It seems Nate Diaz still has unfinished business in the UFC. Stockton’s favorite son remains one of the most iconic figures in MMA history, beloved by fans for his gritty, no-nonsense approach to fighting. Once labeled by Dana White as someone who wasn’t a “needle-mover”, Diaz cemented his legendary status with his stunning victory over Conor McGregor at UFC 196. Moreover, the subsequent rematch with the Irishman at UFC 202 and his BMF title fight against Jorge Masvidal is etched in the sport’s archives. Despite his undeniable star power, one achievement has eluded Diaz throughout his career: a UFC championship!

After parting ways with the promotion in 2022, Diaz left without ever claiming UFC gold. For the unversed, the younger Diaz brother did challenge for the 155lbs gold way back in 2012 but came up short against the then-title holder, Benson Henderson. However, the former BMF contender isn’t yet ready to close that chapter. He’s willing to return to the Octagon—but only under one condition.

“Well everybody’s boring right now so I’m trying to do other s–t for the moment. But I want to go back and get a UFC title. I don’t want to fight for nothing, you know. I want to fight for something,” Diaz told ‘Full Violence’ in a recent interview.

“So, okay, so is that in the works right now?” the interviewer asked. To which the former UFC superstar felt that the welterweight division wasn’t hot enough to deserve him at the moment: “Yeah, well right now there’s nobody that’s at like [170]. Who’s the champion right now  at 170?”

The interviewer admitted that he didn’t know who the welterweight champ was, which Diaz found hilarious since it proved his point about the division not having any real superstars at the moment. Even at the very top. “See, exactly, that’s what that’s what I’m saying. Like why would I go back to UFC right now to fight? What am I going to do so? Why would I do that? I’m the champion as far as that’s concerned,” he added.

Belal Muhammad, of course, is the reigning UFC welterweight champion. Moreover, the thing ‘Bully B’ is criticized most about is his so-called ‘boring’ wrestling-heavy fighting style and his proclivity for decisions. And Diaz is not just critical of one of the divisions he used to fight in. He thinks the UFC as a whole is facing a shocking lack of big stars at the moment.

Nate Diaz names the only two superstars in the UFC at the moment

In fact, Nate Diaz feels that not just the welterweight division, but the UFC in general is suffering from an acute lack of superstars overall. “It’s about buzz and who’s popping and who’s doing something and right now, there’s nobody doing s–t in the UFC,” Diaz said.

To be fair, the Stockton native does think there are just two superstars in the promotion. Alex Pereira and Israel Adesanya! But even that seems to be changing. “There’s f—ing, what’s his name, ‘Poatan’, Alex Pereira. So there’s him and there was (Israel) Adesanya too. I mean he’s still there but he’s not doing much right now,” he added.

Adesanya, of course, is 1-4 in his last five fights, and many feel that he is over the hill now, which means his superstardom is on a downward trend. On the other hand, Pereira, too, lost his light heavyweight belt to Magomed Ankalaev at UFC 313 last Saturday, and some fear he may be approaching washed-up territory, too, if he loses the rematch. In which case, according to Diaz, there will not be any superstars in the UFC left. What do you think about Nate Diaz’s comments about the UFC’s lack of superstars?