5 potential post-UFC career options for Nate Diaz
With a career spanning 18 years, Nate Diaz is one of the most long-tenured fighters in the UFC. Generation after generation of fight fans were introduced to the unapologetic authenticity of brothers Nate and Nick Diaz. While his older brother is known for his storied feud with former UFC welterweight and middleweight champion Georges St-Pierre, Nate Diaz is instead celebrated for his shocking upset victory over Conor McGregor at UFC 196.
Since then, the former lightweight contender has faced the Irishman in a rematch before having hotly-anticipated bouts with Anthony Pettis and Jorge Masvidal. Now on the last fight of his UFC contract, Diaz is slated to lock horns with undefeated phenom Khamzat Chimaev in the headline bout of the upcoming UFC 279 pay-per-view.
It will be the Stockton legend's farewell bout in the promotion, opening the door for a range of different career paths that this list will detail.
#5. Nate DIaz can turn to acting
If Diaz pursues acting as his post-UFC career path, he will not be the first big name from the promotion to appear on the silver screen. Randy Couture famously appeared in the Expendables film franchise, while Canadian great Georges St-Pierre made a cameo in Captain America: The Winter Soldier as Batroc the Leaper.
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That was the case with not only GSP, but the likes of Ronda Rousey and Michael Bisping, both of whom have made limited appearances in different movies, Nate Diaz could be given a small role designed to draw upon his popularity as the fighter who handed Conor McGregor his first UFC loss.
Whether it's in a Fast & Furious movie or a new one altogether, Diaz could make an acting debut that would require little of him in the way of acting skill.