If you thought Nick Diaz would sit by and let new UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley challenge him to a fight at UFC 202 in three weeks, then you don't know the free-spirited Diaz well.
After the American Top team fighter captured the belt at Saturday's UFC 201 from Robbie Lawler, Woodley said on the UFC 201 post-fight show that he wanted to fight Diaz on the show — because when you fight the Stockton, Calif., native, big money is made.
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In an interview with TMZ, the former UFC title challenger and one of the biggest draws in the UFC responded to Woodley. He just doesn't think the UFC is going to pony up the money to make the fight happen
"If they make me an offer I can't refuse," Diaz told TMZ. "But I doubt that's going to happen. I'm over here, look at me right now — I don't need nothing. I don't owe nobody nothing. I don't owe anybody sh--. I haven't been fanatical about fighting since I was 15 or 14. ...
"Once I turned pro, I was like OK, this is not fun and games now. This is me. I'm going to come and I work on karma. I'm not going to go after somebody if I don't have a reason behind it, so as soon as there is some sort of a reason for me to do something that I need to do, then I'll do it. Nobody's done what I've done in this sh--. It just hasn't happened yet."
The 32-year-old Diaz's non-sensical 18-month suspension by the Nevada Athletic Commission for a suspect positive drug test after his fight against Anderson Silva at UFC 183 in January 2015 ended Monday.
UFC 202 takes place Aug. 20 from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. It is headlined by Diaz's younger brother Nate in a rematch against featherweight champion Conor McGregor.
Steven Muehlhausen is an MMA and boxing writer and contributor for Sporting News. You can find his podcast, The Fight Club Chicago and subscribe on iTunes . You can email him at [email protected] and can find him on Twitter @SMuehlhausenMMA .
