As for Nick Diaz, the fan favorite has not stepped foot inside the octagon in nearly four years. The Stockton native was most recently seen in action at UFC 183, where he suffered a unanimous decision loss to Anderson Silva.<\/p>\n
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That bout was later overturned to a no-contest, this after it was revealed that “The Spider<\/a>” had tested positive for banned substances. Diaz was also flagged at the event by the NSAC, this for having marijuana metabolites in his system.<\/p>\n UFC President Dana White recently told ESPN that the promotion was finalizing a deal to have Nick Diaz return against Jorge Masvidal at March’s UFC 235 event<\/a> in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n However, Diaz denied those claims earlier today<\/a> in text messages with ESPN<\/a>‘s Ariel Helwani.<\/p>\n \u201cAs soon as I am in a good place with what I\u2019m working on and things look the way it should, I\u2019ll be happy to give the fans what they need. But I think they will be OK for now with what\u2019s out there. There aren\u2019t any fights for me until someone stands out. I\u2019ll fight if they can be more reasonable, but, really, I didn\u2019t even talk about what it would or could [take]. They are the one\u2019s tripping.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n While Nick may have shutdown talks of a fight with “Gamebred<\/a>“, he did have a message for Tyron Woodley.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ll walk through Woodley,\u201d<\/em> Diaz stated. \u201cHe knows it. I didn\u2019t need to say [in response to him]. That man has a life. I fight for one, like I always have.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n As expected, “The Chosen One” did not take well to the comments made by Nick Diaz.<\/p>\n Tyron Woodley responded to Diaz with the following message on Twitter.<\/p>\n I\u2019ll fuck Nick up and the world knows it. He punch drunk and washed up<\/p>\n — Tyron T-Wood Woodley (@TWooodley) December 17, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n