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Quote: McGregor vs. Diaz Was MMA’s Ali vs. Frazier

There was a tremendous amount of hype heading into August 20’s bad blood filled rematch between Nate Diaz and Conor McGregor, and it lived up to expectations for sure, as the two men slugged it out for five rounds in the main event of UFC 202. In the end, McGregor evened the score, and walked

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There was a tremendous amount of hype heading into August 20’s bad blood filled rematch between Nate Diaz and Conor McGregor, and it lived up to expectations for sure, as the two men slugged it out for five rounds in the main event of UFC 202. In the end, McGregor evened the score, and walked away with a majority decision victory. Due to the results of the latest installment of the series, the two will almost certainly be headed for a trilogy bout at some point in the future.

Because of the circumstances surrounding the rivalry, and because of the excitement of the rematch, FOX Sports 1 personality Collin Cowhered recently labeled McGregor vs. Diaz as MMA’s Ali vs. Frazier:

“I saw something on Saturday night, in a sport which many of you will never embrace,” Cowherd said in the recent episode of his podcast “The Herd.” “But to me, it is the new standard for ritual drama, McGregor-Diaz. It is our Ali-Frazier.”

“Where during the fight and immediately afterwards, peers, other sports stars were in awe, like Ali-Frazier.”

Since its inception, mixed martial arts has always been compared to boxing, a ‘dying’ sport in the eyes of some, but comparing a battle to that of the iconic Ali vs. Frazier fights is something else. In fact, Cowherd went as far to say that Diaz vs. McGregor II was the ‘final nail in the coffin’ of boxing:

“There are four or five things in my life, big businesses that have died. DVDs, newspapers, landline phones. And Saturday night by 9:30 Pacific, boxing died. That was the final nail in the coffin. Boxing’s dead.”

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UFC 196: Conor McGregor vs. Nate Diaz Full Fight Video

We are now just 15 days away from what will likely serve as the biggest MMA event of the year, and could possibly serve as one of the biggest of all-time. UFC 202 is slated for Saturday August 20, 2016 from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The blockbuster card will be headlined by […]

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We are now just 15 days away from what will likely serve as the biggest MMA event of the year, and could possibly serve as one of the biggest of all-time. UFC 202 is slated for Saturday August 20, 2016 from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The blockbuster card will be headlined by the highly-anticipated rematch between fan favorite Nate Diaz and reigning 145-pound kingpin the “Notorious” Conor McGregor.

The backstory behind this rivalry has become a well-known tale throughout the media. After defeating former longtime featherweight champion Jose Aldo in just 13 seconds last December, McGregor made it clear that he was going to attempt to make history. The Irishman signed on to face then lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos at March 5’s UFC 196 in hopes of becoming the first man in promotional history to hold two titles at the same time.

Diaz, on the other hand, was coming off of a dominant unanimous decision victory over Michael Johnson after spending over a year on the sidelines. After his victory, the Stockton Bad Boy called out McGregor in an epic post-fight speech, landing him as the leading choice when dos Anjos pulled out of the bout with the “Notorious” one on less than two week’s notice.

Diaz stepped in and he and McGregor constantly went back and forth despite the short build up. When fight night came and the cage door closed, the two men didn’t hold back. At the end of the first round, each man was battered and bloodied, but Diaz appeared to have more gas in the tank. Towards the tail end of the second frame, Diaz rocked McGregor before the fight wound up on the canvas where Diaz’s world class jiu-jitsu skills sealed the deal.

Relive the madness below as UFC 202 approaches:

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Dana White: Conor McGregor Could Fight This Summer, But Not On UFC 200

The circus act that is Conor McGregor media week rolls onward. While attending “Dancing With The Stars” to support UFC strawweight Paige VanZant in Beverly Hills, UFC President Dana White spoke to TMZ Sports on the possibility of “Notorious” getting back on the UFC 200 card. “We’ll get it figured out”, said White. “He’ll fight

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The circus act that is Conor McGregor media week rolls onward. While attending “Dancing With The Stars” to support UFC strawweight Paige VanZant in Beverly Hills, UFC President Dana White spoke to TMZ Sports on the possibility of “Notorious” getting back on the UFC 200 card.

“We’ll get it figured out”, said White. “He’ll fight on 201, 202, 203 — whatever.” 

McGregor sent the world-wide MMA media into a buzz once again after tweeting out that he had been put back onto the promotion’s blockbuster July card.

McGregor thanked UFC President Dana White and CEO Lorenzo Fertitta for “getting this one done for the fans.” When asked why the Irishman would tweet such a thing, White seemed just as puzzled as anyone.

“I don’t know why he did. I still haven’t talked to him. We had a whole press conference about this. I just don’t know how more clear I can make it.”

UFC 200 was set to be headlined by the rematch between McGregor and Diaz after the Stockton native handed “Notorious” his first UFC loss back in early March.

McGregor, however, refused to attend a press event in Vegas to promote the event, claiming it would interfere with his preparation for the bout. White would then go on to remove McGregor from the card, stating the media obligations where not optional.

Following his removal from the event McGregor would send the fight world into a frenzy by contemplating retirement and then releasing an official statement via Facebook.

McGregor has yet to explain his most recent skeptical tweet, however it appears UFC brass is sticking to their guns and holding the Irish superstar off the historic summer card.

At least, for now.

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Conor McGregor Makes Another Huge Announcement

According to “The Notorious One” himself, UFC brass has re-entered Conor McGregor back into the main event slot at UFC 200. McGregor tweeted the news early Monday morning: Happy to announce that I am BACK on UFC 200! Shout out to @danawhite and @lorenzofertitta on getting this one done for the fans. #Respect — Conor

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According to “The Notorious One” himself, UFC brass has re-entered Conor McGregor back into the main event slot at UFC 200. McGregor tweeted the news early Monday morning:

McGregor was initially removed from the card for refusing to attend the press conference that took place in Las Vegas this past Friday to promote the blockbuster event, claiming it would interfere with his training for the man who handed him his first UFC loss.

UFC President Dana White deemed this unacceptable and removed McGregor from the main event of the card, which was to be a rematch against Nate Diaz.

Diaz, who attended the press conference in Vegas Friday, said he had no interest in fighting anyone but McGregor at UFC 200 and would take a vacation otherwise. It seems that the original main event between Diaz and McGregor has been restored and we will see the two stars clash again afterall.

The UFC has yet to make an official announcement as to weather McGregor is in fact back on the card, however the Irishman is definitely confident that it is now a certainty.

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Conor McGregor Finally Issues Official Statement On Retirement

Since announcing his retirement and thrusting the MMA world into a frenzy, UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor has finally come out of the shadows to tell his side of the story. McGregor issued a statement on his Facebook page Thursday claiming: “I am just trying to do my job and fight here.  I am paid to

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Since announcing his retirement and thrusting the MMA world into a frenzy, UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor has finally come out of the shadows to tell his side of the story. McGregor issued a statement on his Facebook page Thursday claiming:

“I am just trying to do my job and fight here. 
I am paid to fight. I am not yet paid to promote”.

McGregor then spoke of his lengthly media obligations in the past, and how they may have finally caught up with him in his UFC 196 defeat to Nate Diaz.

“There comes a time when you need to stop handing out flyers and get back to the damn shop.
50 world tours, 200 press conferences, 1 million interviews, 2 million photo shoots, and at the end of it all I’m left looking down the barrel of a lens, staring defeat in the face, thinking of nothing but my incorrect fight preparation. And the many distractions that led to this.” 

“Notorious” then described his request with the UFC to allow him to do a bit more training rather than promoting:

“I will not do this if I am back on the road handing out flyers again. I will always play the game and play it better than anybody, but just for this one, where I am coming off a loss, I asked for some leeway where I can just train and focus. I did not shut down all media requests. I simply wanted a slight adjustment. But it was denied.”

The Irishman then explained his retirement tweet as a ploy to generate promotion for the event as a gesture of good will:

“There had been 10 million dollars allocated for the promotion of this event is what they told me. So as a gesture of good will, I went and not only saved that 10 million dollars in promotion money, I then went and tripled it for them. And all with one tweet. Keep that 10 mill to promote the other bums that need it. My shows are good.” 

McGregor did offer one final, and what seems to be non-negotiable, solution to the predicament with the UFC:

“I will offer, like I already did, to fly to New York for the big press conference that was scheduled, and then I will go back into training. With no distractions. If this is not enough or they feel I have not deserved to sit this promotion run out this one time, well then I don’t know what to say.”

Finally “The Notorious One” answered the question that has been on all our minds, fans and media alike:

“For the record also – 
For USADA and for the UFC and my contract stipulations – 
I AM NOT RETIRED.”

According to UFC president Dana White, “Notorious” and UFC brass bumped heads over the promotional scheduling for UFC 200 as it conflicted with the Irishman’s training. McGregor refused to attend the press conference that is scheduled to take place this Friday in Las Vegas, and thus was removed from the card by White. McGregor responded by sending out this Tweet that would send fight-fan’s worlds upside-down:

UFC brass has yet to officially respond to this statement, as a result it is unknown if they will stick to their guns and keep the Irishman off of the blockbuster card.

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Dana White: Edgar vs. Aldo Could Be For Real Featherweight Title

Since current UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor is currently teasing the MMA world with his retirement, UFC President Dana White has decided to do some teasing of his own. In a recent interview with ‘The Herd’ Wednesday afternoon, White addressed the growing mess of speculation surrounding McGregor: White also stated that the current interim title

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Since current UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor is currently teasing the MMA world with his retirement, UFC President Dana White has decided to do some teasing of his own. In a recent interview with ‘The Herd’ Wednesday afternoon, White addressed the growing mess of speculation surrounding McGregor:

White also stated that the current interim title bout between Frankie Edgar and Jose Aldo could possibly be for the actual belt.

Due to a recent dispute between “Notorious” and the UFC, McGregor has been removed from the blockbuster card and has even teased retirement.

Now the rematch between Aldo and Edgar, who took center stage back at UFC 156, could have even bigger implications then before. Originally the winner was to be crowned the interim title holder and go on to face McGregor to unify the two titles.

Now it seems if McGregor is to stay retired, this bout could be contested for the true featherweight crown. Aldo owns a victory over Edgar from their previous title bout at UFC 156, where Aldo defeated Edgar via unanimous decision to retain his title.

McGregor has yet to officially announce retirement aside from his cryptic social media post Tuesday afternoon, but his time-table to make a decision seems to be getting shorter and shorter if he wants to remain the 145-pound champion.

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