After downplaying beef, Diaz’s shove of Cerrone reignites tempers at UFC 141 presser

LAS VEGAS – Sitting at the podium for the UFC 141 pre-fight press conference, Nate Diaz insisted any drama between Donald Cerrone and him was manufactured.

“I think it was just made a little more than what it was,” he said of a previous run-in with C…

LAS VEGAS – Sitting at the podium for the UFC 141 pre-fight press conference, Nate Diaz insisted any drama between Donald Cerrone and him was manufactured.

“I think it was just made a little more than what it was,” he said of a previous run-in with Cerrone that’s turned UFC 141’s co-main event into a mini-soap opera.

Then, Diaz created some real drama. Nose-to-nose for photographers, Diaz flipped off Cerrone’s cowboy hat and shoved him.