UFC president Dana White wants to grant Nate Diaz's wish but isn't ready to talk specifics about the star fighter's next bout.
Diaz made his request clear Wednesday on social media when he tagged UFC's Twitter account and said he wanted to fight Dustin Poirier:
Nathan Diaz<a href="https://twitter.com/ufc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ufc</a> stop playing wit me consider this my signature to fight this fucker I been trying to fight for a minute quit slowing down the real fight game it’s time <a href="https://t.co/6LTkbw9Fs0">pic.twitter.com/6LTkbw9Fs0</a>
White responded to the post in an interview with ESPN's Brett Okamoto:
"Of course we're interested [in that fight].