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#5 Nate Diaz talks about not wanting to face Khabib Nurmagomedov or Kamaru Usman

Nate Diaz

Nate Diaz made his return to the Octagon after more than three years away from UFC this week. Diaz' return to the Octagon was marked by an incredible display against Anthony Pettis -- something that proved beyond any reason for doubt that Diaz did not have even the slightest bit of ring rust on him.

However, before the fight at UFC 241, Nate Diaz talked about which fighters he would prefer to face in the Octagon -- we reported on it earlier in the week.

He said that he felt that Khabib Nurmagomedov and Kamaru Usman might be Champions, but they were not really cool.

"I feel like I'm just better and cooler than those guys. The h**l do I want to fight them for? Pettis is cooler than both of them, fight-wise."

He then went on to name the people he would rather face, naming Conor McGregor, Jorge Masvidal, and his opponent for UFC 241 -- Anthony Pettis.

"I think about it from an outside perspective too. If I was somebody who wanted to watch me fight in the UFC, I'd wanna watch me fight Conor or Pettis. Masvidal just did his thing the other day. That was great."

Having already defeated Anthony Pettis, the ever-controversial and trash-talking Nate Diaz will now have to decide on who he wants to face next. Could a trilogy fight against Conor McGregor, against whom he has both a loss and a win, take place sometime in the future?