“That’s a decision he needs to make,” Dana White shares his take on Nate Diaz probably leaving UFC, also shares advice for Kayla Harrison
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Nate Diaz, Dana White and Kayla Harrison
The former BMF title challenger and one of the most popular UFC Welterweight fighters, Nate Diaz is going to be a free agent soon. Diaz has only one fight left in his UFC contract, as it is told to media by the UFC president Dana White and it isn’t absolute whether Nate Diaz will sign again with UFC or not.
Talking about Diaz’s future with UFC in his latest interview with TSN, Dana White says, “That’s a decision he needs to make, Listen, for a lot of these guys, there’s no secret about it. If you believe that you are one of the best in the world and you believe you can win a world title here, or hang with the top five, then this is where you should be.”
“The minute that you start doubting that is the case, you’ve got to start looking at other options.”
While discussing the situation with Nate Diaz’s contract, Dana White also addressed the former UFC Heavyweight champion, Junior Dos Santos who said a lot of things about UFC after leaving the promotion.
White added, “Junior Dos Santos said some stuff the other day that he was upset, and I was all about money and the way that he left the UFC. Listen, he’s in his 40s now. He’s on a four- or five-fight losing streak, and there comes a time and a day where I have to make a decision when a guy keeps losing and he’s at a certain age, this just isn’t the place to be anymore.”
“There are tons of other places where you can go fight and where you can make a lot of money. A lot of these guys once they’ve built and established their name here, move on to these other promotions and make crazy money. And good for them. That’s just how it works.”
Dana White added, “As far as Nate Diaz goes, I don’t know where Nate feels he is right now and what he feels his future could be if he signs another four- or five-fight deal here,” {T/S MMA Fighting}
Dana White advises Kayla Harrison to stay in PFL
The two times Olympics Gold Medalist and undefeated MMA fighter, Kayla Harrison is also going to be a free agent when this season of PFL ends. Harrison is managed by Ali Abdelaziz and he is working behind the scenes to get her signed in UFC.
But the UFC president Dana White advises her to stay in PFL and earn a huge sum of money. White says, “Kayla Harrison’s a great example, PFL pays her an obscene amount of money to fight over there. If I was her, I’d stay right where she is and keep picking off the people over here. When you come here to the UFC, Amanda Nunes is no joke.”
“Valentina Shevchenko is no joke. Rose Namajunas is no joke. These are all the best women in the world. These are the best female fighters in the world. I don’t blame her. I would stay there and keep fighting the type of women she’s fighting there before I would come here and fight an Amanda Nunes.” {T/S MMA Fighting}
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