UFC officially removes Nate Diaz from roster

Nate Diaz's clip with the UFC is officially over. At slightest for now.

The longtime UFC combatant and 1 of the biggest stars successful MMA has officially been removed from the UFC roster, promotion officials confirmed with ESPN connected Tuesday. MMA Fighting was the archetypal to study the news.

The last combat connected Diaz's UFC declaration was against Tony Ferguson astatine UFC 279 connected Sept. 10. But the UFC inactive had an exclusive negotiating model with Diaz, which is present over, according to Diaz's representative, Zach Rosenfield. Diaz's squad volition statesman discussions astir aboriginal fights "immediately," Rosenfield said.

"We are present going to statesman the process of Nate's escaped agency," Rosenfield said.

Diaz, 37, bushed Ferguson via fourth-round submission astatine UFC 279, leaving the UFC connected a precocious note. The Stockton, California, merchandise has been progressive successful immoderate of the biggest fights the promotion has enactment connected successful caller years, including a brace of bouts with Conor McGregor and a contention for the mythical BMF rubric against Jorge Masvidal.

Diaz had been with the UFC since the 5th play of "The Ultimate Fighter" world amusement successful 2007. He told ESPN successful an interrogation implicit the summertime that helium does privation to instrumentality to the UFC eventually, but close present he's going to question opportunities extracurricular of the promotion, perchance successful boxing. Diaz besides precocious started up his ain promotional entity, Real Fight Inc., and says helium plans to beforehand himself successful consequent bouts.

"The coolest happening is simply a motherf---er who tin bash immoderate the f--- helium wants," Diaz told ESPN successful August.