UFC 202: Conor McGregor vs Nate Diaz
McGregor and Diaz face off again at UFC 202 on Saturday
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Nate Diaz and Conor McGregor for the second time at UFC 202
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UFC 202 is the 368th occasion in UFC history and 106th held in Las Vegas. MMAjunkie gives some pre-battle certainties from the headliner.
LAS VEGAS — For the most recent three years, Conor McGregor could do no off-base. He immediately climbed from relative namelessness to the undisputed greatest star in blended hand to hand fighting. In any case, now, the UFC featherweight champion appears to be perilously near watching everything wiped away.
McGregor UFC 202 , who looked relentless in his initial seven UFC battles, saw his quality of invulnerability vanish in March subsequent to climbing 25 pounds to challenge sketchy, short-see substitution Nate Diaz. "The Notorious" at last tapped out to a second-round, back exposed gag in a non-title welterweight session.
After five months, McGregor (19-3 MMA, 7-1 UFC) and Diaz (19-10, 14-8) meet again in the featuring episode of Saturday's UFC 202 pay-per-view occasion at T-Mobile Arena (10 p.m. ET).
"It's something that is a piece of the amusement," McGregor told USA TODAY Sports. "You've quite recently got the opportunity to take it. It ain't pleasant. The highs are, high, and the lows are low. Be that as it may, you suck it up, separate it into what turned out badly, and right the missteps.
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"This is the diversion we are in. It's an insane, insane business."
In spite of the misfortune, McGregor still holds the UFC's 145-pound title, however his own head mentor has recommended the 28-year-old Irishman is no more equipped for making weight in the aggressive division. UFC President Dana White said if that is the situation, current between time champ Jose Aldo will be conceded undisputed status.
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On the off chance that he misses the mark on Saturday night, McGregor could confront the genuine probability of owning a two-battle slide, as well as being stripped of his title. He could likewise get himself constrained out of those lucrative PPV-featuring openings, which this year helped him turn into the principal MMA contender to split Forbes' rundown of most generously compensated competitors (with a reported $22 million in profit).
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Still, it was McGregor who demanded the rematch with Diaz, and that it was done again at 170 pounds.
"I couldn't make it at whatever other weight with the exception of the weight I was vanquished at," McGregor said. "It would have brought up issues. I feel it would have vanquished the motivation behind what this is about."
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White said he prescribed McGregor pick contrastingly however regarded the warrior's request.
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"I didn't think it was a smart thought, yet it's something I regard about Conor," White said. "This is the thing that he needed, and how would you say no to a person that has ventured up each time without prior warning? Since trust me, we've had a lot of folks who don't venture up."
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It's an immense minute for McGregor, and the pressure has been clear. On Wednesday a question and answer session in Las Vegas turned terrible, with McGregor showing up 25 minutes after it started – unmistakably incensing White – and in the end participating in an exclamation loaded yelling match with Diaz before the two contenders and their camps started to throw water containers and caffeinated drink jars at each other, with fans and media in the crossfire.
For McGregor, UFC 202 offers a chance at reclamation, and it could attest his value as a genius who will genuinely confront anyone whenever, and at any weight. The other side isn't almost as satisfactory when considering McGregor's prompt future, however White said the genuine stakes of the rematch are what make it such a convincing issue.
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"We're managing two folks who have that pooch in them and affection to battle," White says. "These two are going to square off – the person that won and wasn't amazed, and the other person who was stunned that he lost and needs to do it once more. That is great. SummerSlam 2016
"I guarantee you this, with all the (interjection) that has been going ahead in managing these two for the recent days, when they venture into that octagon, everyone who likes battling is going to get precisely what they paid for."
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