I got it all on video. “Some might not be this sport”.
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McGregor also cleaned up financially with the biggest purse in the history of UFC, and it’ll be interesting to know the PPV figures.
Many people would love to watch McGregor and Diaz fight for a third time right away.
McGregor took home a UFC record $3 million in disclosed pay for his work inside the Octagon, while Diaz received $2 million.
Both fights so far have taken place inside the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, but McGregor believes he would be giving back to the fans if he can take their potentially decisive third fight to Dublin.
“I’m the 145-pound champion”. Diaz chimed in on this saying that he wanted it to be at 155 pounds since the second fight, according to The Mirror. It’ll be on my terms this time. Come back down and I’ll see you at UFC205 or drop the belt! I had it exactly the way it was previous. I had injuries. I’m not making excuses, but you should have finished me off. I don’t have abs at this weight.
“Now I gotta listen to this f-cking dude (McGregor) talk again, forever. The whole lot of it brought out the best in me, forced me to look at myself truly”. “Sometimes I feel like a bit of a fat belly”. McGregor and Aldo met in UFC 194 in December 2015 and if you blinked, you might have missed the fight. He had to earn it by defeating Frankie Edgar at UFC 200 by unanimous decision. White says a fight at 145 should be next for McGregor, and we’re not likely to see Diaz at the weight. “It was a decision, he didn’t go out and get it”. I didn’t exchange back with him, I just bounced the shots off my shoulders, and then reset for the next round. “I knew what I had to do this time around and I did it”.
If he chooses Diaz over Aldo next, it would make sense to strip him of the title, as the division has been held up enough as it is.
The Irishman won the bout after five intense rounds of action. McGregor told reporters, “in all of my days, I don’t think I’ve ever lost a game of rock-paper-scissors”.
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McGregor evened the score in his rivalry with Nate Diaz by outpointing him Saturday night at UFC 202 in a rematch of their two-round welterweight thriller in March.
