Although UFC President Dana White is lukewarm (at best) on the idea of a third fight between the rivals, as he said after UFC 202, the fighters seem open to the idea.
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“Now I gotta listen to this f-cking dude (McGregor) talk again, forever”.
“I’m not doing s-t until we go round three”, he said. “The interim 145-pound champion is a man that I KO’d in 13-seconds”, McGregor said.
“I want number 3”.
After falling to him in March when Diaz only had 10 days to prepare for the fight, McGregor was obsessed with avenging the defeat so he immediately asked for another chance.
“I’ve got to sit down and see what piece of the pie they’re offering me now and take it from there”.
The other fighters on the card took home substantially less than the two main-event stars, with Anthony Johnson’s knockout ensuring that he doubled his $135,000 take home pay with a win bonus of the same size.
The series is tied at one apiece, but the morning after the night before, Nate Diaz still believed he beat Conor McGregor the second time around. This loss caused McGregor to train much harder, which he made evident by his tactical approach to the fight with Diaz. This time at 155 pounds.
Boxing Match vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr. Also, Conor will just get schooled in boxing or even in running from an opponent by Floyd. However, it should be noted that the WWE allowed Brock Lesnar to appear at UFC 200 last July which means the UFC will be returning the favor.
McGregor’s supporters were mainly made up of J1 students who finished their summer adventures with a blow out trip to Las Vegas to see their homegrown hero come out on top once again. One thing is for sure, McGregor is going to choose which fight or venture will give him the most money.
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According to MMA Fighting, McGregor changed his game plan having learned from the first fight, where he steadily paced himself instead of trying to put Diaz away early.
