Nate Diaz has set a date of July 30 to leave his UFC contract, despite having no opponent on the horizon for his final fight.
The former lightweight title contender, 37, has been locked into a deal with the promotion for the past year despite vocally wanting out, as they hold the rights to his next fight. He has been linked with Khamzat Chimaev, Dustin Poirier and Vicente Luque over the past seven months, but none of the bouts have come to fruition.
He was being eyed up as the target for Jake Paul's next opponent when the YouTube star decided to take a lengthy break back in December. But the UFC don't want him to leave on a big name win, only to be fed to Paul for a major rival event on pay-per-view.
