Nate Diaz: ‘I Was Going to Get That Money Regardless’ of Rivalry with Conor McGregor

Conor McGregor likes to take credit for elevating Nate Diaz into the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s upper class, but the Stockton, Calif., native is adamant that his big payday would have arrived eventually. Diaz earned a disclosed $500,000 for his upset victory over McGregor at UFC 196 in March and likely stands to pad his bank account even more in their rematch at UFC 202. Prior to facing McGregor, Diaz took home $40,000 — including a $20,000 win bonus — for a win against Michael Johnson at UFC on Fox 17 in December. The Cesar Gracie protege does acknowledge that taking a short-notice fight against McGregor accelerated the process of raising his profile within the company. “This guy [McGregor] talks about all these fighters like they’re f—ing dumb and he’s right, they’re all f—ing dumb. I’m not one of those guys just sat around here taking contracts,” Diaz said during a recent media call.” I’ve been bitching about my contract for the last six years. I’ve been going through hell and so I knew I was going to get mine when it was time to get mine, I was going to get what I was going to get regardless, and I …

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