Nate Diaz might be about to get a giant bag for his MMA return, and the number floating around is the kind that makes promoters sweat through their suit jackets.
A new report tied to Joe Rogan and Brendan Schaub chatter says Diaz could be making more than $10 million to fight Mike Perry on MVP’s Netflix MMA card. If true, that is not nice payday money, that is everyone suddenly wants a Netflix contract money.
This also fits what we already heard from Dana White about Diaz’s move, where White basically suggested Diaz got an offer too good to pass up, covered in our earlier piece on Dana White reacting to Nate Diaz signing with MVP.
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🚨 Joe Rogan says that Nate Diaz is getting “more than $10 million” for his fight on Netflix against Mike Perry 😳 pic.twitter.com/27OIEE8Anw
— ACD MMA (@acdmma_) March 22, 2026
Big Number, Big Noise, Big Pressure
The rumored figure matters because MVP and Netflix are not just booking fights, they are trying to punch their way into the MMA spotlight with star names and mainstream reach. And when a Stockton icon like Diaz is involved, every number gets louder.
Diaz returning to MMA against Perry is already chaos on paper. Add a rumored eight-figure payday and now the whole thing feels like a business flex aimed straight at the UFC ecosystem. Fans who were hoping for old-school UFC matchups are now watching Diaz take the money route, and honestly, most fighters in the sport would do the same thing before you can say “pay-per-view points.”
If you’ve tracked recent UFC money-and-booking drama, this sits right next to the same kind of public friction we saw in the Jon Jones White House card pay dispute, where numbers became the story as much as the fight itself.
For Diaz, this is simple: show up, fight Mike Perry, and cash a check that could reset expectations for what aging stars can earn outside UFC control. For the MMA business, it is another warning sign that major streaming money can pull big names into side roads fast.
