UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley is campaigning for a fight with Nate Diaz on Dec. 30, but it looks like Diaz’s camp doesn’t expect the title bout to happen.
Diaz hasn’t fought since his rematch with Conor McGregor in August 2016, and his boxing coach Richard Perez told Submission Radio that the promotion is not paying enough to have Diaz fighting Woodley by the end of the year.
"The UFC doesn’t want to give Nathan the money,” Perez said. "You know, 'cause what Woodley’s trying to do, he’s trying to get his name up there and he wants to fight the best, so he wants to fight Nathan. But UFC doesn’t want to pay Nathan, so why fight him? We can fight McGregor (instead).
“I saw Woodley talking the other day about Nathan being scared, 'scared homie,' you know, but it’s not that. It’s not all about that, because Nathan ain’t scared to fight nobody, it’s the money, and Dana White and the UFC doesn’t want to pay him. But he deserves it.”
Perez considers “two to three months” a perfect time for a camp before Diaz returns to the Octagon, and also has an idea of the number that the UFC should reach in order to convince him to fight again.
“15 million (dollars) easy. Easy. 'Cause, I mean, he’s a star right now”
Coach: Nate Diaz should get $15 million for next fight, won’t likely compete at UFC 219