Dana White voluntarily let Nate Diaz slap him in order to sell Conor McGregor fight
Diaz and White have always had a love-hate relationshipAfter that, he stepped away from MMA for three years as the UFC tried to deny he was a superstar by offering him fights that didn’t whet his appetite.
It was the toughest point of his strenuous relationship with White who was vocal about his difficulty negotiating with the Diaz Brothers. In 2019, Nate returned and beat former UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis before challenging Jorge Masvidal for the inaugural BMF [Baddest Motherf***er] belt.forced to waitDiaz suffered a doctor’s stoppage defeat in round three due to a cut before losing to Leon Edwards,After a career of proving people wrong, Diaz is hoping to do so again in his first professional boxing bout against Paul at the American Airlines Center on Saturday night.
“The thing about him is, he knows MMA fighters can’t box and they’re in over their heads trying to box because he went in there and worked a bunch over in training and now in fights also. “MMA fighters don’t know this, but I’m in on the same secret and I’ve been in on that since I was 15.
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