While it has still not been announced by the UFC, there continues to be evidence that an immediate rematch between Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz is in the works.
UFC Featherweight Champion “The Notorious” Conor McGregor provided the latest tease for …
While it has still not been announced by the UFC, there continues to be evidence that an immediate rematch between Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz is in the works.
UFC Featherweight Champion “The Notorious” Conor McGregor provided the latest tease for the rematch, as he made a post on his Instagram page on Friday that has the MMA community talking.
McGregor wrote, “It was a good knock. Enjoy it. We’ll see the next time,” directed at Diaz on Instagram, along with a photo of himself blasting Diaz with a punch during their UFC 196 bout earlier this month.
As noted, Conor McGregor vs. Nate Diaz II is expected to be made official this week for UFC 200 on July 9, 2016 at the brand new T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
According to John Kavanagh, the head coach at the SBG Gym in Ireland, Conor McGregor’s next opponent will be officially announced this week.
Kavanagh told The Daily Star that he “believes” the announcement of McGregor’s next fight will be coming at some point this week.
“I believe it is going to be announced this week,” said Kavanagh.
As confident as ever, Kavanagh explained that whoever McGregor fights next, there will be critics who complain about the fight, but at the end of the day, his fighter will have met — and defeated — all styles and opponents.
“Whoever it is there will be a group of fans that will go, ‘Oh I didn’t want to see that, I wanted to see this,'” Kavanagh said. “The truth is when it is all said and done, fast forward three or four years when he is wrapping up his career, everybody will have been met. All styles will have been beaten.”
Conor McGregor is expected to fight Nate Diaz in a welterweight rematch in the main event of UFC 200 at the brand new T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday, July 9, 2016.
According to John Kavanagh, the head coach at the SBG Gym in Ireland, Conor McGregor’s next opponent will be officially announced this week.
Kavanagh told The Daily Star that he “believes” the announcement of McGregor’s next fight will be coming at some point this week.
“I believe it is going to be announced this week,” said Kavanagh.
As confident as ever, Kavanagh explained that whoever McGregor fights next, there will be critics who complain about the fight, but at the end of the day, his fighter will have met — and defeated — all styles and opponents.
“Whoever it is there will be a group of fans that will go, ‘Oh I didn’t want to see that, I wanted to see this,'” Kavanagh said. “The truth is when it is all said and done, fast forward three or four years when he is wrapping up his career, everybody will have been met. All styles will have been beaten.”
Conor McGregor is expected to fight Nate Diaz in a welterweight rematch in the main event of UFC 200 at the brand new T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday, July 9, 2016.
Former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones was cleared of charges related to his recent traffic violation in New Mexico.
“Bones” Jones was pulled over for going 75 MPH in a 35 MPH-zone back in January and failed to produce his license, registra…
Former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones was cleared of charges related to his recent traffic violation in New Mexico.
“Bones” Jones was pulled over for going 75 MPH in a 35 MPH-zone back in January and failed to produce his license, registration and proof of insurance.
The UFC star appeared on court on Wednesday and provided the proper documentation and made a $100 donation to the New Mexico Animal Humane Society as a sign of good faith. As long as he stays out of trouble for the next 90 days, he will be good to go.
Jones challenges UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Daniel Cormier in a rematch in his next fight, as he attempts to win back the title he never lost inside the Octagon in the main event of UFC 197 on April 23, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The New York State Assembly vote came down in favor of legalizing amateur and professional mixed martial arts in the state of New York.
The final vote needed to officially legalize the sport came out 113-25 in favor.
With …
It finally happened.
The New York State Assembly vote came down in favor of legalizing amateur and professional mixed martial arts in the state of New York.
The final vote needed to officially legalize the sport came out 113-25 in favor.
With each vote, the representative gave a speech explaining why they were voting in the affirmative or the negative. In many cases, the speech was largely negative towards MMA, while ultimately still voting in the affirmative.
As noted in the past, UFC has put in an official request to hold an event at Madison Square Garden in New York in November. With the sport now officially legalized in New York, it’s expected that UFC will make its’ debut in New York with a show at MSG before the 2016 calendar year is out.
UFC posted the following tweet as soon as the bill passed to legalize MMA in New York.
It looks like Conor McGregor vs. Nate Diaz II is a lot closer than people think.
While the announcement has yet to be made official by the UFC themselves, Ariel Helwani said on Monday’s edition of “The MMA Hour” at MMAFighting.com that contracts hav…
It looks like Conor McGregor vs. Nate Diaz II is a lot closer than people think.
While the announcement has yet to be made official by the UFC themselves, Ariel Helwani said on Monday’s edition of “The MMA Hour” at MMAFighting.com that contracts have been issued to both McGregor and Diaz for a rematch at 170 pounds.
Helwani noted that the reason the fight will be contested at 170 pounds again, instead of 155 pounds, where McGregor was intending to go for his last fight and where Diaz is ranked in the UFC, because McGregor is a “wildman” who is determined to set up the rematch exactly the same as the first fight — only he expects to win this time around.
It was also noted that the McGregor-Diaz II fight is expected to be announced this week. It is still believed that the fight will headline the landmark UFC 200 event, which goes down on July 9th at the brand new T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
While it has yet to be officially announced, the latest word going around is that UFC is expected to soon confirm Conor McGregor vs. Nate Diaz II as the main event for their landmark UFC 200 event in July.
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UFC 200 should make history.
While it has yet to be officially announced, the latest word going around is that UFC is expected to soon confirm Conor McGregor vs. Nate Diaz II as the main event for their landmark UFC 200 event in July.
McGregor and Diaz first met in a welterweight bout at UFC 196 in early March, where Diaz submitted McGregor via second round choke, giving “The Notorious” one his first official loss inside the Octagon. The event is rumored to have drawn in the neighborhood of $1.5 million buys on pay-per-view, and drew the third largest gate in UFC history.
No doubt, the results of the business side of the first McGregor-Diaz bout makes a rematch a no-brainer in terms of a guaranteed money-fight that the promotion could book at some point down the line. But why UFC 200?
It appears inevitable that UFC 200 will be a business success regardless of the fight selected to serve as the headline attraction for the show, so why book an immediate rematch just months after the initial showdown on an event that is 15-years in the making?
Forget that fact that Diaz won in dominant, definitive fashion and that one could argue that McGregor, the current 145-pound champion of the UFC who is now 0-1 in his career at 170 pounds, isn’t even worthy of a second shot against the Stockton bad boy.
Toss that factor out the window.
Forget the fact that if McGregor-Diaz II is booked for the July 9th event, that the entire UFC Featherweight division remains on hold with the title essentially frozen while McGregor has his “fun fights” and arguably unwarranted immediate rematches of said-fights.
Throw that factor out the window as well.
Look at this from a fan perspective. McGregor-Diaz II, for those who enjoyed the hoopla surrounding the first fight, will be just as exciting at UFC 206 or UFC 211. It’d be just as exciting at UFC On FOX 24 or UFC Fight Night 98. The show doesn’t matter. It’s irrelevant.
UFC 200 should be special. UFC 200 should have a fresh main event that fans won’t have seen just four months prior.
Regardless of whether or not Ronda Rousey will be back in time for a July fight, or if UFC can convince Georges St-Pierre to come out of retirement, with the current state of the UFC landscape — which is as wide open and fun as it has been in quite a while — there are a plethora of big fights and/or fun fights that could serve as a main event for such a historic show without going back to the well so soon for a goofy immediate rematch.
Sure, UFC tied up a lot of the top stars in events leading directly up to UFC 200, where injuries could happen in training camps — or the fights themselves — that would then make a lot of your biggest draws unavailable for your landmark event. That simplly can’t be avoided. You can’t “save” all of your top stars and biggest matches for one special event, or you’re stuck booking lackluster events in the meantime.
With UFC on one of their hottest streaks in company history right now, you don’t want to do anything that cools off the momentum you have built.
Having said that, the solution to this issue seems pretty simple …
