Nate Diaz: Fighting Mike Perry on Netflix a chance to feel right again
Finally, Nate Diaz thinks he's going to feel at home again ... because he'll be in a fight.
VENICE, Calif. – For Nate Diaz, stepping back in the cage this week, he hopes, will make him feel normal. Diaz hasn't been in an MMA fight in nearly four years.
His UFC swan song was a bonus-winning submission of TOny Ferguson in the UFC 279 main event in September 2022. And while he boxed Jake Paul (a loss) and Jorge Masvidal (a win) in 2023 and 2024, respectively, he's been missing a certain fire that MMA brings. "When I'm not fighting, I feel like I'm doing something wrong," Diaz told MMA Junkie and other media members Wednesday.
"It's been my whole life. … I’ve been fighting since I'm 16, 15 years old, pretty much, as far as amateurs and all that sh*t. I've been fighting more in my life than I haven't been.
When I'm not fighting, it doesn't feel like I'm doing what I should be doing. It don't feel right. I feel like it's time to fight.