Nate Diaz teases UFC 300 trilogy with Conor McGregor as followers say ‘run it again’
Nate Diaz is teasing a UFC 300 trilogy bout with Conor McGregor – as followers demand the pair to renew their rivalry.
The Stockton nice confronted his Irish counter-part in two legendary bouts in 2016, with Diaz profitable the primary by submission earlier than shedding an in depth resolution in a while that yr.
Despite fixed back-and-forth’s over time, a 3rd combat between the pair by no means materialised a lot to the frustration of MMA followers throughout the globe.
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However, hypothesis over a trilogy bout was sparked by Diaz, 38, himself who took to X (previously referred to as Twitter) to publish an image of the pair of their first combat as he captioned it: “Real War”.
Both fights in 2016 achieved over 1.3million buys with the rematch rating because the UFC’s third largest pay-per-view occasion of all-time with 1.65m buys. Fans instantly received excited at Diaz’s publish with one person writing: “diaz mcgregor 3 at 300 does 1.8M ppvs” whereas one other fan added: “This is what 300 really needs…”.
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A 3rd fan urged the pair to take to the Octagon as they commented: “Run it back, one more time”. While for a lot of followers, Diaz and McGregor headlining UFC 300 on April 13, The Notorious is sort of sure to have one other opponent in his return to the UFC, after not too long ago saying he’ll be preventing former Bellator light-weight champion Michael Chandler.
McGregor, 35, initially stated the combat would happen throughout the UFC’s International Fight Week on June 29 however had some teasing of his personal to do after posting on X: “McGregor on 300 seals the deal” suggesting he’ll predominant occasion the landmark occasion.
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Quick to reply, Chandler, 37, quoted McGregor’s tweet and replied: “I accept. See you soon”. The Missouri native is 2-3 in MMA’s premier organisation since becoming a member of the corporate in 2020 in what has been an exciting tenure the place he is racked up 4 post-fight bonuses, in addition to receiving the Fight of the Year award in 2021 after his resolution loss to Justin Gaethje.
