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Nick Diaz Blasts Conor McGregor: You Ain’t Ever Going To Be The Best

Reigning UFC featherweight champion the “Notorious” Conor McGregor has put together quite the impressive run throughout his Octagon tenure thus far with his only loss in nine bouts coming via submission to Nate Diaz last March. The “Notorious” one avenged that loss against his bitter rival via majority decision at August 20’s UFC 202. Aside

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Nick Diaz, however, isn’t too impressed with McGregor’s resume, saying that he lost to two ‘guineas’. The elder Diaz brother added that McGregor ‘ain’t ever going to be the best’:

“He’s not [great], though,” Diaz said in a recent video interview. “On paper, he’s not. Who are the 145-pound fighters who he beat up? Nobody good, in my opinion. Just a lot of commercials and advertising. How many blackbelts has he tapped out? When he was talking shit back-and-forth about fighting Floyd Mayweather … like, you have already lost to two guys who are not on a legitimate level.

“That just tells me, look, you ain’t ever going to be the best,” he continued. “You already lost to two fucking guineas. I ain’t ever losing to somebody who lost to some fucking little Irish land guineas. That’s fact, that’s on paper. And on gym, you can see what kind of work he has put in. He ain’t working with nobody — he ain’t working with no black belts. Has no legitimate trainer.”

These claims are similar to the ones Nate made prior to UFC 196, and it seems as if the brothers are on the same page regarding the Irish champion, who’s set to challenge lightweight titleholder Eddie Alvarez at November 12’s UFC 205 from New York.

Nick, on the other hand, hasn’t competed since January 2015, and recently finished serving out an 18 month suspension handed down by the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) due to a failed drug test. He has hinted at a potential return to action in the future.

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Stockton Strong: Nate Diaz’s Five Biggest Wins

Despite previously being classified as a fighter who doesn’t tend to ‘move the needle’ by UFC president Dana White, Nate Diaz has always been a star, and a fan favorite to say the least. The Stockton native has been a popular name in the sport for years now, but perhaps his star power has never

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Despite previously being classified as a fighter who doesn’t tend to ‘move the needle’ by UFC president Dana White, Nate Diaz has always been a star, and a fan favorite to say the least.

The Stockton native has been a popular name in the sport for years now, but perhaps his star power has never been as a high as it now. In recent months, Diaz has transformed into one of the biggest draws in the sport, taking his career to an all-new level.

Putting on one of the best interviews in recent memory on a special edition of The MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani yesterday (Wed., May 25, 2016), Diaz spoke on the newfound attention he’s been receiving as well as the status of his future.

Expected to return to action in the coming months, it’s an interesting time to look back on the lengthy career of Stockton’s finest.

Let’s take a look at five times that Nate Diaz shined bright.

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Stockton Strong: Nate Diaz’s Five Biggest Wins

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Despite previously being classified as a fighter who doesn’t tend to ‘move the needle’ by UFC president Dana White, Nate Diaz has always been a star, and a fan favorite to say the least.

Expected to return to action in the coming months, it’s an interesting time to look back on the lengthy career of Stockton’s finest.

Let’s take a look at five times that Nate Diaz shined bright.

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Conor McGregor Talks About His Dinner With Dana White, Lorenzo Fertitta

It appears as though the big meeting between featherweight champion Conor McGregor, UFC President Dana White, and UFC CEO Lorenzo Fertitta went well this past Thursday night. After refusing to appear at a Las Vegas press event to promote his UFC 200 main event rematch bout against Nate Diaz, McGregor was removed from the colossal

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It appears as though the big meeting between featherweight champion Conor McGregor, UFC President Dana White, and UFC CEO Lorenzo Fertitta went well this past Thursday night.

After refusing to appear at a Las Vegas press event to promote his UFC 200 main event rematch bout against Nate Diaz, McGregor was removed from the colossal summer card and the bout was scrapped entirely.

Since then McGregor and UFC officials have engaged in a bumping of heads over the Irishman’s future, however a dinner meeting between ‘Notorious’, White, and Fertitta was made in effort to mend the slightly bended relationship.

The three men met for a private dinner at the Montage Hotel in Beverley Hills, accompanied by three huge bodyguards. While McGregor and White were all smiles after the dinner meeting, ‘Notorious’ took some time in an interview with ESPN to assure that his relationship with the organization is just fine:

“I met with Dana and Mr. Fertitta, good conversation like it always is. We have a good relationship.

It is what it is. It happens. This is the fight game. Sometimes emotions get into it but it’s important to recognize that emotions have no place in business.

So that’s essentially what it was last night. We just set it aside. There’s no place for emotions in this. We are doing beautiful things so let’s continue. Let’s fix it and continue.”

McGregor was also asked where his relationship with the company currently stood:

“I’d say we’re nice and in the middle. In a good place,” McGregor said.

While an announcement has not yet been made on who McGregor’s next opponent may be, one is expected to be made soon, and according to FOX Sports it’s most likely a rematch with Stockton native Nate Diaz at UFC 202.

Stay with LowKick for the latest on Conor McGregor and his next Octagon appearance…

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Dana White: Conor McGregor Opted Out Of UFC 200

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Another UFC 200 press conference, and another media event dominated by an absent Conor McGregor. Even though the milestone event had the blockbuster rematch between Daniel Cormier and Jon Jones announced as the main event the very same day, there was still so many questions surrounding ‘The Notorious’ and his removal from the event. Originally set to face Nate Diaz in a rematch of their UFC 196 thriller, McGregor’s second crack at welterweight fell apart in just a matter of days during a dramatic saga last week.

Firstly announcing his sudden but short lived retirement on Twitter, McGregor fuelled the flames of rumour as to his participation in the UFC 200 main event. Then as the news unravelled further, it was revealed that the point of contention wasn’t McGregor’s pseudo retirement, rather his unwillingness to attend his initial media obligations for the Diaz fight.

The apparent rift between McGregor and the UFC grew to the point that he was yanked from the July 9 PPV, but there was still the suspicion that a pro-wrestling style ploy was at hand. Then came the first UFC 200 presser, and what do you think everyone was talking about?
Yes, even in the absence of the Irish fan favorite, McGregor was the name on the lips of all present, but White insisted this was no scam, ‘The Notorious’ would not be fighting at UFC 200. A further announcement by McGregor that he was reinstated for the fight was immediately shot down by a confused Dana White, and Nate Diaz revealed he would be ‘going on vacation’ if not fighting Conor at UFC 200.

But a rather interesting and entertaining second press conference went down in New York yesterday (Wednesday April 27, 2016) were the UFC president addressed both the issues of Diaz’s next fight and the McGregor saga…

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Jose Aldo: Interim Belt Is Made For Media & Fans, Not For Me

It was announced last week that former long-time 145-pound champion Jose Aldo would take on former lightweight champion Frankie Edgar at July 9’s UFC 200 for the interim featherweight strap. Why is there an interim title on the line, you ask? Well, that’s because reigning champion Conor McGregor will once again be squaring off with

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It was announced last week that former long-time 145-pound champion Jose Aldo would take on former lightweight champion Frankie Edgar at July 9’s UFC 200 for the interim featherweight strap.

Why is there an interim title on the line, you ask?

Well, that’s because reigning champion Conor McGregor will once again be squaring off with Nate Diaz, the man who submitted him last month (March 6, 2016) in a welterweight scrap in the evening’s main event.

Aldo isn’t too happy with how things have played out, recently saying that he deserved a rematch with the Irishman, who shockingly knocked him out in just 13 seconds last December at UFC 194.

Despite not being pleased, “Scarface” is confident that he will once again take out Edgar on his way back to the top:

“He will be fighting at the same night in a different division, in a rematch that means nothing,” Aldo said during a recent media scrum in Rio de Janeiro (via MMAFighting.com). “We asked for a rematch. For everything I’ve done, all the years as champion, I deserved a rematch, but what can I do? I had to accept. We’re not the ones making the call. We’ll go there and win. I respect Frankie Edgar, but it’s our first step towards the belt.

“It’s a bit frustrating, of course, because we expected the title fight, but it’s kind of what they said they would do, that we would fight Frankie Edgar for the belt, but it’s not the undisputed belt. But what can I do? We’re hired to go there and fight.”

Regarding the “prize” on the line, Aldo went as far as to say that the interim belt means ‘nothing’ to him, as it’s just a label for the media and fans. At the end of the day, the Brazilian is simply focused on recapturing the hefty gold belt he carried around for years:

“It means nothing,” Aldo said. “I want the victory so I get the belt next. That’s the first step we’re taking. Interim belt is made for media and fans, not for me. I want the undisputed belt. I respect Frankie Edgar, but I’ll get there and win. This lit that fire again, this desire to go there and win.”

Do you see Aldo finally receiving his chance at redemption after UFC 200?

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