Nate Diaz Says He’s Ready to Fight, Tells UFC to ‘Quit Slow Rolling Me’

Nate Diaz is getting restless.

The popular UFC star is ready to fight someone in the Las Vegas-based promotion — as long as it’s not Conor McGregor. Diaz took to Twitter recently to voice his frustration with his current situation.

“I been trying to fight everybody and no go, what’s the hold up UFC?” Diaz wrote. “I’m not fighting Conor, he sucks. I’l fight some one. Quit slow rolling me please. Thanks.”

I been trying to fight everybody and no go what’s the hold up ufc ?
I’m not fighting Conor he sucks.
I’ll fight some one quit slow rolling me please
Thanks

— Nathan Diaz (@NateDiaz209) April 26, 2022

After sitting out all of 2020, Diaz returned to the Octagon at UFC 263 last June, where he dropped a decision to welterweight contender Leon Edwards in a five-round, non-title bout. The Stockton, Calif., native had been linked to a potential matchup against Dustin Poirier, but after UFC 273, Dana White indicated that the promotion had moved on from that fight.

While Diaz seems uninterested in a third fight with McGregor, a trilogy remains a potentially lucrative option for the UFC and can be booked regardless of each fighter’s current standing in the sport. McGregor is currently on the mend from a broken leg suffered in a loss to Poirier last July.

Diaz has fought three times since two bouts against McGregor in 2016 propelled him to a new level of stardom. He returned to defeat Anthony Pettis via unanimous decision at UFC 241 in August 2019 before fallling to Jorge Masvidal in a clash for the “BMF” title at UFC 244 in November of that same year. Another hiatus followed prior to the aforementioned defeat at the hands of Edwards at UFC 263.