Is the UFC screwing Nate Diaz?

Nate Diaz was making $50K per fight to show with another $50K to win, when he fought Benson Henderson.

Then the UFC dropped him down to $15K per fight to show and another $15K to win.

That means, even if he wins his fights, he receives $70K less per fight.

What should Nate do?  Should he simply fight his best and when his contract runs out, demand his salary be restored to his former $50K or not sign?  That is what I would recommend if I were his manager or agent.

Here is some background a to how and why he got his salary cut.  

http://www.mmafighting.com/2013/5/17/4337546/morning-report-ufc-dana-white-nate-diaz-suspended-cut-fined-bryan-caraway-pay-healy

Nate's manager, Mike Kogan said, "Cause I suck as a manager."

Is the UFC taking unfair advantage of Nate?  Is Nate being screwed financially by the UFC?

If you think he is, up-vote this post.  If you think Nate is not being taken advantage of, down-vote this post.

* Edited at 03.31.2014, 2:54 PM ET *

Aaaaaand the series is complete, a bit of the same from his brother.


Dana: "I tried to make Nick and Lombard," White said. "Nick and I talked, and I haven't heard back from him, he went MIA."

"I never considered anything other than to renegotiate my contract or fight Johny Hendricks," he said. "All I said was, What am I getting paid? And he said, Let me check your contract. And the last text I got from him was what I would be fighting for. I didn't consider fighting for that kind of money. I didn't say anything back to him, right, but usually that means something. I'm not considering even for a second fighting any of those guys for less than $500,000. There's no way." -- Sure thing buddy.

"I'm retired. Completely retired. Unless the UFC wants to renegotiate for something I'm happy with or I'm going to be fighting for the world title, which is obviously going to be for something I'm happy with because I'll make a ton of money." -- How about he says thank you he managed to talk himself into one freebee (for which he later in the article implies he made a million dollars for - which he explains is the reason he's willing to fight Hendricks without negotiating a new deal) and work his way up to that title shot like everybody else.

"The UFC wants me to fight. The people want me to fight. I don't want me to fight. So if we're going to need me to fight, we're going to have to work out the right deal." -- Well, they already did work out a deal with him which he signed, how about honor that deal he already has and THEN they work a new deal ... or not.


Other than that, on the lines of his last interview, it's actually quite a deep and interesting interview. Worth the read.

* Edited at 04.10.2014, 3:21 AM ET *

And by the way, my 2 cents are that the minute he runs out of money (which he will) he's going to fight who they tell him for however much his contract says. What else is he going to do? Teach maths?

I think if this ******** goes a little bit longer UFC shut release him so Nate can go somewhere else.
Bellator would easily pay him what he want und unlike his semiretired brother he really wants to continue fighting. I hate this contract wars I just wanna se Diaz fliping some birds again. 

Diaz needs to fight and show he deserves more.  1-2 in last 3 isn't setting the world on fire

I think that any fighter who in the ring and sign paper and lawyer get something to