The MMA fighter wasn’t that interested in watching Holly Holm – the one woman to defeat her – defend the Bantamweight title against Miesha Tate at UFC 196 on Saturday night! With the featherweight champ going back to 145 to concentrate on his division he will get either Aldo or Frankie Edgar in his next fight which could be at UFC 200.
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However, Rousey has made it clear that her time in the UFC is far from done, and UFC president White confirmed before Saturday night’s bout that the victor will likely face Rousey later this year for the title.
The brash Irishman, attempting to move up two weight divisions, was unable to match the power and groundwork of Diaz, who won by a rear-naked choke in the second round.
“This is what happened to McGregor – tapped out!” McGregor, whose entire career was spent at featherweight (145lbs) and lightweight (155lbs), fought Diaz, a bigger fighter at welterweight (170lbs) on short notice. “She went out like a champion”. So for us it was easy to say that Meisha could be a title holder if Rousey was out of the picture.
McGregor’s next fight has to be at featherweight as he can’t fight for the lightweight title as previously planned because of the loss to Nate Diaz.
Both men are deadly Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioners and are more than capable handing of McGregor another submission loss.
“Honestly, to tell you the truth, I thought [McGregor] would win”, dos Anjos said.
The difference at UFC 196, according to dos Anjos, was Diaz’s heart vs. McGregor’s heart.
McGregor blamed the loss, his first since 2010, on inefficiency.
Dos Anjos is open to a future McGregor fight, but only after “Notorious” gets a few more wins under his belt.
A former Olympian judoka, Rousey defeated Tate via submission in the first round of Strikeforce on March 4, 2012.
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“He was efficient – I wasn’t – that was it”. “I try to eat raw vegan, I’ve been doing that since I was 15, 16-years-old, so I’m used to it”. He said, ‘any time, any place, anywhere.’ And then, it wasn’t any time, any place, anywhere.
