UFC 300: Ex-UFC Star Nate Diaz Open to Return for Main Event Fight

Diaz notes that he nearly headlined UFC 200 back in 2016.

Former UFC title challenger Nate Diaz has teased a desire to compete in the headlining bout for April's highly-anticipated UFC 300 event.

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One of the biggest stars in UFC history to never hold a title, Diaz walked away from the promotion after he submitted Tony Ferguson in the main event of UFC 279 in what was the final fight on his contract.

The 38-year-old made his professional boxing debut in a losing effort against Jake Paul last August and is now expected to return to the boxing ring for a rematch with Jorge Masvidal later this year, but in a recent social media post Diaz suggested he might be interested in returning to MMA as the main event for UFC 300.

I was supposed to headline UFC200

Headline UFC300 would be better pic.twitter.com/lBWkn41Ao3

— Nathan Diaz (@NateDiaz209) January 11, 2024

Following his upset victory over Conor McGregor at UFC 196, Diaz and “The Notorious” were rumored to rematch at UFC 200 before the pair ended up headlining UFC 202 in a bout that McGregor won via majority decision.

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The long-awaited trilogy fight between Diaz and McGregor would be exactly the kind of UFC 300 main event that fans have been clamoring for, but unfortunately that idea seems unlikely given that Diaz currently isn’t signed to the UFC and McGregor is set to return to the Octagon against Michael Chandler in June.

A main event for UFC 300 will need to be unveiled sooner rather than later regardless of whether Diaz's post was sincere, although at the very least UFC CEO Dana White has announced that Zhang Weili will defend her strawweight belt against Yan Xiaonan in the first title fight that’s been added to the card.

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