Former UFC Star Suggests Nate Diaz Lying About Why Conor McGregor Trilogy Fight Fell Threw
Matt Brown is not convinced by Nate Diaz‘s public explanation for turning down a UFC return in favor of fighting Mike Perry […]
ESTHER LIN Matt Brown is not convinced by Nate Diaz ‘s public explanation for turning down a UFC return in favor of fighting Mike Perry on the May 16 Netflix card headlined by Ronda Rousey vs. Gina Carano. Speaking on The Fighter vs.
The Writer, Brown argued that the Netflix deal almost certainly paid more than whatever the UFC was offering and that Diaz’s framing of the decision as a matter of principle does not hold up under scrutiny. The situation began when UFC CEO Dana White revealed that the promotion had been in talks to bring Diaz back, but believed Most Valuable Promotions had made him an offer he could not refuse. Diaz pushed back publicly, claiming the UFC had actually offered him more money for a trilogy fight against Conor McGregor and that he turned it down because he was not interested in facing McGregor on his “last dying f—ing leg” after five years out of action.
Brown knows Diaz well enough to respect the framing but does not accept it at face value. “Money talks,” Brown said. “He’s making more money with this Netflix fight than he would with the UFC.
That’s why he’s not fighting Conor in the UFC. I lean towards believing Dana on this. He got an offer he couldn’t refuse.