Nate Diaz rages at Dana White over fight denial
NATE DIAZ isn't happy with Dana White's recent statement about him.
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Last November, the UFC's president accused the youngest Diaz brother of turning down several fights, a claim he's repeatedly made over the last few months.
He said: “One of our attorneys here started playing matchmaker and - he has a good rapport with the Diaz brothers -- and he basically said [to Nate Diaz], 'What if you could fight Tyron Woodley?'
"Me and Sean (Shelby) were like, 'How does he deserve to fight Tyron Woodley? There's a f*****g list of guys that are waiting to fight Tyron Woodley and this dude's gonna fight ... what are you talking about?’
“So he kind of went off the reservation a little bit and started playing matchmaker.
"That's why you started hearing Woodley saying, 'I got offered a fight with Nate Diaz,’ and we're like, 'No, there was never a fight.'
"So there was really never an offer for Woodley vs. Diaz. That's not true."
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They asked if I would fight Woodley
White's vehement of denial of a fight between Diaz and Woodley being in the works has irked the former, who is adamant the UFC matchmakers have attempted to book him in a bout with 'The Chosen One.'
"They called me out of nowhere, when I wasn't trying to fight nobody," Diaz told Brett Okamoto of ESPN.
"They asked if I would fight Woodley and I said, 'Well, I'd like a three-month camp.'
Nate Diaz has hit out at UFC president Dana White
Nate Diaz is adamant he was offered a fight with Tyron Woodley
"I told them I'd fight him on shorter notice, but would send them what I wanted in the contract. It was nothing out of the norm.
"My boxing coach said something about $15 million in an interview, but that was never the number.
"Then I saw in the media, the UFC said they never approached me about it. I was like, 'F*** it then. I wasn't the one asking for the fight.'"