In news that will surprise absolutely no one, the absence of recently un-retired Irish featherweight champion Conor McGregor was the foremost topic of discussion at today’s (Friday, April 22, 2016) UFC 200 press conference from Las Vegas.
McGregor famously tweeted out his retirement earlier this week after choosing to remain in Iceland training for his scheduled rematch with Nate Diaz at UFC 200, and then rescinded it in a heated statement made to his Facebook page yesterday.
The ultra-popular Irishman also took a moment to make the presser all about him, tweeting out his ‘respect’ to the fighters that made it, but at the same time noting that they had not made the UFC $400 million dollars in the last eight months:
Everyone flew in. Respect.
But not everyone up there made the company 400million in 8 months.— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) April 22, 2016
ESPN’s Brett Okamoto caught wind of McGregor’s post and asked Diaz about it. When Diaz, who submitted McGregor in shocking fashion at March 5’s UFC 196, was told what McGregor had said, he had one simple reply:
“Conor got his ass beat.”
As for the now-scrapped rematch fight with McGregor, Diaz revealed he didn’t even want the fight, but was focused on preparing for ‘The Notorious’ — and him alone — once it became clear that was the decision the UFC was going with:
“I came to fight Conor McGregor, and I don’t have any, too much interest in anyone else. I don’t have any interest in fighting at all, but if that’s what we’re gonna do, I thought we were gonna do it.”
UFC President Dana White seemingly half-heartedly guaranteed that Diaz vs. McGregor II was off of UFC 200 as of right now, he also repeatedly focused on the fact that the July 9 is still three months away.
We’ll have to wait and see if the UFC’s hardline stance on McGregor lightens in any way, but for ‘Notorious,’ Diaz’ stinging words will always remain true, at least for their first fight.
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