{"id":470008,"date":"2025-10-03T02:55:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T02:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/470008\/"},"modified":"2025-10-03T02:55:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T02:55:16","slug":"nate-diazs-refreshingly-honest-reason-for-refusing-to-fight-bare-knuckle-revealed-by-bkfc-boss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/470008\/","title":{"rendered":"Nate Diaz\u2019s refreshingly honest reason for refusing to fight bare-knuckle revealed by BKFC boss"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Nate Diaz understands that he may not mix well with bare-knuckle boxing. <\/strong><\/p>\n

The UFC legend has transitioned to a new sport since ending his 15-year run with MMA\u2019s premier promotion in 2022. <\/p>\n

Nate Diaz<\/a> has had two boxing bouts against Jake Paul<\/a> and his long-time UFC rival, Jorge Masvidal<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Many fans would love to see him take off the gloves and join Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship [BKFC], which has approached him about potentially competing in the promotion co-owned by Conor McGregor<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"NatePhoto by Steven Ryan\/Getty ImagesWhy Nate Diaz doesn\u2019t want to fight in BKFC<\/p>\n

BKFC founder Dave Feldman recently sat down for an interview with MMA reporter Ariel Helwani<\/a>. <\/p>\n

During their 42-minute conversation, Nate Diaz\u2019s name was brought up as the BKFC boss named three dream opponents<\/a> he\u2019d like to see Conor McGregor<\/a> fight bare-knuckle. <\/p>\n

Feldman previously asked Diaz to join his promotion, but his approach was rejected by the UFC icon, who admitted his scar-riddled face wouldn\u2019t hold up in the sport.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe talked to Nate a few times,\u201d Feldman revealed.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe literally said, \u2018Look, I have too much scar tissue for this right now.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I think if it was Conor McGregor that was on the other side of that ring, he would take it<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, I would love that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dustin Poirier calls out Nate Diaz<\/p>\n

Nate Diaz is a man with many options as he looks to book his first fight since July 2024. <\/p>\n

Dustin Poirier recently sent a surprise callout<\/a> his way just months after retiring from fighting. <\/p>\n

\u2018The Diamond\u2019 laid down his gloves after being outpointed by BMF champion Max Holloway at UFC 318 <\/a>in July. <\/p>\n

After hearing that Dana White\u2019s Zuffa Boxing has signed a deal<\/a> with Paramount, Poirier got the idea that he could headline one of their cards. <\/p>\n

\u201cZuffa Boxing, 12 rounds, me and Nathaniel, I\u2019d do it. Only 1 more fight I\u2019d take,\u201d he tweeted. <\/p>\n

So far, both White and Diaz have refused to respond to Poirier\u2019s comeback suggestion. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nate Diaz understands that he may not mix well with bare-knuckle boxing. The UFC legend has transitioned to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":470009,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4108],"tags":[60032,1935,156521,57118,79,5706,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-470008","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-bkfc","9":"tag-boxing","10":"tag-dave-feldman","11":"tag-nate-diaz","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-ufc","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115307985247729594","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=470008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470008\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/470009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}