“There’s just another level to him, that toughness and durability that he has crept back in the later rounds”, McGregor (20-3) said.
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McGregor forced the action early, landing multiple kicks to Diaz’s lead leg and a straight left that knocked Diaz down.
He said: “I thought I won that fight”.
“All I know is it’s 1-1”, said McGregor. The victory made Aldo the interim featherweight champion, but McGregor isn’t ready to commit to facing the Brazilian fighter.
Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz put on one of the greatest fights we’ve ever seen in the UFC on Saturday night, with the Dubliner coming out on top via majority decision.
Many people would love to watch McGregor and Diaz fight for a third time right away.
Diaz continued on the front foot during the third, as McGregor did well to make it to the end of the round. I gave him number two. “I got to show my heart in there”. What White says usually goes.
On Saturday, in a much-hyped rematch at the T-Mobile Arena, both fighters did heavy damage but neither could find the knockout blow over five bloody rounds.
UFC president Dana White told SportsCenter afterward that a potential trilogy fight could be complicated by McGregor’s featherweight title. That was the reason why he ultimately scored the contest a 47-47 draw and denied McGregor the unanimous decision.
Diaz has fought the majority of his prizefighting career at 155 pounds and is now ranked as a number 4 lightweight competitor in the UFC.
“I mean, how long was I going back and forth with Jose?”
“After that fight when I lost and I’m looking at all these people and they’re all celebrating my demise and saying I’m done and this”.
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McGregor took home a UFC record $3 million in disclosed pay for his work inside the Octagon, while Diaz received $2 million. In the fourth round, McGregor caught a second win and got the better of the standup to take the round. It seems like he has a hand – or word – in every big-money, combat-related medium.
