Nate Diaz and Gray Maynard meet for third time at 'The Ultimate Fighter' 18 finale

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UFC lightweights Nate Diaz and Gray Maynard will fight for a third time, the organization announced on Twitter Sunday. The pair will meet at the finale for 'The Ultimate Fighter' (TUF) 18 on November 30 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The two first fight in what is technically an exhibition bout on the set of TUF 5 as cast members in 2007. Diaz eventually submitted Maynard with a guillotine choke in the second round of their bout.
Diaz and Maynard fought a rematch as the headliner for UFC Fight Night 20 in Fairfax, Virginia in 2010. In a largely lackluster affair, Maynard earned a split decision victory to even the score.
The Stockton-native  enters the bout on a two-fight losing streak, having most recently been stopped by strikes by former Strikeforce lightweight champion Josh Thomson in the second round of their fight at UFC on FOX 7 in April. He is 16-9 in professional MMA.
Maynard is also looking to get back on the winning track after being finished via TKO in the first round of UFC 160 in May by TJ Grant. Maynard is 11-2-1 with 1 no-contest in his professional fighting career.

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Soon after news broke that he verbally agreed to fight Gray Maynard in a rubber match, Nate Diaz has apparently had a change of heart.

On Sunday night, Diaz tweeted that he wants a crack at new UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis. Diaz’s wording of the desire to fight Pettis was what one would expect from the brash Diaz.

“Nah F— that I’m fightin Pettis,” the fighter wrote on his Twitter page.

UFC officials announced earlier on Sunday that Diaz would fight Maynard in a trilogy fight at the TUF 18 Finale on Nov. 30. Diaz, though, apparently has other things in mind and wants to fight for the title again.

A former No. 1 contender, Diaz last competed at UFC on Fox 7 where he suffered the first TKO loss of his career in a bout against former Strikeforce standout Josh Thomson. The fight represented his second consecutive loss, the first being a failed attempt at the UFC title against then-champion Benson Henderson.

UFC brass is yet to comment on the Diaz tweet, but chances that he gets a title shot now after dropping two straight fights are slim to none. - See more at: http://mmashare.mmatop.com/serious-mma-discussion-f1/nate-diaz-declines-gray-maynard-fight-wants-pettis-t68768.html#sthash.FK27dmaE.dpuf

Nate already sub'd him and whooped his ass another time. 2-0 in my book, no reason why he won't win again.

Diaz is a long way away from fighting Pettis. He should just quit like his brother.

Yeah the act is lame now