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Stockton, California’s Nick Diaz is one of the most popular and exciting fighters on the UFC roster. Unfortunately, it’s been years since we last saw the fan favorite in action.<\/p>\n

Luckily for Nick Diaz fans, UFC President Dana White is apparently making some real efforts to get him back in the cage. Though Diaz apparently turned down a fight with former champion Robbie Lawler<\/a>, White has more recently attempted to coax him back to the Octagon by offering him a fight with the streaking Demian Maia.<\/p>\n

\u201cI offered Nick Diaz the Lawler fight and he turned it down. Lawler accepted the fight and Nick turned it down so I\u2019m looking for something else for Lawler right now,\u201d White said on the latest episode of the\u00a0UFC Unfiltered<\/a>\u00a0podcast (via Fox Sports<\/a>).<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201c[Diaz’s team] were terrorizing me saying \u2018we want a fight,\u2019 so they wanted to announce it that night at the Sacramento card [in December]. Cause he was there, it\u2019s the right crowd, it\u2019s close to his hometown and they wanted to announce it. I got Robbie Lawler to accept the fight, I called him, and they turned it down and they\u2019ve been radio silent on me ever since.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI just reached out to [Diaz\u2019s team] and said what do you guys think about a fight with Demian Maia? I haven\u2019t heard back from them yet.”\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

White then went on to explain that if Diaz isn’t interested in a fight with Maia, he’ll offer the Maia fight to Jorge Masvidal, who scored a career-changing knockout win over Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone last weekend. Given that Masvidal recently expressed interest in a bout with Maia<\/a>, this is likely to go over well with him.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf Nick doesn\u2019t take it, I\u2019ll give it to [Jorge] Masvidal,” he said.\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Would you be interested in a Nick Diaz vs. Demian Maia fight? If so, who do you think wins? Sound off, PENN Nation!<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 2\/1\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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