Nate Diaz teases retirement (contains UFC 244 spoilers)
If you didn't see this weekend's UFC 244, Nate Diaz lost the fight against Jorge Masvidal for the BMF belt by doctor stoppage due to a cut. He was knocked down hard in the first and made one of the more miraculous recoveries I've seen in a while in MMA, but as Diazes are prone to do The stoppage was in the 3rd. It was a pretty gruesome cut over the outside of Nate's right eye but he hadn't yet had any problems with the sight in that eye due to bleeding.
Nate was pretty upset, and I think understandably so, because it's rare that he fights and doesn't get cut. He just accepts it. I think he would want to go on if his entire face fell off and was hanging in front of his chest. And IMHO at that point it wasn't impairing his ability to fight, and if a fighter wants to continue in the full knowledge that he's going to be disfigured, who's to stop him?
Anyway, yesterday Nate posted this on Instagram:
Quote:
Fuck a rematch this shit was over before it started I’m goin on out on tour Peace out fight game
Some MMA bloggers take his use of "Peace out" gices the message some special significance, a signal that he's serious about the retirement.