LAS VEGAS – Dana White and Nate Diaz haven’t always seen eye-to-eye. That’s been well-documented in the public eye. However, the two UFC staples spoke publicly Tuesday for the first time about a different kind of altercation.
Hours prior to Dana White’s Contender Series 53 in Las Vegas, Diaz revealed in a UFC 279 fight week interview with ESPN the two nearly came to blows at a nightclub in the ballpark of nine years ago when his Scrap Pack teammate Gilbert Melendez was coaching “The Ultimate Fighter, Season 20” opposite then-lightweight champ Anthony Pettis.
“I almost beat Dana White up in a club here one time, too. You should’ve seen it. He was like, talking sh*t. Did he tell you about it? You should ask him. He was talking sh*t and then I was arguing with him. I was mad at him. I shouldn’t have been mad at him. I understood the business a long time ago. When was Gilbert (Melendez on) ‘The Ultimate Fighter’ with (Anthony Pettis)? I think when all the girls got off the show and Rose (Namajunas) won the thing, everybody had got out the show and then we went to the club with Dana. They were having a big afterparty.
