So who will Nate get for his last UFC fight

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It's no secret that Nate Diaz only has one fight left on his contract. Dana obviously doesn't want to give him a big fight or a favorable matchup because if he's gone, he'd rather use him as a stepping stone and diminish his market value with a loss, hence the ridiculous chimaev matchup idea. Nate on the contrary want the biggest fight possible against the biggest name possible, to increase his market value.

But realistically who would be an opponent that would satisfiy both sides ? Let's look :

1- Conor McGregor
Would do it for Nate but Dana would never allow such a big fight for Nate's last fight with the company

2- Ben Askren
As ridiculous as it sounds, askren called out Diaz on Twitter these days. Totally rubbish and stupid in my opinion.

3-Luque
Nate seems to want that fight and luque too. I don't know why the UFC doesn't follow with it.

4- Tony Ferguson
Dope fight even at this point but Dana probably wants Tony also as a stepping stone (again) so I doubt it's made.

5- No idea
I have no other idea left. He'll fight in 2022 I thubk, but if you think it'll be someone different please tell.

EDIT: It's possible that they'll give him the Belal/Wonderboy winner too. UFC might agree on it thinking Nate loses.
 
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Khamzat is the fight UFC wants. If Khamzat keeps winning or inactive, it will be the fight.

Nate don't want that fight tho.
 
I think Conor is definitely up there. Ferguson also.

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Nate doesn’t want to fight Khamzat. I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s coming down to Nate fighting Tony or Luque.

Nate wants to fight Tony the most but has also expressed interest in Luque. the UFC wants him to fight a rising star contender so I’d say Luque has the best chance at getting the fight vs Nate right now as he’d be a compromise between the two interests, my opinion of course.

Im personally hoping to see Nate vs Tony or vs Conor. Either would be great fights.
 
I hope it's Conor. Both guys deserve it and need it at this point.
 
Khamzat is the fight UFC wants. If Khamzat keeps winning or inactive, it will be the fight.

Nate don't want that fight tho.

it will never happen and doesn't make sense for either for them anyway. Khamzat is eyeing a burns fight which will get him a title shot and Nate wants a money fight before leaving
 
it will never happen and doesn't make sense for either for them anyway. Khamzat is eyeing a burns fight which will get him a title shot and Nate wants a money fight before leaving

Why would UFC wanna give him what he wants? And Nate vs Khamzat would draw.
 
Why is Nate leaving? He's not gonna get more money getting his head bashed in elsewhere.
 
I'd love to see him fight conor that trilogy should have happened already be great for the fans, but dana would never do it even if it's a guaranteed 1.5-2m buys.

Robbie vs Nate, might be likely revenge for old nick while a low profile w/l the don't care about.
 
Why is Nate leaving? He's not gonna get more money getting his head bashed in elsewhere.
In the boxing ring against either Paul brother? They could actually pry Nick loose and do Bros vs Bros. Nate will get more money fighting Paul then he has made in his UFC career.
 
It should be Conor. If Dana had any decency he would make that fight and let Nate ride off into boxing. He's given more than enough to the sport and the UFC.

Of course it's Dana though and he will likely do his best to fuck Nate over before he leaves.
 
Askren is who I’d most like to see him take on, but Luque would be cool as well. I don’t give a shit about the trilogy with McGregor at this point.

I have no idea who it’s going to be though, I just hope it isn’t Khamzat because that would fucking suck.
 
Nate doesn’t want to fight Khamzat. I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s coming down to Nate fighting Tony or Luque.

Nate wants to fight Tony the most but has also expressed interest in Luque. the UFC wants him to fight a rising star contender so I’d say Luque has the best chance at getting the fight vs Nate right now as he’d be a compromise between the two interests, my opinion of course.

Im personally hoping to see Nate vs Tony or vs Conor. Either would be great fights.
Only problem with Conor is that fight will only happen as the last result, first focus is Dustin for the title if Dustin beats Olives. So if Nate wants to wait for Conor he will have to sit out for a year or more. He's best bet is to fight out his contract and go for a Jake Paul boxing fight. Jake most likely loses to Tommy Fury so there is an opportunity there for Nate to match up with him after that fight.
 
Only problem with Conor is that fight will only happen as the last result, first focus is Dustin for the title if Dustin beats Olives. So if Nate wants to wait for Conor he will have to sit out for a year or more. He's best bet is to fight out his contract and go for a Jake Paul boxing fight. Jake most likely loses to Tommy Fury so there is an opportunity there for Nate to match up with him after that fight.

Without any evidence at all, I kind of suspect that Nate and Conor have agreed to hold off their trilogy fight until both are released from the UFC so they can profit more from it, something like that. It would be a shame if we don’t ever get to see the trilogy between them.
 
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