White: I don’t think Nick Diaz will fight again

In a sport that prides itself on being “As real as it gets,” Nick Diaz really is as real as it gets. A massive favorite among the hardcore MMA fanbase, Diaz has not fought in well over two years.

Diaz’s last fight was vs. Anderson Silva on January 21, 2015 in a bout that was declared a No Contest after Silva tested positive for PEDs, and Diaz tested positive for the demon weed marijuana. In September the Nevada State Athletic Commission suspended Diaz for five years and fined him $165,000. Diaz appealed and the suspension was reduced to 18 months and the fine to $100,000. That suspension lifted on August 1, 2016, but remained in effect due to outstanding fines, preventing Nick from cornering his brother Nate at UFC 196 and UFC 202. Diaz has now reached an agreement with the NSAC which permits him to fight once again.

However, UFC president Dana White spoke recently with John Morgan and Ken Hathaway for MMAjunkie on Wednesday at league headquarters and said he doesn’t believe Nick will fight again.

I highly doubt it, said White. I don’t know. I honestly don’t think that, and I can’t speak for him, you’d have to speak with Nick himself, but if you ask me – people ask me, ‘Do you think Ronda is coming back?’ No. I think Ronda’s going to retire. Ronda hasn’t retired, but my opinion is, I think she will. I don’t think Nick Diaz will ever fight again. I just don’t think he has the desire anymore.

The thing about fighting, first of all it’s a young man’s game. You’ve got to be young, hungry. You’ve got to be an animal to jump out of bed every day and go in there and train the way that you do.

The things that you have to do to get to the UFC, let alone break into the top 10 or the top 5 or be a world champion, you have to love it. I just don’t think that Nick loves it anymore.

Nate, I think that Nate probably will if something popped up. But that’s just my opinion. If you ask the Diaz brothers they might have a different opinion.