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Britain’s most famous political strategist told Nate Diaz to leave UFC so he has leverage over Dana White

Nate Diaz has a win and a loss in a two-fight rivalry with Conor McGregor. Photo by AP Photo/Eric Jamison Dominic Cummings is telling Nate Diaz that he should leave the UFC. Diaz apparently has one fight left on his contract and the company reportedly wants him to recommit. Cummings, a political strategist and MMA fan, said Diaz would make more money outside of the UFC. Britain’s most-famous political strategist is advising Nate Diaz to leave UFC so he has leverage over Dana White.Dominic Cummings, one of the architects of the campaign for Britain to withdraw from the European Union, became chief advisor to Prime Minister Boris Johnson only to leave Downing Street at the end of 2020 following a series of scandals.Away from politics, Cummings is a big MMA fan, and has often used his Twitter account to talk about the sport. Last weekend, he decided to send a message to Diaz, a popular slugger and jiu jitsu black belt from Stockton, California.The 36-year-old has a win over Conor McGregor, and since returning to the sport in 2019, he beat Anthony Pettis before losing to Jorge Masvidal and Leon Edwards in back-to-back bouts.Diaz recently tweeted: “I’m fight somebody.”It is unclear what he specifically meant, however, it followed a statement to MMA Fighting from talent manager Ali Abdelaziz, in which he said “Diaz has one fight left” on his UFC contract.There could therefore be haggling with UFC who may want him to negotiate a new deal, before allowing him to fight his last bout and walk away from the company.This seemingly prompted Cummings to reach out to Diaz.-Dominic Cummings (@Dominic2306) October 17, 2021″Do not sign new UFC contract,” Cummings said, in front of his near 180,000 followers.”You will make more cash outside and Dana White will come do a deal at some point for trilogy [with] Conor McGregor.”But outside you’ll have much more leverage and make more [money]. Look how they screwed Georges St. Pierre, now waiting for contract to expire.”Diaz is yet to publicly acknowledge Cummings’ message.Read the original article on Insider
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