{"id":457537,"date":"2022-09-07T18:24:24","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T01:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=457537"},"modified":"2022-09-07T18:24:24","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T01:24:24","slug":"nate-diaz-says-he-gave-up-on-preparing-for-khamzat-chimaev-ahead-of-ufc-279-whatever-beat-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/nate-diaz-says-he-gave-up-on-preparing-for-khamzat-chimaev-ahead-of-ufc-279-whatever-beat-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Nate Diaz says he “gave up” on preparing for Khamzat Chimaev ahead of UFC 279: “Whatever. Beat me.”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nate Diaz has given up on preparing for Khamzat Chimaev ahead of their main event clash at UFC 279.<\/p>\n

For the longest time, Diaz has been wanting to fight out his UFC contract but the promotion wasn’t willing to give him the fights he wanted. He then got booked to headline UFC 279 against Khamzat Chimaev<\/a> in a fight he says he didn’t want<\/a> and still doesn’t want.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m the champion of all the UFC, put together, I don\u2019t give a f*ck. What they got me doing right now is acting like I called for this fight, which I didn\u2019t call for, and I don\u2019t want, didn\u2019t want and still don\u2019t want but I don\u2019t give a f*ck,” Diaz said to ESPN. “I\u2019ll fight anybody. Pressure is on him, he better finish me. He\u2019s the new killer in town, you know what I\u2019m saying? Pressure is on me because I better not get finished by the new killer in town. They\u2019re saying he\u2019s the best in town, if I whoop his a*s, they\u2019re going to say oh, he\u2019s not the best in town.\u201d<\/p>\n

With Nate Diaz not wanting this fight, he says he didn’t prepare for it and doesn’t care anymore as he tells Khamzat Chimaev to beat him on Saturday.<\/p>\n

“Yeah, for sure, so I just gave up on preparing. Whatever. Beat me,” Diaz said at UFC 279 media day on Wednesday<\/a>.<\/p>\n

According to Nate Diaz, the sole reason for taking this fight against Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 279 is to get out of his contract and move onto new things.<\/p>\n

“I think that I have been stuck in the cage for a long time and I got to do what I got to do to get the f**k out,” Diaz concluded. “Whether it’s fighting the toughest guy or whatever you wanna make of him or call him, or anybody. I’m just ready to rock and roll.”<\/p>\n

What do you make of Nate Diaz saying he gave up preparing for Khamzat Chimaev?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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