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Yesterday afternoon, fan favorite lightweight\u00a0Nate Diaz<\/a> appeared on a special edition of The MMA Hour to give the fight community an update on the state of his career, and when he might fight again. The news was not good.<\/p>\n

While many were expecting Diaz to announce a fight during this anticipated interview, he instead announced plans to sit out for the remainder of the year, and also suggested his brother Nick<\/a> was likely to do the same.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve seen rumors about me and my brother fighting people but we haven\u2019t done much talking,\u201d Diaz explained on the show (via Yahoo Sports<\/a>). \u201cI think [the UFC]\u00a0is trying to bring us back in but all the pressure is coming from these rumors [about who we are fighting]. I plan on sitting out this year and I\u2019m fighting nobody.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Apparently, these comments from Diaz have reached the ears of UFC President Dana White, who did not disagree that the Stockton, California based brothers are not likely to fight this year.\u00a0In fact, the UFC boss offered an even more bleak outlook, suggesting that we may never see them in the cage again.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHe doesn\u2019t need to fight in 2017.” White said of Nate Diaz (via BloodyElbow.com<\/a>). “The guy made a lot of money<\/a>. [He\u2019s] probably good.”<\/em><\/p>\n

“I don\u2019t know if those guys will ever fight again,” he continued. “We offer them fights all the time<\/a>. We offer fights and they turn them down. I don\u2019t know what he wants, you know. That\u2019s up to them. If they wanna fight next week or they never wanna fight again, that\u2019s up to them. It\u2019s not up to me.”<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThey don\u2019t seem like they wanna fight.”<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Do you think there are any fights that could drag the Diaz brothers back into the Octagon, or is Dana White accurate in his assessment of things?<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 5\/4\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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