Nate Diaz gives his side to UFC 202 press conference melee

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The UFC 202 press conference began without Conor McGregor and ended abruptly when Nate Diaz stormed off the stage on Wednesday. Both he and McGregor began heaving water bottles at each other, which prompted UFC president Dana White to intervene and cut things short.

On Wednesday night, Diaz appeared on UFC Tonight and provided a brief explanation for his actions.

“Like I said, that guy [McGregor] walks in like he was the show,” he said of McGregor, who arrived at around 1:30pm, nearly half an hour after the conference was scheduled to start. “But I thought the show was over, so I left the show.”

Diaz and McGregor will fight on Saturday night in a rematch to their UFC 196 battle in March, which Diaz won via a second-round rear-naked choke on just 11 day’s …

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