{"id":398203,"date":"2021-10-29T15:01:56","date_gmt":"2021-10-29T22:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=398203"},"modified":"2021-10-29T15:01:56","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T22:01:56","slug":"ufc-star-nate-diaz-responds-to-dana-whites-remarks-about-fighting-young-savages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ufc-star-nate-diaz-responds-to-dana-whites-remarks-about-fighting-young-savages\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC star Nate Diaz responds to Dana White’s remarks about fighting “young savages”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nate Diaz has responded after Dana White suggested he has to ask himself if he wants to fight the young savages in the UFC.<\/p>\n

Diaz (20-13 MMA) was last seen in action at June’s UFC 263 event, where despite mounting a late comeback<\/a>, he ultimately suffered a unanimous decision loss to Leon Edwards. The setback marked Nate’s second in a row and put him on the final fight of his current contract with the UFC.<\/p>\n

Dana White addressed the future<\/a> of Nate Diaz during last weekend’s UFC Vegas 41 post-fight press conference, where he confirmed the ‘Stockton Slugger’ has just one fight left on his current deal.<\/p>\n

“Yeah, he’s got one more fight. We are working on a fight for him. Tony (Ferguson) wasn’t one of the guys we were working on, but we are working on a fight for Nate now. He’s got one fight left.”<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Nate<\/p>\n

After attempting to lure Nate Diaz back with some cryptic messages<\/a> during an interview with TSN earlier in the week, Dana White continued to taunt the ‘Stockton Slugger’ while speaking with the MacLife in Abu Dhabi on Friday.<\/p>\n

“I don’t know. Listen, Nate (Diaz) makes a lot of money. Nate isn’t some guy that doesn’t make a lot of money, like the rest of the guys around here. For Nate, it’s going to be about, you get to this point in your career and you get to a certain age where you have to be honest with yourself. ‘Can I stick around here? Do I want to sign a four-fight, six-fight, eight-fight deal to mix it up with these young, baddest dudes in the world?’ It’s a question that all these guys eventually have to ask themselves. Listen, he makes a lot of money here, he’ll make a lot of money fighting somewhere else too. Do you want to stay and fight these savages?”<\/em> Dana White said.<\/p>\n

Nate Diaz has obviously been keeping tabs on White’s remarks and proceeded to respond with the following message on Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019m fighting top 4 minimum <\/p>\n

Don\u2019t be dragging me into your guys deals<\/p>\n

— Nathan Diaz (@NateDiaz209) October 29, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n