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I saw the market," Diaz said. "You're a G, I'm a G. I can make a gangster fight out of that. I'll do it off the Pettis fight. Follow the blueprint, motherf---er. It's right here." Diaz is fiercely loyal to his friends and teammates, whom he regularly flies out on private jets to fights, seminars and vacations. They smoke, train and party together, and have what appears to be an inseparable bond. The list of actors whom Diaz would let beat up his character in a movie is short but headlined, he said, by Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro.

All athletes strive to get to free agency," Reyes says. "And he's done it. It's an amazing thing, because it's very, very rare [in MMA] -- if ever -- that anybody has been able to build their brand and then be able to go, 'Now I want to be able to move the way I want to move.'"How can I not create my own organization?" Diaz said, who added he went into the Masvidal fight with a torn meniscus. "I created all this s---. I made the Conor fight. I made the biggest thing out of the Masvidal fight. The president was there. That was all done by me. I don't care what nobody says. The UFC and people can promote it like I'm a hater. No, no, no. I made all that happen. I'll write my own organization. I'll write my own story then."

When he wanted to hit hard, it landed," Butcher says. "It landed. Some of those knees to the body, he was being nice because we don't have the pad on. But if he threw some of those, they would have dropped me for sure.Despite the UFC's desire and attempts to make a Diaz vs. McGregor trilogy fight, it won't happen anytime soon. In fact, any UFC fights that involve Diaz aren't in the cards for the foreseeable future after this weekend. Diaz vs. Chimaev is a polarizing matchup that analysts and even other UFC fighters have blasted. Chimaev is 28 years old and one of the hottest rising stars in the UFC, a dominant wrestler from Chechnya via Sweden with a 5-0 UFC record and four finishes. He is very likely on the cusp of a title shot. Diaz, meanwhile, is nine years older, has 14 more years of pro-MMA wear and tear, and has lost three of four. Diaz finds it ironic that McGregor took a gig that was first offered to Diaz, considering how their careers have intersected. Diaz believes he was the catalyst for McGregor achieving superstardom as the biggest money-drawing star in UFC history. Diaz choked out McGregor at UFC 196 in March 2016, raising his profile exponentially. In the rematch five months later, McGregor won by a very close majority decision, with one judge calling it a draw.

Before he accepted the Chimaev bout, Diaz told the UFC he wanted to fight heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou or middleweight champion Israel Adesanya because they're "cool." That "cool" factor will be something that informs Diaz's decision about a UFC return in the future.

Editor's note: Khamzat Chimaev missed weight and Nate Diaz fought Tony Ferguson in the main event of UFC 279. He submitted Ferguson in the fourth round. ( Watch on ESPN+) Marijuana is a regular presence in Nate Diaz's camp, whether at home or in the gym weeks before a main event fight against Khamzat Chimaev. Marc Raimondi/ESPN On Saturday, Diaz will fight up-and-coming star Khamzat Chimaev in the main event of UFC 279 in Las Vegas ( 10 p.m. ET on ESPN+ PPV). It will be the final fight on Diaz's UFC contract, as he is poised to do something that has never been done before in MMA: depart the UFC voluntarily at the height of his fame.

Early in this camp, Diaz and company traveled to Belgrade, Montana, to train with Brazilian jiu-jitsu royalty Kron Gracie. About three weeks from the fight, Diaz, his brother and his teammates competed in a triathlon in Lake Tahoe. Sometimes, they all go downstate to Los Angeles to train with coach Ernie Reyes Jr., a lifelong martial artist with a bevy of Hollywood acting credits. For his next fight after Chimaev, Diaz would like to compete in mixed martial arts, not boxing, under his promotional banner. But, Diaz said, if history is any indication, everything changes for him after every fight. So, nothing can be made definite until after Saturday.With his knowledge of Hollywood and marketability, Reyes sees a bright future for Diaz in whatever he does next. In 2022, Diaz says maybe he'll fight McGregor while being out of contract with the UFC, and White will have to make a deal for the trilogy bout with Diaz's own promotional company. None of this is lost on Diaz, who referred to the fight as something of a "punishment." Diaz initially turned down the Chimaev fight last winter, causing the UFC to extend his contract. But after Chimaev beat Gilbert Burns at UFC 273 in April, Diaz's team told the UFC that Diaz was willing to fight anyone to fulfill the final fight on his deal. The UFC again offered Chimaev, and Diaz accepted. Diaz said the UFC offered him a complex, multifight contract extension for a great deal of money -- he wouldn't say how much -- that included the McGregor trilogy bout and potentially a fourth McGregor fight. Diaz turned it down, opting to become a free agent after the Chimaev fight. Diaz said his relationship with the UFC and White is still solid. There is no ill will. The one thing other fighters get wrong, Diaz said, is they don't understand that the UFC represents competition to them as much as their opponents in the cage. Diaz has always believed he was going up against the UFC to get the best possible deal for himself, in the same way the UFC would do that, too, from a business perspective. It doesn't have to be emotional or personal.