Filed under: Featured Videos , News , UFC , Videos The decision to bump Nate Diaz from the UFC’s official rankings wasn’t retribution, UFC President Dana White said Thursday, but the way a relatively new system works. “When we talk about this, it’s not like baseball, where it’s been around for 100 years,” White told MMAjunkie at a pre-event media scrum in advance of Saturday’s UFC 173. “This is all new s–t. We just started doing the rankings less than a year ago, so all this stuff a work in progress. In no way was it a retribution to Nate Diaz.” Although it appeared the promotion was exacting a form of payback when it scratched Diaz (17-9 MMA, 12-7 UFC) from the list for inactivity, despite other fighters who were inactive and yet stayed on, White said the decision to remove him was based on the fact that his fighting future is unknown. Diaz, who most recently fought in November and knocked out top-10 ranked Gray Maynard, is holding out for a better contract, which has led him to sit on the sidelines as the lightweight division moves on.
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