MCFreaks -epwar -Dude come on. Not one of those fights were PPV. They were all free. It's easy to get people to watch a free fight.MCFreaks -Tigerbythetail -Nate is not as huge of a draw as you think. An Irish kid comes into the UFC and smokes anything that either Diaz has ever done , draw wise. PPV numbers wise.MCFreaks - Nate isn't very smart. He won a huge fight and he needed to capitalize on it. What does he do if McGregor just says "Fuck it. Nate's too big. I just want to defend my title and play around with Mayweather. "?Disagree, Nate is a huge draw, he's being interviewed by main stream news sources, Nate deserves to be paid and should be paid. Stupid my ass, he is being smart. Fact is just because DW jumps from the table and plants "he isnt happy" all of a sudden Nate is the bad guy. Im all for the fighters, hope Nate gets every dollar he can. When Nick is thru his suspension he will also be a huge demand, The Diaz Brothers are the Most Exciting Fighters in MMA..
Nate has nothing then. Because instead of capitalizing on his huge jump in popularity, he wants to party and be on vacation.
Just stupid to the hundredth degree!
Who does Nate fight if he doesn't fight Conor?
RDA? Another loss for him. Robbie or ANY too welterweight? He will be toyed with like Rory toyed with him.
He is a good fighter but he has nobody else to fight.
Obviously McGregor has a ton more people to fight.
Nate needs Conor IMO.
I've been a Diaz fan for years and I watched his brother do the same thing.
Except Nate won the big fight and Nick lost every big fight (Condit, GSP, Anderson).
I would like to see him get paid and be able to stand on his own but he is gonna fuck around with the UFC like his brother did and hurt himself.
If he uses his ONE big chance , which is now, to do ANYTHING except to whip McGregor again , he is a fool.
I'm not a big Nate Diaz fan, but have to call BS on your "he isn't a huge draw" line.
First, outside of the recent fight with McGregor, Nate Diaz has never been given a PPV to headline or had the push that Zuffa gave McGregor.
Second, Nate headlined the following cards on Spike and Fox:
UFC on FOX: Ben Henderson vs. Nate Diaz - 4.4 million
UFC on FOX: Nate Diaz vs. Jim Miller - 2.25 million
UFC Fight Night: Nate Diaz vs. Gray Maynard - 2 million
UFC Fight Night: Nate Diaz vs. Melvin Guillard - 2.9 million
UFC Fight Night: Nate Diaz vs. Josh Neer - 2.3 million
Do you really want me to believe that Nate vs Jim Miller would be able to headline a PPV ? And make money? Even Nate vs Bendo could do it.
I'm not saying that he is an unknown or anything. He's a star but he can't just fight someone else and draw like McGregor does.
McGregor could fight the winner of Frankie and Aldo or RDA or even Cowboy or some off the wall fighter and make more bank than Nate can vs anyone.
My point is that Nate shouldn't be so stubborn and just get some points and promote the fight and take his moment. Now is NOT the time for a vacation.
Nick pulled the same shit.
Thanks for completely sidestepping the first point I made.