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Video: Yesterday’s UFC 196 Press Conference, In All It’s Profanity-Laced Beauty

(via the UFC.)

It wouldn’t take a genius to predict that a mic battle between Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz would be entertaining from start to finish, but I don’t think that any of us could have predicted how balls-to-the-wall bonkers yesterday’s UFC 196 press conference ended up being. Both Ireland and Stockton were represented in full, and the result was a conference that felt less like a media day and more like a Def Jam comedy special. A few choice pull quotes:

McGregor: “I like Nick’s little bro. He’s like a little cholo gangster from the hood, but at the same time, he coaches kids Jiu Jitsu on Sunday morning and goes on bike rides with the elderly. He makes gang signs with the right hand and animal balloons with the left.”

Diaz: “Fuck you.” (this was the majority of Diaz’s trash talk)

Diaz: “You fight midgets.”

McGregor: “Most people, when they get that red panty night, they ring home to their wife, ‘Baby we did it!’ Nate rings Nick, ‘Baby, we did it!'”

Check out a handful of highlights from the conference above, then head after the jump for the whole affair.

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(via the UFC.)

It wouldn’t take a genius to predict that a mic battle between Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz would be entertaining from start to finish, but I don’t think that any of us could have predicted how balls-to-the-wall bonkers yesterday’s UFC 196 press conference ended up being. Both Ireland and Stockton were represented in full, and the result was a conference that felt less like a media day and more like a Def Jam comedy special. A few choice pull quotes:

McGregor: “I like Nick’s little bro. He’s like a little cholo gangster from the hood, but at the same time, he coaches kids Jiu Jitsu on Sunday morning and goes on bike rides with the elderly. He makes gang signs with the right hand and animal balloons with the left.”

Diaz: “Fuck you.” (this was the majority of Diaz’s trash talk)

Diaz: “You fight midgets.”

McGregor: “Most people, when they get that red panty night, they ring home to their wife, ‘Baby we did it!’ Nate rings Nick, ‘Baby, we did it!’”

Check out a handful of highlights from the conference above, then head after the jump for the whole affair.

The belt aside, it would be safe to say that UFC 196 has arguably become more popular since Diaz agreed to face McGregor. This press conference peaked at 361,000 viewers for Christ’s sake; that’s better ratings than 23 previous WSOF broadcasts on NBC SN. For a press conference. On a Tuesday afternoon.

Meanwhile, Anderson Silva is fighting this weekend and no one gives a fuck. The power of Mystic Mac, ladies and gentlemen.

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Conor McGregor Wants The World (Editorial)

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After his stunning knockout of Brazilian ace Jose Aldo to claim the UFC featherweight crown, Conor McGregor revealed his larger aspirations in the UFC by hinting that he wanted to try for another belt, specifically the lightweight championship at 155 pounds. He soon got his wish, a scheduled bout between reigning lightweight title holder Rafael dos Anjos at UFC 196. The brash Irishman was seeking to become the first man to hold two belts simultaneously.

However, Dos Anjos pulled out of the fight this week with a foot injury. Rather than a setback to McGregor’s plans, the replacement for Dos Anjos, the vocal Nate Diaz, proved to be an indicator of McGregor’s ambitious goals.

When asked about what weight class he preferred at the UFC Fight Presser today, which is an important question for McGregor since he will fight Diaz at welterweight, he said he wants to create his “own division” in the UFC. Weight classes for McGregor are secondary to fighting. He envisions a UFC where he moves freely between weight classes to fight because the bottom line is seeing who the better fighter is. He will fight anyone who has the courage to face him.

With Diaz replacing Dos Anjos but at welterweight, McGregor shifts to a non-title fight against a relative non-contender (at least for the moment.) For most fighters, a sudden change in weight and styles would be problematic and undesirable. Diaz is taller than McGregor and holds a reach advantage while boasting solid striking ability. True to form, McGregor shows he simply does not care, much the same when Chad Mendes stepped in for Jose Aldo. Last summer when informed of the news of Mendes replacing Aldo he allegedly said, “I don’t care, they’re all the same.” Today at the Presser he said he does not train for certain styles and opponents, he just “trains.”

McGregor wants to prove that he is the superior fighter. Period. Not the best featherweight, or lightweight, or be the first man to hold two belts. He wants to be the best fighter in the world, no questions asked. Any weight, anytime, anywhere. A true pound-for-pound king.

McGregor said so himself in the not so distant past when the UFC ventured to Dublin, “We’re not just here to take part—we’re here to take over.”

Conor McGregor

After his stunning knockout of Brazilian ace Jose Aldo to claim the UFC featherweight crown, Conor McGregor revealed his larger aspirations in the UFC by hinting that he wanted to try for another belt, specifically the lightweight championship at 155 pounds. He soon got his wish, a scheduled bout between reigning lightweight title holder Rafael dos Anjos at UFC 196. The brash Irishman was seeking to become the first man to hold two belts simultaneously.

However, Dos Anjos pulled out of the fight this week with a foot injury. Rather than a setback to McGregor’s plans, the replacement for Dos Anjos, the vocal Nate Diaz, proved to be an indicator of McGregor’s ambitious goals.

When asked about what weight class he preferred at the UFC Fight Presser today, which is an important question for McGregor since he will fight Diaz at welterweight, he said he wants to create his “own division” in the UFC. Weight classes for McGregor are secondary to fighting. He envisions a UFC where he moves freely between weight classes to fight because the bottom line is seeing who the better fighter is. He will fight anyone who has the courage to face him.

With Diaz replacing Dos Anjos but at welterweight, McGregor shifts to a non-title fight against a relative non-contender (at least for the moment.) For most fighters, a sudden change in weight and styles would be problematic and undesirable. Diaz is taller than McGregor and holds a reach advantage while boasting solid striking ability. True to form, McGregor shows he simply does not care, much the same when Chad Mendes stepped in for Jose Aldo. Last summer when informed of the news of Mendes replacing Aldo he allegedly said, “I don’t care, they’re all the same.” Today at the Presser he said he does not train for certain styles and opponents, he just “trains.”

McGregor wants to prove that he is the superior fighter. Period. Not the best featherweight, or lightweight, or be the first man to hold two belts. He wants to be the best fighter in the world, no questions asked. Any weight, anytime, anywhere. A true pound-for-pound king.

McGregor said so himself in the not so distant past when the UFC ventured to Dublin, “We’re not just here to take part—we’re here to take over.”

Conor McGregor Reacts To Nate Diaz’ Steroid Accusations: That Was Your Team

UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor and his new opponent for March 5’s UFC 196, the polarizing Nate Diaz, met up for a pre-fight press conference earlier today (Wed., February 24, 2016), and not surprisingly, the results produced some noteworthy fireworks. Much of that came in the form of Diaz’ suggestion that the entire UFC, including

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UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor and his new opponent for March 5’s UFC 196, the polarizing Nate Diaz, met up for a pre-fight press conference earlier today (Wed., February 24, 2016), and not surprisingly, the results produced some noteworthy fireworks.

Much of that came in the form of Diaz’ suggestion that the entire UFC, including ‘Notorious,’ is on steroids, a concern they’ve no doubt had to deal with in full force when a series of drug test failures left them no choice but to enact new and stringent testing policies in conjunction with the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA).

But regardless of the testing protocol in place, Diaz still thinks all of the major fighters are using:

“They’re all on steroids. They’re all on steroids. Everybody.”

With the original question about the weight of the fight, which will be contested two weight classes up from McGregor’s normal featherweight, ‘Mystic mac’ used the stage to forcefully reply to Diaz’ accusations:

“I don’t care about weight. Steroids? What you talking about, steroids? Don’t be putting my name in with steroids. Don’t put my name in the name of steroids, Nate. The only weight I give a fuck about is the weight of them checks, and my checks are always super heavyweight, so I don’t give a shit.”

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McGregor then referred back to Diaz’ profanity-filled callout of McGregor following his win over Michael Johnson at UFC on FOX 17, noting that he hasn’t ‘taken what Diaz has worked for’ and has worked hard for everything he’s earned in the fight game:

“He talks like I took something from him; that’s what he said after the fight, ‘I’ve taken everything he’s worked for.’ I work like a motherfucker. I don’t get out of shape; he gets out of shape. His fight against dos Anjos, he looked like the skinniest fat guy I’ve ever seen in my life. The last fight he came in in shape. This time now the fact that he’s asking for weight changes all the time, I’d imagine he probably got out of shape again, so I took none from him, I work hard. I work hard, and that’s it.”

While there isn’t much doubt that Diaz was definitely out of shape when he lost a one-sided decision to the lightweight champ back at UFC on FOX 13, Diaz didn’t seem to care about the criticism. Instead, he stuck to his initial stance that the entirety of the UFC was on PEDs:

“Everybody’s on steroids, the whole UFC, everybody.”

McGregor was visibly upset when that came out, and he had a stinging reply ready to go. Read on to the next page to find out what ‘The Notorious’ came back at Diaz with….

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Nate Diaz Accuses McGregor, Others Of Using Steroids

What a wild press conference that was. Both Conor McGregor (19-2) and Nate Diaz (18-10) put on a show for the fans today with the back-and-forth verbal jabs.

Nate Diaz threw a wild accusation that Conor McGregor and every other fighter use’s steroid…

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What a wild press conference that was. Both Conor McGregor (19-2) and Nate Diaz (18-10) put on a show for the fans today with the back-and-forth verbal jabs.

Nate Diaz threw a wild accusation that Conor McGregor and every other fighter use’s steroids in the UFC.

“Everybody is on steroids,” Diaz said at the press conference. “The whole UFC.”

McGregor did not take the accusation lightly and reminded Nate Diaz that his teammates Gilbert Melendez and Jake Shields were caught for PED use.

“I’m not on no steroids,” McGregor said. “What the [expletive] are you talking about? Your two teammates were on steroids.”

Diaz did not respond to what McGregor said about Melendez and Shields but was firm about his stance that McGregor was on steroids.

Dana White later said to TMZ that Diaz was wrong and the UFC has the best anti-doping program in sports. The UFC president said that fighters would be caught if anyone was using PEDs. UFC 196 is slated to take place March 5th at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.

You can watch the entire press conference here:

UFC 196 Press Conference: McGregor & Diaz Put On A Show In Promotional Debut

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It didn’t take long for Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz to get fans excited about the new main event for UFC 196.

UFC held the first press conference for the new main event on Wednesday and the fireworks exploded betwee…

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It didn’t take long for Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz to get fans excited about the new main event for UFC 196.

UFC held the first press conference for the new main event on Wednesday and the fireworks exploded between the two headliners on a nuclear level.

The press event started off as a one-man “Conor McGregor Show,” with McGregor taking shots at Rafael dos Anjos for pulling out of the originally scheduled fight with what the Irishman described as a “bruised foot.” He also ripped into Frankie Edgar for talking so much about wanting the fight only to turn it down and Jose Aldo for not accepting the rematch.

From there, questions started being directed to Diaz, and from there, things got dangerously close to out-of-hand.

Once the topic of Diaz was introduced, McGregor ripped into him as much or more as any past opponent, despite the fact that Diaz is known for his brash style of verbal warfare — which ended up on display on Thursday as well.

Diaz referred to McGregor’s past accomplishments as success in “midget divisions” and even accused “The Notorious” one of knowing all along that they would be fighting, citing his comments about him two weeks ago at “The World MMA Awards” and the post-fight UFC 194 talk where McGregor referred to Diaz. Diaz even linked McGregor’s name, along with the entire UFC roster, with steroids.

For his part, McGregor boasted about making Diaz a millionaire, asking him many times how it feels to now be rich and mocked the fact that Diaz turned down fighting McGregor at 155 pounds, 160 pounds and 165 pounds, forcing their bout to be contested in the 170-pound Welterweight division.

As far as those steroid accusations? Yeah, “The Notorious” one had a response for those as well.

McGregor quickly got heated when the accusation was initially made, standing out of his chair and making it clear that he doesn’t want his name even mentioned with steroids. He then turned the tables and brought up some of Diaz’s “Scrap Pack” (Nick Diaz, Nate Diaz, Jake Shields and Gilbert Melendez) members from the Cesar Gracie gym in California for failing drug tests in the past. McGregor asked Diaz repeatedly if he knew what they were on in advance, with Diaz sitting silent in response.

Finally, “Mystic Mac” was asked for his prediction on the fight.

McGregor made it clear that while he respects Diaz, it’s business inside the Octagon and he will take him out via knockout at the end of the first round.

UFC 196: McGregor vs. Diaz takes place on Saturday, March 5, 2016 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Make sure to visit MMANews.com on 3/5 for the best live UFC 196 round-by-round results coverage on the web!

Here We Go: UFC 196 Pre-Fight Press Conference

Blockbuster news arrived last night when UFC president Dana White announced that popular bad boy Nate Diaz would be taking on featherweight champion Conor McGregor in the main event of March 5’s UFC 196 after his original opponent, lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos, was forced out with a broken foot. It’s an impromptu main event

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Blockbuster news arrived last night when UFC president Dana White announced that popular bad boy Nate Diaz would be taking on featherweight champion Conor McGregor in the main event of March 5’s UFC 196 after his original opponent, lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos, was forced out with a broken foot.

It’s an impromptu main event that will go down at welterweight of all places, but regardless of the weight class, it promises to be a massive affair with quite the possibly the best short notice trash talk buildup in UFC history.

To get the ball rolling on the festivities, the UFC is hosting a pre-fight press conference shortly at 4 p.m. EST. Watch all of the sure-to-be hilarious antics right here:

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