
Nate Diaz could well be looking for the biggest payday outside of his old rival Conor McGregor, but will he get it?
After defeating Conor McGregor at UFC 196, Nate Diaz’s stock raised exponentially. Having fought for years on relatively meager pay, the Stockton slap artist made a killing after his epic win.
Ahead of his UFC 202 rematch with ‘The Notorious,’ Diaz reportedly had Dana White storming out of a meeting. Apparently demanding a huge paycheck, Diaz clearly irked the UFC president.
Just days later, Diaz was filmed slapping White on Instagram. Clearly, this was an indicator their hatchet had been buried. After McGregor had won the rematch, it was also clear the UFC was not as interested in seeing Diaz progress.
Nate claimed he wouldn’t fight again unless the promotion coughed up $20 million. Just this week Diaz’s boxing coach, Richard Perez, revealed his fighter is now seeking a $30 mil payday…

$30 Mill…
“At least $20 million, $30 million,” Perez told Submission Radio.
“Come on. UFC’s making a whole lot of money, a whole lot of money and they’re pocketing it. They’re giving more to McGregor, so it’s not fair because it takes two in that ring to draw a crowd — I mean, a good two fighters.”
“It’s just like Mayweather when he fought Berto. It was not even sold out at all. It was embarrassing. It’s because that guy couldn’t draw a crowd.
“See, that’s what I’m saying, it’s the fighters that draw the crowd, and Nathan and McGregor, third one would be outstanding. Everyone knows that. So he needs to get paid at least $30 million easy.”
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“If Nathan goes through training camp with no injuries, McGregor’s not gonna have a chance,” Perez said.
“I’ll tell you that right now. If you watch some of the fights, like when Nathan fought (Donald) ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone and some other guys, he was in tiptop shape, he wasn’t injured or anything, he went out there and did it, he boxed them. And when he’s in tiptop shape, he can box. I mean, they think McGregor can box, Nathan can box.
“Right now in the last two fights he fought him, the first time was 11-day notice, so it wasn’t enough time but it was enough time to get a win. Second time he got injured so he had to lay back, so it put him back as far as being in shape and being accurate in timing.
“And people were thinking, ‘oh, he’s gonna come back and be better,’ no, they don’t see the outcome of it, the true outcome of what happened. It’s like any fighter.”

McGregor Asked For The Fight, So WIll The UFC Pay Diaz?
“I’m the 155-pound champion, I’ve faced him at 170, he beat me. Then I rematched him at 170, I beat him,” McGregor said this week.
“Now I’m the 155-pound world champion, if he wants that fight, he must come down.”
For those thinking Diaz will struggle to fight at 155 pounds, this guy is a lightweight. He beat the p*ss out of Michael Johnson and Donald Cerrone at 155 pounds.
Quotes: FOX Sports