{"id":322422,"date":"2019-08-14T09:16:24","date_gmt":"2019-08-14T16:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=322422"},"modified":"2019-08-14T09:16:24","modified_gmt":"2019-08-14T16:16:24","slug":"dana-white-claims-his-relationship-with-nate-diaz-has-always-been-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-claims-his-relationship-with-nate-diaz-has-always-been-good\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White claims his relationship with Nate Diaz has &#8216;always&#8217; been good"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC President Dana White claims that he and Nate Diaz have always had a good personal relationship, despite what Diaz&#8217;s previous comments might suggest to the contrary.<\/p>\n<p>The UFC boss updated on his relationship with the younger Diaz bro shortly after Contender Series on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s funny \u2013 I did this interview the other day about Nate,\u201d White said (via <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/2019\/08\/dana-white-always-had-good-relationship-with-nate-diaz-ufc-241-video\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Junkie<\/a>). \u201cNate\u2019s one of these guys that, he has this personality where it\u2019s like he\u2019s saying \u2018(expletive) you\u2019 to The Man, but he never says \u2018(expletive) you\u2019 to The Man. Every time I\u2019m around Nate, he\u2019s a good kid, and I\u2019ve always had a good relationship with Nate, a personal relationship with Nate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While Dana White says he and Nate Diaz get along on a personal level, he admits Diaz is not always easy to business with.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He\u2019s tough to deal with on the business side, but personally he\u2019s a good guy,&#8221; White said. &#8220;And whatever you want to say about the Diaz brothers, when they say they\u2019re gonna fight, they sign the bout agreement, and they show up and they fight. So I don\u2019t see any problems.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Diaz has recently made comments that reflect the way he tends to butt heads with his employer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the part of not fighting, the fight wasn\u2019t with the fighters no more, they\u2019re not on my level,\u201d he said in an interview with ESPN&#8217;s Brett Okamoto. \u201cThe fight was with the whole organization, the whole thing. I\u2019m like, I\u2019m losing this fight if I\u2019m just going to sit here and die off in this little town.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nate Diaz is set to return to the cage this Saturday, in <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/ufc-241-pro-fighters-make-their-picks-for-anthony-pettis-vs-nate-diaz\/\">the co-main event<\/a> of UFC 241, where he&#8217;ll battle former UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis in a compelling welterweight showdown.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 8\/14\/2019. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC President Dana White claims that he and Nate Diaz have always had a good personal relationship, despite what Diaz&#8217;s previous comments might suggest to the contrary. 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