If returning to the UFC is in Nate Diaz’s future but a third bout with Conor McGregor isn’t on the cards, who could Diaz possibly have in mind? At the age of 40, it’s been largely agreed upon by fans that he won’t ever get back in title contention, or even be a ranked fighter again. With that said, there is one belt that exists in the UFC that Diaz knows very well. In fact, he’s part of the reason why it exists in the first place, the BMF Championship.

“I’m like, I want to fight f****** BMF motherf*****, who’s claiming my belt running around, Charles Oliveira. I’m like, “Right you’re rocking with my belt now and you’re running around like you’re the baddest motherf*****.’ So that’s where I’m like, ‘Yo, what’s popping with the UFC.’ So I’m like, ‘Let’s link up and get this fight popping.’ And then I go back to talk to them about it and they’re all ready for me to come back and fight Conor. I’m like, ‘Whoa, whoa, whoa, listen to what I’m talking about. I want to fight the best of the best when they are the best of the best.’ Conor is great, but I’m not trying to go kill of Conor when he’s on his last dying f****** leg…Like, we ain’t friends. ain’t none of that. But I ain’t trying to finish this dude off.”

Oliveira defeated Max Holloway at UFC 326 to win the BMF Championship, and with Diaz looking to win the belt that helped create in 2019, the future of the symbolic title could be very interesting.

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