Nate Diaz is not leaving the lightweight division permanently – he just wants a break.
Diaz, who came up short Monday night in a headlining fight with Gray
Maynard at UFC Fight Night 20, slammed his
performance and said he wants to explore his options a weight class up.
“It’s just a possibility,” Diaz today told MMAjunkie.com. “I’m not going to permanently go, but I could
probably jump around. If I want to make (155 pounds) all year long and
be starving and miserable for that long, I’d probably want to get paid
more. Until I start getting paid more, maybe I should ease up a weight
class.”