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Nate Diaz: UFC is ‘holding me hostage’ with my contract ‘and I want out’

Nate Diaz isn’t necessarily done fighting in the UFC, but he sure seems done with being anchored exclusively to the UFC.

In a special edition of The MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani, Diaz made it clear that he has no interest in renewing his UFC contract, which has just one fight left on its existing deal.

“I was trying to get this sh-t on the road, but they don’t want me out of contract and they’re keeping me in there and they’re holding me hostage,” Diaz said (via MMA Fighting). “And I want out.