Nate Diaz pleads with Conor McGregor to settle trilogy: 'Nobody else to fight'

Diaz submitted McGregor at UFC 196 in March of that same year. It was McGregor’s first loss in the promotion.

The UFC left the series alone after McGregor went on to box Floyd Mayweather Jr. a year later, while the remainder of Diaz's career was a mixed bag after the second fight.

Nearly a decade removed from their last fight, Diaz says that, despite his advancing age, he can deliver the proper trilogy that MMA fans have been waiting for.

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Diaz opened about the fight on an episode of “Out Cold.”

“There ain’t nobody else to fight, really, right now,” Diaz said. “I would like for him to come back and impress everybody first. Not that he needs to, but it would be great to see him back.”

Diaz appears discontent with the way the MMA community views McGregor, saying a fight against him may change the narrative after all.

“Everybody’s hating on him,” Diaz said. “I’d like to beat up somebody on top of the world, and I think he’s got the capability to do that.”

A win against McGregor has Diaz thinking much bigger, even possibly convincing the UFC to fight its lightweight champion, Ilia Topuria.

“Then that little Ilia Topuria, he’s doing a really good job,” Diaz said. “He’s a little small for me, but those two are probably the best fights.”

Diaz has toyed with the idea of a return to MMA but hasn’t pulled the trigger. Whether he does, however, remains to be seen.