Nate Diaz: It feels like I’m being forced to fight Brown
Nate Diaz: “I never necessarily okayed the fight, the fight was never negotiated, and then all of a sudden I was getting blown up about the fight.”
Early last week news broke that Nate Diaz would fight Matt Brown at UFC 189. That was news to Diaz who later tweeted he was fighting Pettis. Diaz joined the MMA Hour today to discuss how it all went down:
“I was told the Brown fight was talked about but they were supposed to work out a deal and figure it all out, negotiate the fight the next Monday. Then all of a sudden (it’s announced),” Diaz said. “I never necessarily okayed the fight, the fight was never negotiated, and then all of a sudden I was getting blown up about the fight.
“I think that’s a great fight, everybody would want to see that fight — I would if I was just a fight fan, that sounds like an awesome fight, like a fight you’d like to see. But it was never talked about, and it kind of feels like I’m being forced into a fight instead of talked to and dealt with fairly.”