Filed under: Featured , Featured Videos , News , UFC , Videos It’s well known Nate Diaz was one of the opponents proposed for Conor McGregor as a last-minute replacement when Jose Aldo withdrew from UFC 189 this past July. But the reason why that fight didn’t take place, Diaz said this past December , was because he “announced it before (the UFC did), and they didn’t like that.” At the time, Diaz was a couple days away from his most recent fight, a meeting with Michael Johnson at UFC on FOX 17 that ended in a unanimous-decision win. Afterward, he called out McGregor in the clearest way possible .
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Nate Diaz on not fighting Conor McGregor at UFC 189: I didn’t get paid enough – MMA Junkie