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Conor McGregor Wants To Defend Featherweight Title At UFC 200

Current UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor is coming off a loss to Nate Diaz at UFC 196 and looking to return in a few months. McGregor, who had several options for him going into this fight, plans to go back down to 145lb and make his first title defense. “It’s hard not to give (Jose)

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Current UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor is coming off a loss to Nate Diaz at UFC 196 and looking to return in a few months. McGregor, who had several options for him going into this fight, plans to go back down to 145lb and make his first title defense.

“It’s hard not to give (Jose) Aldo another go,” McGregor said. “He was 10 years undefeated. But again, he pulls out a lot; he doesn’t show up. Frankie (Edgar) at least gets in there and competes. I don’t know.

“I’ll keep my ear to the ground and see who the fans want to see the most. But then I’ll sit and wait patiently for the lightweight belt to be contested.”

McGregor believes that Diaz will fight Rafael dos Anjos for the UFC lightweight title next.

“I believe Nate will maybe fight dos Anjos now,” he said. “I think after I defend myself and climb back up, I think I will get my shot at that lightweight belt once again. Maybe Nate and I could do it again.”

McGregor was asked by the media at the post-fight presser when he would like to fight next. McGregor said that he would like to return at the UFC 200 PPV event in Las Vegas in July.

“I still feel UFC 200 is there for me, but I’ll go back and sit,” he said. “I’m not cut. I’m simply heartbroken, and that’s it. I’ll pick myself up, and we’ll figure it out in the morning.”

“It lived up to everything it was supposed to be,” White said. “It was awesome. When you deal with people who’ve seen it all, done it all, been everywhere, the big sporting events, and everybody’s standing around going, ‘Holy (expletive), what just happened?’ That’s fun. Tonight was a great night.”

 

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Fighter Salaries For UFC 196 Revealed: McGregor, Diaz & Holm Top List

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Fighter salaries for UFC 196 were released on Sunday with Conor McGregor earning $1,000,000 in the main event. Nate Diaz and Holly Holm were both paid $500,000 for their efforts, and Miesha Tate pulled $92…

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Fighter salaries for UFC 196 were released on Sunday with Conor McGregor earning $1,000,000 in the main event. Nate Diaz and Holly Holm were both paid $500,000 for their efforts, and Miesha Tate pulled $92,000 in salary.

These numbers don’t include the fighters’ Reebok sponsorship payouts.

Here’s the full list of payouts from Sunday’s show:

  • Nate Diaz: $500,000 (no win bonus) def. Conor McGregor: $1,000,000
  • Miesha Tate: $92,000 (includes $46,000 win bonus) def. Holly Holm: $500,000
  • Ilir Latifi: $50,000 (includes $25,000 win bonus) def. Gian Villante: $36,000
  • Corey Anderson: $40,000 (includes $20,000 win bonus) def. Tom Lawlor: $28,000
  • Amanda Nunes: $56,000 (includes $28,000 win bonus) def. Valentina Shevchenko: $14,000
  • Siyar Bahadurzada: $38,000 (includes $19,000 win bonus) def. Brandon Thatch: $22,000
  • Nordine Taleb: $30,000 (includes $15,000 win bonus) def. Erick Silva: $34,000
  • Vitor Miranda: $32,000 (includes $16,000 win bonus) def. Marcelo Guimaraes: $13,000
  • Darren Elkins: $74,000 (includes $37,000 win bonus) def. Chas Skelly: $21,000
  • Diego Sanchez: $150,000 (includes $75,000 win bonus) def. Jim Miller: $59,000
  • Jason Saggo: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus) def. Justin Salas: $16,000
  • Teruto Ishihara: $34,000 (includes $17,000 win bonus) def. Julian Erosa: $12,000

UFC 196 took place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Saturday, March 5, 2016, with Diaz defeating McGregor in the main event, and Tate beating Holm for the Women’s Bantamweight Championship in the co-main event. You can read the full results from the event here.

Poll: Who Should Nate Diaz Fight Next?

A popular and polarizing force in the UFC 155-pound landscape for many years, Nate Diaz finally earned a signature win when he capitalized on a huge short notice opportunity by submitting the favored Conor McGregor (watch the full highlights here) in the main event of last night’s (Sat., March 5, 2016) UFC 196. The Stockton bad

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A popular and polarizing force in the UFC 155-pound landscape for many years, Nate Diaz finally earned a signature win when he capitalized on a huge short notice opportunity by submitting the favored Conor McGregor (watch the full highlights here) in the main event of last night’s (Sat., March 5, 2016) UFC 196.

The Stockton bad boy came into the awaited event from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, as a substantial underdog, and indeed the first round appeared to go to McGregor after Diaz was bloodied by a stinging series of patented left hands from the featherweight champ. But just when ‘The Notorious’ had seemingly taken over, Diaz came back with his own combos as he walked through the fading offense of the tiring Irishman to win with an electric choke.

The win has Diaz on the precipice of a lightweight title fight, yet there’s one problem in the way of that booking considering Diaz faced and was soundly beaten by current champion Rafael dos Anjos in December 2014. Diaz blamed an injury for the horrific performance after badly missing weight but it’s still hard to say if he would present any more of a challenge to the dominant but oft-injured champion.

No matter what he’s headed for a massive fight next, so if he doesn’t get ‘RDA’ as McGregor suggested last night, he could certainly square off with Anthony Pettis, with whom he has a long and well-documented beef with, Eddie Alvarez, or the winner of the upcoming Tony Ferguson vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov bout at UFC on FOX 19. It was even somehow discussed that he could meet welterweight champ Robbie Lawler for the 170-pound title.

The future is bright for the younger Diaz brother after shaking up the entire framework of the UFC. Whom do you think he should face next?

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UFC Fighters React To Conor McGregor vs. Nate Diaz

Nick Diaz wasn’t in the octagon with Nate Diaz’s corner men tonight, but he watched keenly as his younger brother trounced Conor McGregor. Also Werdum calls McGregor a prostitute… The madness of UFC 196 is still just settling in, as we saw one champion dethroned in epic fashion, and another beaten in a division he put

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Nick Diaz wasn’t in the octagon with Nate Diaz’s corner men tonight, but he watched keenly as his younger brother trounced Conor McGregor. Also Werdum calls McGregor a prostitute…

The madness of UFC 196 is still just settling in, as we saw one champion dethroned in epic fashion, and another beaten in a division he put on 25 pounds to fight in. First up, the meat on the bone, Conor McGregor vs. Nate Diaz. The main event in Las Vegas, Nevada did not disappoint, as the two trash talking welterweights put it on the line in a two-round thriller. In the first round at least, it looked as though McGregor’s striking was on point, but perhaps he got overconfident coming in to the second frame.

Diaz began landing with regularity in the second round, and McGregor’s legs locked out from a big left hand. All of a sudden, the confidence sunk out of ‘The Notorious,’ and it was replaced with panic as the fight went to the mat. Diaz quickly snaked his way to the full mount where McGregor tried to shrimp escape. Forgetting to tie up the leg of Diaz with his own, he gave up his back to the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt after eating some ground and pound, it was as good as over from that moment.

Nate Diaz throws a straight left hand during his UFC 196 submission victory over Conor McGregor
Nate Diaz throws a straight left hand during his UFC 196 submission victory over Conor McGregor

The rear naked choke locked up, and before going to sleep like Holly Holm did in the main event, McGregor chose to tap out. The 209 rejoiced, including Nate’s older brother Nick Diaz, who’s hilarious reaction was captured by Karyn Bryant of MMA Heat, check it out:

Stockton Motherf*ckers!

But Nick Diaz wasn’t the only UFC fighter reacting to McGregor vs Diaz and Tate vs. Holm, as you’ll see on the next page.

continue to see jose aldo and fabricio werdum trolling conor mcgregor

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Jon Jones Hilariously Trolls Conor McGregor After Loss

Not surprisingly, many professional fighters celebrated Conor McGregor’s submission loss to Nate Diaz (watch the full video highlights here) in the main event of last night’s (Sat., March 5, 2016) UFC 196 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. After all, ‘The Notorious’ had essentially verbally laid waste to almost every top contender ranging

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Not surprisingly, many professional fighters celebrated Conor McGregor’s submission loss to Nate Diaz (watch the full video highlights here) in the main event of last night’s (Sat., March 5, 2016) UFC 196 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. After all, ‘The Notorious’ had essentially verbally laid waste to almost every top contender ranging from 145 all the way up to 170 pounds during a meteoric rise to the lofty position of the UFC’s biggest star.

And this week, he took it to an even further level when he declared that the world’s Nos. 1 & 2-ranked pound-for-pound fighters, former light heavyweight champion Jones and dominant longtime flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson, didn’t deserve a spot other than 10 on that list because he was ‘Nos. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8, and 9’ himself.

Now, apparently Jones and ‘Mighty Mouse’ took offense to this, as ‘Bones’ posted the following picture on Instagram of himself and the 125-pound king cageside at the fights. It was quite the stinging jab from Jones, who has immediately reinserted himself at the top of the MMA trash-talking game heading into his highly anticipated rematch with Daniel Cormier at UFC 197.

In the meantime, check out his hilarious needling of ‘Notorious’ right here:

So much for being 12345678&9

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UFC 196 Bonuses: It’s Red Panty Night For Nate Diaz!

Remember when Nate Diaz said he would ‘hit Conor McGregor with some good sh*t and leave with a pocket full of cash?’ Well, he did just that…. UFC 196 hit our eyeballs in Las Vegas, Nevada tonight, and it was truly one of the craziest events in mixed martial arts history. UFC featherweight champion Conor

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Remember when Nate Diaz said he would ‘hit Conor McGregor with some good sh*t and leave with a pocket full of cash?’ Well, he did just that….

UFC 196 hit our eyeballs in Las Vegas, Nevada tonight, and it was truly one of the craziest events in mixed martial arts history. UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor moved up to welterweight to meet Nate Diaz, after the lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos was forced off the card with injury. Diaz really put a spanner in the works for the UFC, who paid McGregor a record $1 Million USD basic rate for tonight’s fight.

As it turns out, it was Diaz who declared red panty night, rocking McGregor in the early going of the second roundm and then choking him for the tap. The sensational win is the biggest of Nate Diaz’s career by far, and already talk of a title shot is surrounding the victorious Stockton bad boy. Miesha Tate also made a huge splash at UFC 196, dethroning Holly Holm in just her first attempted title defense.

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The UFC 196 bonuses are as follows, and check out the double pay day or ‘red panty night’ for Nate Diaz!


Nate Diaz’s net worth just went up a chunk!

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