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Nate Diaz Dismisses Retirement Rumors Following Cryptic Instagram Post

Nate Diaz won't go quietly into the night.

The 34-year-old MMA fighter denied he's contemplating retirement to ESPN's Ariel Helwani:

Ariel Helwani

I asked Nate Diaz this evening if he was actually retired given his social media post earlier this week. He replied, “Who said I was retired?” I said, “I think people thought it meant you were done with MMA." He replied, "I’ll fight tonight."

Diaz had posted to Instagram earlier this week with a vague caption (warning: NSFW language): "F--k a rematch this s--t was over before it started I'm goin out on tour Peace out fight game.