Nick Diaz

By FCF Staff

After the UFC’s attempts to book a fight between Jorge Masvidal and Nick Diaz failed, it doesn’t sound like the latter will be returning to the Octagon any time soon.

A couple of months ago, Dana White reported that Diaz had verbally agreed to face Masvidal at UFC 235, March 2nd. But, the fight was never finalized, and more recently Diaz posted the statement below on Instagram:

I’m no role model, I’m 35 years old, but I definitely wouldn’t advise anybody to take a fight for less than their worth or fight for free. Which is practically what I would be doing at this point in taking a fight with some of these guys that are not on my level. Nor would I be within my moral ethics to even do that aside from you not painting me as a role model. If there was an offer I couldn’t refuse, things would be different. Until they are –
I’d like to continue to think I’ve been fighting to make the world a better place, but until I can continue to do that:
“I don’t want to hurt nobody, I just want to party.”

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I’m no role model, I’m 35 years old, but I definitely wouldn’t advise anybody to take a fight for less than their worth or fight for free. Which is practically what I would be doing at this point in taking a fight with some of these guys that are not on my level. Nor would I be within my moral ethics to even do that aside from you not painting me as a role model. If there was an offer I couldn’t refuse, things would be different. Until they are – I’d like to continue to think I’ve been fighting to make the world a better place, but until I can continue to do that: “I don’t want to hurt nobody, I just want to party.” 🍻🙏🏼🥋 Cc: @ufc @nick_diaz_academy @natediaz209 @riokid @thefloridaboy @bellatormma @tmz_tv @mmajunkiedotcom @mariolopez @arielhelwani @foursigmatic

A post shared by nickdiaz209 (@nickdiaz209) on Feb 18, 2019 at 12:44am PST

Diaz, who holds a record of 26-9, with 2 no contests, hasn’t competed now since 2015.