UFC President Dana White does not believe Nick Diaz will ever fight in the UFC again.
Diaz has not fought in the UFC since Jan. 2015. After a fight with former UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva, Diaz was suspended by the state of Nevada for testing positive for marijuana use.
Diaz suspension expired almost one year ago, but the former Strikeforce champion has yet to compete in the UFC.
“I highly doubt it,” White told MMAjunkie about Diaz ever returning to the UFC.
“I don’t know. I honestly don’t think that, and I can’t speak for him, you’d have to speak with Nick himself, but if you ask me – people ask me, ‘Do you think Ronda (Rousey) is coming back?’ No. I think Ronda’s going to retire. Ronda hasn’t retired, but my opinion is, I think she will. I don’t think Nick Diaz will ever fight again. I just don’t think he has the desire anymore.”
Diaz is one of the most beloved MMA fighters of all time. He is a former Strikeforce welterweight champion. He also has competed for the UFC Welterweight Championship.
“The thing about fighting, first of all, it’s a young man’s game,” White said. “You’ve got to be young, hungry. You’ve got to be an animal to jump out of bed every day and go in there and train the way that you do.
“The things that you have to do to get to the UFC, let alone break into the top 10 or the top 5 or be a world champion, you have to love it. I just don’t think that Nick loves it anymore.”
