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Ex-UFC star Tyron Woodley claims Nick Diaz rejected ‘Dumb bag’ to fight him: ‘It was pushing eight figures’

Former undisputed UFC welterweight champion, Tyron Woodley has made the claim that former middleweight title challenger, Nick Diaz rejected an offer with a payday approaching a staggering eight figures to fight him – for his newly-former promotion,The Realest International Promotion (TRIP).

Woodley, a former undisputed welterweight champion under the banner of the UFC, departed the promotion back in 2021, having suffered his fourth consecutive loss in the form of a D’Arce choke submission defeat to Vicente Luque at UFC 260.

The defeat followed prior conseutive losses to rivals, Colby Covington, and Gilbert Burns, with the St.