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4th February 2017
03:34pm GMT

"These guys say they want a fight – I offered Nick Diaz two fights. He turned down two fights. "I offered him Robbie Lawler. Robbie Lawler accepted the fight. Then I offered him Demian Maia. Nick Diaz turned down two fights. And then we just offered Nate a fight."Nick Diaz hasn't fought in over two years, having served an 18 month suspension following a failed drug test for marijuana metabolites, while Nate Diaz last competed against Conor McGregor in August, when he came up short in a majority decision.
The younger of the Stockton siblings has insisted that he will hold out for the lucrative realisation of a trilogy with the Irishman and has, like McGregor, hinted at the possibility of a professional boxing debut.
And given the difficulty the UFC is having in getting the Diaz brothers into the Octagon, White fielded a question about who has historically been the toughest fighter to deal with.
"The most difficult to get into the octagon? Right now, it’s the Diaz brothers – right here, right now,” White said. "But throughout history? I don’t know.”
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