The outspoken Stockton, Calif. native opted to skip out on the planned media day for UFC 241 on Thursday after answering all the questions he wanted to address at the open workouts 24 hours earlier.
UFC officials confirmed Diaz was going to miss out on the media day interviews as well as a scheduled face off with opponent Anthony Pettis. UFC president Dana White was aware that Diaz planned to skip media day and gave him the go ahead to forgo another series of interviews ahead of his fight on Saturday night.