{"id":666988,"date":"2026-05-12T23:24:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T23:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/666988\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T23:24:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T23:24:09","slug":"nate-diaz-offended-by-ufc-hall-of-fame-snub-insists-f-nerds-inducted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/666988\/","title":{"rendered":"Nate Diaz &#8216;offended&#8217; by UFC Hall of Fame snub, insists &#8216;f****** nerds&#8217; inducted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC superstar Nate Diaz was offended by some of the promotion\u2019s recent inductees into the UFC Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n<p>Nate Diaz will make his return to Mixed Martial Arts this weekend in Los Angeles on the Ronda Rousey vs. Gina Carano undercard. Diaz hasn\u2019t fought in MMA since his UFC finale against Tony Ferguson at UFC 279, in which he won by submission before parting ways with the promotion.<\/p>\n<p>Years after UFC 279, Diaz was allegedly in talks to return to the UFC before signing with Most Valuable Promotions for his upcoming fight vs. Mike Perry. Despite the signing, Diaz could potentially explore returning to the UFC at a later date, especially if a possible trilogy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjpenn.com\/mma-news\/nate-diaz\/nate-diaz-explains-why-he-didnt-want-to-be-conor-mcgregors-return-fight\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">against Conor McGregor is on the table<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Diaz is arguably one of the greatest UFC fighters to never win a world title. His lone UFC title fight came against Benson Henderson in December 2012, a fight in which he lost by unanimous decision.<\/p>\n<p>Diaz could potentially enter the UFC Hall of Fame at some point in his life. But in the meantime, Diaz is becoming increasingly aggravated with the UFC\u2019s criteria for induction.<\/p>\n<p>Nate Diaz questions UFC\u2019s recent inductions of \u2018nerds\u2019 into Hall of Fame<\/p>\n<p>In a recent interview on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/fnW7VqFvzx4?si=VLOwKTjuZXeNRfQE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The Ariel Helwani Show<\/a>, Diaz was asked about potentially getting a UFC HOF invite, and wasn\u2019t exactly thrilled.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never wanted to be in the UFC Hall of Fame, but the more people they put in there, I\u2019m like excuse me, I\u2019m getting offended now,\u201d Diaz said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had the most [\u2018Performance of the Night\u2019] bonuses for years, punch counts, submissions, the f***** BMF belt creator, the best division there is. I don\u2019t want a Hall of Fame spot, but quit putting f***** nerds in there. I was here before all of you! And I\u2019ll be here long after, still going to put stamps on s*** and make s*** happen while I\u2019m here.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOtherwise, I wouldn\u2019t be here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Diaz isn\u2019t the only critic of some of the UFC HOF\u2019s recent inductees. Donald Cerrone\u2019s induction, in particular, came under fire after Cerrone was inducted before legends like Jon Jones and Demetrious Johnson.<\/p>\n<p>Will Nate Diaz ever fight in the UFC again? Let us know your thoughts in the comments!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former UFC superstar Nate Diaz was offended by some of the promotion\u2019s recent inductees into the UFC Hall&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":666989,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,785,22147,85,787],"class_list":["post-666988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-nate-diaz","tag-sports","tag-ufc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666988","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=666988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666988\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/666989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=666988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=666988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=666988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}