Midnight Mania: Diaz Points Finger At Clout-Chasing ‘Ewalks’

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Just over a month ago, there was a minor altercation between Team Diaz and Team Nurmagomedov during the UFC 310 Fight Week. As has been known to happen around the Diaz brothers, water bottles were soon flying through the air. Chucking water bottles is a known tactic among that crew, but thankfully, the situation did not escalate further.

addressed the situation about a week ago. Per the UFC Lightweight kingpin, there’s no substantial beef between he and Diaz, who is actually a pretty respectful guy when the cameras aren’t around. He even claims that they had a cordial interaction in an elevator at the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Diaz doesn’t share that recollection. He denies the elevator meet up ever occurred, and he is adamant that Team Nurmagomedov threw the first water bottle back at the UFC 311 presser. Furthermore, Diaz labels the opposing crew clout-chasing “ewalks,” accompanied by a picture of Ewoks from Return of the Jedi.

“WTH goin on I didn’t even know Islam was there,” Diaz wrote in response on social media. “I don’t even know wich one he is I was just there to corner my boy and these ewalks thru a bottle at me looking for clout wtf did I do lol And I never saw this guy in an elevator wtf i thought religious people didn’t lie wtf is happening?And wtf happened to champ all you had to do was say yes champ I gotta go.”

The beef between the Nurmagomedov and Diaz fight camps goes back all the way to 2015, and it doesn’t seem likely to end now. More to the point, however, is the simple fact that Makhachev and team mate Umar Nurmagomedov are fighting for world titles atop the first pay-per-view (PPV) event of the year, whereas the top Diaz camp representative in the Octagon currently is … Kron Gracie?

I don’t think the Dagestan crew is losing sleep over this “rivalry.”

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@francis_ngannou are you aware of all the absurd things PFL is doing to fighters and putting on the new contracts? Will you ever speak up for us?
I’m thinking it’s time we start a PFL Fighters Union. What do you think?

— Patricio Pitbull (@PatricioPitbull) January 14, 2025