Conor McGregor: ‘The first 8 minutes’ of the Nate Diaz fight ‘was easy’

While the current in-thing to discuss is a possible Conor McGregor vs. Floyd Mayweather boxing match, there is unfinished business with regards to McGregor’s loss to Nate Diaz. The UFC featherweight champion was choked out by Diaz, who accepted the fight on short-notice, in a welterweight main event at UFC 196 back in March. Plans for an immediate rematch, also at 170, were shelved after he was pulled from UFC 200 for not wanting to fulfill media obligations.

As it stands right now, the UFC is reportedly targeting McGregor vs. Diaz 2 for August 20th, and in an interview with ESPN, Conor discussed why he wanted the rematch at 170, as opposed to 155.

“What kind of fighter would I be, if I said, ‘Hey, I didn’t get you at 170, let me try to get you at 155,'” McGregor said. “I’ll make my adjustments. I ate up to the weight. This time, I won’t do that.”

McGregor took round 1 over Diaz, but Nate dominated the final minutes of the 2nd round, as a gassed and badly hurt McGregor …

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