Conor McGregor proved a lot of people wrong tonight.
They said he was too small to move up to 170 to fight Nate Diaz, they said he should have stayed at 145.
But after Conor lost to Nate Diaz the first time around, he was determined to get the rematch and to avenge his loss.
Conor made $3million in disclosed salary, plus a juicy cut of the pay per view numbers when they’re released. Nate made a cool 2 million, but it’s estimate that he’ll walk around with upwards of 10 once it’s all said and done.
We’ve seen the rematch, now it’s time for the three-match.
It was a very close fight. Conor looked like he took the lead early, but Nate stayed in it and was teeing off on McGregor at various points, but Conor weathered the storm and ended up pulling out the decision victory.
There was a lot of back and forth leading up to the fight. Nate obviously won the first bout as we all know by now, but Conor had his moments. Now, Conor is calling for a 3rd fight at 155 pounds, which is 10lbs higher than Conor’s usual weightclass and is where Nate’s had a lot of his fights. It’s more even ground for the two, since Conor is big for a 145 pounder.
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One guy who isn’t too thrilled about these latest developments has got to be Jose Aldo, who is the current interim champion at 145 and certainly wouldn’t mind an opportunity to avenge his brutal loss to McGregor where he was KO’d in 13 seconds flat. It was a heartbreaker for Jose Aldo, who had been the long time champion, but he managed to crawl his way back to earn a shot at winning his belt back from McGregor, but he’s been patiently waiting while Conor settles his business up at 170.
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Conor was limping really badly after the fight, and speculation is that he broke his fight. It likely happened when Nate started checking some of his leg kicks.
It’s no wonder these two want to fight again, this was one of the most exciting fights in UFC history, including all of the build up during the week and a fight that definitely lived up to the fight. Both fighters are 1-1 in this rivalry now, so it’s time to settle the score. But Conor’s still got business to attend to at 145, unless he vacates the title (Which Joe Rogan was calling for him to do at the end of the Pay Per View broadcast.)
