QUEBEC CITY – UFC President Dana White is aware of Nick Diaz ’s demands for $500,000 per fight, and rest assured, he won’t be heading to the negotiation table with the former Strikeforce champion – or his younger brother Nate Diaz – anytime soon “This is one of those situations that is going to be a sad story in a few years when you look back on it,” White told MMAjunkie. “You’re going to say they were two talented kids that had fans and had interest in fighting and they sat out. “What people don’t realize when you’re in the moment and your time is now, guys don’t realize until it’s over. You will never make that kind of money again for the rest of your life. You should fight as much as you can possibly fight, get as popular as you can never get and make as much money as you possibly can.” There are certainly situations where fighters have the leverage to request renegotiation, but in the case of Nate specifically, White believes he is no position to bargain. “With the Nate Diaz thing, he was in a position where he fought for the title
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Dana White on the Diaz brothers: This will be a sad story when you look back on it – MMA Junkie