UFC welterweight Nate Diaz has effectively shut down the idea of facing Khamzat Chimaev as the last fight on his existing contract. Stockton’s second son spoke to TMZ and laid to rest the marquee rumor that he would scrap against Chimaev. Chiefly, not only fans but also UFC President Dana White talked about how Diaz vs Chimaev was potentially in the works.

However, all of that came crashing down as Nate Diaz said he isn’t interested to face a ‘rookie’ with four fights. He has been in the UFC for over a decade and seemingly wants a blockbuster bout on his way out of the door. While it’s possible he could re-sign, the general consensus is that he might walk away from the UFC.

“They’re coming at me with (Chimaev) and I’m like, ‘Hold on, don’t disrespect me like that, trying to offer me a fight with a rookie,’” Diaz said. “I’m cool. You got four fights in the UFC. Don’t even talk my name. … There’s levels to this and I don’t even want to hear his name.” [h/t MMA Junkie]

Nate Diaz could potentially try his hand at boxing, a gig he has been targeting for a while now. Not to mention, several other promotions would salivate at the opportunity to pick up possibly one of the biggest free agents in the last several years.

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Khamzat Chimaev responds to Nate Diaz’s rejection

‘Borz’ has become extremely active on social media and isn’t afraid to call his own shots on the mic. The Swedish-Russian fighter took to Twitter and slammed ‘fake gangster’ Nate Diaz for not accepting a fight against him. He went on to say that he didn’t particularly care about who he was fighting and was simply out for blood.

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Khamzat Chimaev has certainly built quite a reputation for being a fighter that no one on the roster wants to face. UFC President Dana White has gone so far as to claim that other fighters in his weight class are scared of him.

However, as ‘Borz’ breaks into the upper echelon of the welterweight division, fighters will have no choice but to scrap against him.

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