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Nate Diaz confirms plan to close out trilogy with UFC rival Conor McGregor: ‘I think it’s inevitable’

Ahead of his upcoming professional boxing debut in August against the 6-1 puncher, Jake Paul, former UFC lightweight championship challenger, Nate Diaz remains confident a trilogy rubber match with former duel-weight champion, Conor McGregor happens in the future.

Diaz, who ended his Octagon tenure back in November of last year following the official completion of his contractual obligations with the promotion, exited the UFC with a victory.

Headlining UFC 279 in an impromptu welterweight main event against former interim lightweight gold holder, Tony Ferguson, Nate Diaz submitted the Oxnard native with a fourth round guillotine choke at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.