{"id":457458,"date":"2022-09-07T05:21:52","date_gmt":"2022-09-07T12:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=457458"},"modified":"2022-09-07T05:21:52","modified_gmt":"2022-09-07T12:21:52","slug":"nate-diaz-reveals-four-opponents-that-the-ufc-wouldnt-allow-him-to-fight-in-his-swan-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/nate-diaz-reveals-four-opponents-that-the-ufc-wouldnt-allow-him-to-fight-in-his-swan-song\/","title":{"rendered":"Nate Diaz reveals four opponents that the UFC wouldn\u2019t allow him to fight in his swan song"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nate Diaz has revealed the names of four potential opponents that he has suggested the UFC didn&#8217;t let him fight.<\/p>\n<p>This Saturday night in the main event of UFC 279, Nate Diaz will make the walk to the Octagon for what could well be the final time. He&#8217;ll be going <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/khamzat-chimaev-warns-nate-diaz-against-starting-any-trouble-in-the-lead-up-to-ufc-279\/\">head to head<\/a> with rising star <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighters\/khamzat-chimaev\/\">Khamzat Chimaev<\/a> and while many are counting him out, we all know that if anyone is capable of springing a surprise, it&#8217;s going to be Nate Diaz.<\/p>\n<p>The Stockton king is on the final fight of his UFC contract with many questions looming regarding what his immediate, and long-term, future is going to be.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to him getting lined up to fight Chimaev, however, Diaz was actually noting his interest in a number of other UFC stars that he wanted to throw down with.<\/p>\n<p>During <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shak_fu\/status\/1567201181054943233\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an interview<\/a> with ESPN, the veteran went into more detail about who those individuals were.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nate Diaz: &quot;[UFC wouldn&#39;t let me] fight Ferguson or Luque&#8230; Poirier, Chandler&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFC279?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UFC279<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Bslzy889QB\">pic.twitter.com\/Bslzy889QB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Shakiel Mahjouri (@Shak_Fu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Shak_Fu\/status\/1567201181054943233?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 6, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI told him you f***ing go find a top five guy, and then I\u2019ll fight him if you want me to fight him, seeing as you\u2019re not letting me out to fight Ferguson or Luque, who the f*** else did I try to fight, Poirier, Chandler, the best of the best, whoever you could get.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Diaz had hinted at wanting to take on all of those guys in the past but the biggest was Dustin Poirier.<\/p>\n<p>The two men just seemed to have a genuine problem with one another and even with Nate seemingly being on the verge of leaving the company, it still feels like we&#8217;ll see them meet at some point down the line.<\/p>\n<p><em>Who would you have liked to see Nate Diaz fight out of the four names he mentioned above? Let us know your thoughts down in the comments, BJPENN Nation!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nate Diaz has revealed the names of four potential opponents that he has suggested the UFC didn&#8217;t let him fight. This Saturday night in the main event of UFC 279, Nate Diaz will make the walk to the Octagon for what could well be the final time. 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