{"id":592227,"date":"2026-04-07T23:28:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T23:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/592227\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T23:28:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T23:28:09","slug":"ufc-veteran-who-knocked-out-nate-diaz-fires-back-after-rematch-snub-you-aint-gangsters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/592227\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC Veteran Who Knocked Out Nate Diaz Fires Back After Rematch Snub &#8211; &#8216;You Ain\u2019t Gangsters&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmanews.com\/tag\/nate-diaz\" class=\"tag-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nate Diaz<\/a> prepares for his return on May 16, it\u2019s clear he had several directions he could have gone.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, the Stockton native chose a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmanews.com\/article\/nate-diaz-mike-perry-netflix-mma-event-may-16\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">showdown with Mike Perry under the Most Valuable Promotions banner<\/a>, leaving other potential opponents behind. Among those who didn\u2019t make the cut was former rival <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmanews.com\/tag\/josh-thomson\" class=\"tag-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Josh Thomson<\/a>, who later spoke out about the missed opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>Josh Thomson Claims Nate Diaz Turned Down Rematch Opportunity<\/p>\n<p>During a recent episode of his WEIGHING IN podcast, Josh Thomson didn\u2019t hold back while responding to recent comments from Nate Diaz, who mocked him during an appearance on Theo Von\u2019s podcast for pushing for a rematch, suggesting that both Diaz and his teammate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmanews.com\/tag\/chris-avila\" class=\"tag-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chris Avila<\/a> declined opportunities to face him.<\/p>\n<p>I guess the concern from you, Nate, was that you wanted me to fight somebody else because I had been inactive for a while,\u201d Thomson said. \u201cI was like, \u2018Alright, cool. I\u2019ll take it. Who do you have in mind?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Now you\u2019re turning down a fight with me and saying you want an easier fight than me?\u201d Thomson said. \u201cAll that west coast gangster sh*t and you guys are over here saying no, you don\u2019t want to fight a 47-year-old who hasn\u2019t fought in seven years. I was laughing. You ain\u2019t gangsters, dude.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Josh Responds to Nate Diaz\" fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"object-cover group-hover:opacity-90 transition-opacity duration-200 ease-out\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775604489_986_image.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-white text-sm sm:text-base font-medium line-clamp-2\">Josh Responds to Nate Diaz<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Punk&#8221; also revealed that a potential path to the rematch involved him first fighting Avila, which could have led to a second clash with Diaz. However, those plans never came together, and Avila was ultimately booked to fight Brandon Jenkins.<\/p>\n<p>The tension between the two UFC veterans dates back to their meeting in April 2013. On that night, Thomson became the first man to stop Diaz, landing a head kick that led to a second-round TKO finish.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\u041d\u044d\u0439\u0442 \u0414\u0438\u0430\u0437 vs \u0414\u0436\u043e\u0448 \u0422\u043e\u043c\u0441\u043e\u043d | \u041f\u043e\u043b\u043d\u044b\u0439 \u0431\u043e\u0439\" fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"object-cover group-hover:opacity-90 transition-opacity duration-200 ease-out\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775604489_223_image.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-white text-sm sm:text-base font-medium line-clamp-2\">\u041d\u044d\u0439\u0442 \u0414\u0438\u0430\u0437 vs \u0414\u0436\u043e\u0448 \u0422\u043e\u043c\u0441\u043e\u043d | \u041f\u043e\u043b\u043d\u044b\u0439 \u0431\u043e\u0439<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As Nate Diaz prepares for his return on May 16, it\u2019s clear he had several directions he could&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":592228,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,289122,786,38680,25659,785,270175,22147,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-592227","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-chris-avila","11":"tag-fighting","12":"tag-josh-thomson","13":"tag-mike-perry","14":"tag-mma","15":"tag-mvp-mma","16":"tag-nate-diaz","17":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=592227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592227\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/592228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=592227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=592227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=592227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}