Conor McGregor Calls for Trilogy Bout with Nate Diaz on ‘His Terms’ at 155 Pounds

If Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz are to have a rubber match, the “Notorious” one would like to dictate the terms of that bout. McGregor avenged a March defeat to Diaz in the UFC 202 headliner on Saturday night, taking a hard-fought majority decision over his rival in a “Fight of the Year” candidate. While a trilogy seems almost inevitable, McGregor doesn’t plan on facing Diaz at 170 pounds again. “I want to go back down. I’m the 145-pound champion. The 155-pound [title] is there. When I fight Nate again it will be 155 pounds,” McGregor told media after the fight. “It will be on my terms this time. I came up and I didn’t make any excuses or any stipulations to try and get this win back. I had it exactly the way it was previously. “He got even bigger from the first fight. He was way bigger than the last time. Over that five months since the last fight [at UFC 196] he grew,” McGregor continued. “I knew what I was up against, and I was thinking in my head maybe this could be a mistake…I believe if we do it again it will be 155. Maybe for the belt. Who knows what’s next?” While making the media rounds prior to Saturday’s event, UFC President Dana White was adamant that McGregor would defend his featherweight belt next. White reiterated that plan in a post-fight interview on Fox Sports 1 but …

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