Former UFC champion Eddie Alvarez has expressed his interest in possibly fighting Nate Diaz.

For many years there’s been a lot of speculation regarding what Nate Diaz would do in a post-UFC life, and now, we’re about to find out.

The Stockton king fought out his contract at UFC 279 in what proved to be the perfect ending to his story as he submitted Tony Ferguson in their Las Vegas main event.

The next chapter is currently unknown but one thing is for sure, plenty of fighters out there are interested in taking on the 37-year-old - including Eddie Alvarez.

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The man known as ‘The Underground King’ recently parted ways with ONE Championship after a four-fight run that began back in March 2019.

Now, he looks set to enter free agency, and he hasn’t been shy about going after what he wants.

During a recent interview with Ariel Helwani, the ex-UFC lightweight champion laid out the terms for a possible meeting with none other than Nate Diaz.

Video: Eddie Alvarez is open to Nate Diaz fight

“Nate has been sent contracts with my name on them in the UFC for a while. We’ve never got a chance to fight,” Alvarez said. “I don’t know if it’s ever going to happen outside. I think Nate is more trying to get the Jake Pauls of the world or I don’t know who else he has on his plate – a lot bigger exposure than myself. 

“MMA alone and just the MMA gods coming together in a real MMA fight, I think that’d be great for the hardcore fans, for the underground fans. The likelihood of it? It’d be more likely that I’d sign it than Nate would.”

Alvarez went on to note that he’s open to just about anything in the next chapter of his career.

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“You’re not gonna mention a company and I’m gonna go, ‘No,'” Alvarez said. “As long as there are big fights involved in that company, like the bigger names and big fights, I’m more than likely going to say, ‘Yes.’ I’m leaving my options open.”

Where will Nate go?

In addition to kickstarting his new promotion, Nate Diaz also seems to be leaning towards a move into professional boxing, as Alvarez touched on in the above quotes.

Jake Paul would be the most likely candidate to welcome him to the squared circle but if he wants to make that fight as big as possible, he must first get past another UFC legend in the form of Anderson Silva.