I'M NATE LEAVING
Nate Diaz hints at UFC stay despite quit threat after receiving new branded gear – but demands more cash from Dana White
NATE DIAZ has hinted he could stay with the UFC - having previously asked to be released.
The UFC icon has just one bout left on his current deal and had been in talks to face Dustin Poirier.
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But negotiations appear to have stalled as Diaz vented his anger towards White and UFC Chief Business Officer Hunter Campbell.
He tweeted: "I Would like to request to be released from the @ufc @danawhite @hunter.
"I apologize for asking online but u don’t give me a fight asap I got s*** to do."
But it looks as though a U-turn could be on the cards, even if it will require the UFC digging into their pockets.
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Diaz, 36, posted: "Thanks @hunter and Dana for new ufc gear these pants need bigger pockets tho."
The veteran fighter previously claimed he will retire from MMA after his next fight, amid rumours of a switch to boxing.
But UFC president White recently revealed his confidence in the American signing a contract extension.
He said the likelihood of Diaz getting a new contract is "very good".
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Conor McGregor, who has a win and a loss to the welterweight contender, has also teased a trilogy decider online.
Diaz in 2016 became the first man to beat McGregor, 33, in the UFC but the American lost the rematch five months later.
Welterweight contender Colby Covington, 34, has recently claimed the rivals will meet in a trilogy decider next.
Covington told : “I think Conor’s gonna fight Nate, I think that’s the biggest money fight the UFC can do.
“I mean that’s what, their trilogy? They need to close that chapter, so I think that’s the fight that’s gonna happen.
"It’s the fight that makes the most sense for the UFC, and if he wants to fight for the title after that, yeah no problem.
"He can go fight for the title."
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