“I came to fight Conor McGregor and I don’t have too much interest in anyone else”, Diaz said Friday. He remains insistent that he will not fight at UFC 200, saying that he doesn’t get leeway for not promoting the fight.
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White remained unmoved during the press conference, defending the choice as “an unpopular decision but it’s the right decision”. It’s what we do here’. It seems that the original main event between Diaz and McGregor has been restored and we will see the two stars clash again afterall.
Nearing the end of the social media rant he let fans know where he stood by signing off with: “I am still ready to go for UFC 200…” We’re going to figure that out. White said he gave McGregor every opportunity to come out to Las Vegas this week for the press event and he still refused to show.
In his statement, the fighter claimed he was being asked to do too much promotional work by the UFC and was not able to concentrate on his training. Conor is a guy that has stepped up and fought in big fights on short notice.
McGregor is the biggest pay-per-view attraction the UFC has, but White said the card will have plenty of attractive fights. He says he doesn’t mind that McGregor wants to train instead of promote and is still preparing to fight McGregor in July, even though that’s looking pretty unlikely. If not, I’m going on vacation for real. “I’ve danced us all the way here”.
“I didn’t ask for that fight, he asked for that fight”.
“I am just trying to do my job and fight here”, McGregor posted on Facebook Thursday.
McGregor and his team shipped off to Iceland to prepare for the event. “This has only happened one other time in UFC history”.”But, it doesn’t make you exempt from showing up for the press conference and all the pre-promotional stuff that we have to do”. “Respect. But not everyone up there made the company 400 million in 8 months”.
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McGregor has become the sport’s most-bankable name and his re-match with Diaz, who was an upset victor in their recent bout, should provide another blockbuster for the sport.
