, fan favorite lightweight contender Nate Diaz has done the same. Apparently, Nate Diaz no longer plans on opening his door when USADA comes to collect samples.

Chris Taylor - December 22, 2018

Max Holloway handed Brian Ortega the first loss of his professional career earlier this month at UFC 231 and made it look easy. The current UFC featherweight kingpin, Holloway battered “T-City” with a record-setting number of significant strikes on route to a fourth-round TKO victory.

Cole Shelton - November 18, 2018

Over the last few years, we’ve all been wondering when Nick and Nate Diaz will fight again. The brothers have been fan favorites for ages now, but both have taken years off when it seemed like their popularity and their skill was at an all-time high. While it now sounds as though Nick Diaz will return to action opposite Jorge Masvidal at UFC 235, has hasn’t fought since UFC 183 in 2015, when he took on Anderson Silva in a fight that was ruled a no contest when he tested positive for marijuana and Silva tested positive for drostanolone. Although his long absence is due in part to a suspension, his interest in competing has also been questioned.

Tom Taylor - October 22, 2018

UFC 230 was originally expected to be co-headlined by a lightweight contender bout between the streaking Dustin Poirier and the long-absent fan favorite Nate Diaz. Unfortunately, this fight fell apart after Poirier sustained an injury. While it was an injury that ultimately nixed this incredible matchup, Dustin Poirier says the bout almost fizzled out numerous times during the initial negotiations. That, he says, is because Nate Diaz is incredibly “hard to deal with.”

Christopher Taylor - October 19, 2018

Dustin Poirier wasted little time in responding to former UFC lightweight title challenger Nate Diaz tonight on social media. The two lightweight contenders have been trading barbs online ever since it was announced ten days ago that “The Diamond” had been forced out of their scheduled UFC 230 co-headliner with an injury.

Christopher Taylor - October 19, 2018

Nate Diaz took to social media once again today where he blasted Dustin Poirier for mysteriously pulling out of their scheduled fight at UFC 230. Ten days ago, news broke that “The Diamond” had been forced out of his slated bout with “The Stockton Slugger” due to an undisclosed injury.

James Lynch - October 19, 2018

Despite the news that Dustin Poirier will not require surgery on his hip, it doesn’t appear like a rescheduled matchup against Nate Diaz is in the cards. That’s according UFC President Dana White who spoke with ESPN’s Brett Okamoto regarding the update on Poirier’s injury. On the heels of good news on Poirier's hip, I asked UFC president Dana White if Poirier/Diaz is a fight he'd want to re-book.

Cole Shelton - October 11, 2018

After Khabib Nurmagomedov defeated Conor McGregor at UFC 229, a post-fight brawl ensued. Nurmagomedov went after Bellator welterweight Dillon Danis, who was in McGregor’s corner. While that was happening, some of Nurmagomedov’s teammate’s attacked McGregor inside the Octagon. Since Saturday night, Nurmagomedov still has not received his fight purse. And, UFC President Dana White said if any of the people who attacked McGregor inside the Octagon are UFC fighters they would no longer be apart of the company.

Tom Taylor - October 10, 2018

Last night, we were hit by the unfortunate news that Dustin Poirier has been forced out of his anticipated lightweight contender bout with Nate Diaz, which was scheduled for UFC 230 this November 3 in New York City. From there, the MMA community quickly began brainstorming potential replacement opponents for Diaz. Apparently, however, we can call off the search.