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Dana White details ‘frustrating’ negotiations with Nate Diaz over Conor McGregor rematch
- Updated: June 2, 2016
The latest chapter in the public negotiations between the UFC and Nate Diaz played out on Thursday when UFC president Dana White confirmed that he left his recent Stockton meeting with Diaz frustrated and unable to come to terms on the blockbuster rematch between Diaz and UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor.
“No, that was true,” White said on FOX Sports 1’s The Herd. “That was true. It wasn’t necessarily as much Nate Diaz as it was the management, but yeah, I did. And the problem is — what drives me crazy is when you have a contract. Everybody sits down at one point and we do a deal. Everybody is happy. You shake hands, you hug. And then we move onto the next fight and everybody wants to blow up the deal.”
Diaz defeated McGregor in March at UFC 196, submitting the Irish sensation with a second-round rear-naked choke after replacing the injured Rafael dos Anjos on less than two week’s notice. The two were booked for a rematch at UFC 200, however plans changed when McGregor refused to fly out to Las Vegas to participate in promotion and was subsequently pulled off the July 9 card.
UFC officials recently met with both Diaz and McGregor in the hopes of re-booking the fight for August 20 at UFC 202. In an appearance on The MMA Hour, Diaz said that the meeting “wasn’t the best” but also “wasn’t the worst,” and the rift between he and the UFC has been “exaggerated” by the …
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