Nate Diaz agrees with stoppage in Mike Perry defeat: ‘I wasn’t gonna do nothing’
Diaz doesn’t think he could have done much if his fight against
Mike
Perry had continued longer than it did.
Diaz returned to action against Perry at MVP’s first MMA card on
Saturday at the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles. Perry put his
bare-knuckle skills on display, battering Diaz from the very onset.
While Diaz managed to take Perry down, he was barely able to land
any damage. Perry left Diaz bloodied by the end of the second
round, forcing the fight to be waved off by cageside
doctors.
Diaz subsequently revealed that he injured his finger early in the
fight, which diverted his attention. Diaz also agrees with his
corner’s decision to stop the fight. The Stockton native admits
that he could barely see with blood covering his eyes.
‘I Couldn’t See S—t’
“I think I broke my finger in the first two seconds,” Diaz siad. “I
was spending too much time focusing on that…I had blood in my eyes,
I couldn’t see s—t. I wasn’t gonna do nothing… But next time he
ain’t gonna be able to do nothing.”
Diaz (21-14) parted ways with the UFC after a submission win over
Tony
Ferguson in 2022. Diaz then competed in boxing matches against
Jake
Paul and Jorge
Masvidal before his return to MMA against Perry. Meanwhile,
Perry (15-8) bid farewell to an underwhelming UFC career in 2021.
However, “Platinum” since made waves in BKFC, becoming arguably the
biggest star of the sport.
Nate Diaz said
he agrees with the decision to stop the fight:“I had blood in my eyes, I couldn’t see sh*t. I wasn’t gonna do
nothing.” 😭 pic.twitter.com/RYEudKNAQH— Happy
Punch (@HappyPunch)
May 17, 2026
