Morning Report: Nate Diaz helps Conor McGregor UFC 303 withdrawal: ‘Inexperienced folks on the market speaking sh*t

Nate Diaz is on Conor McGregor’s aspect concerning the UFC 303 debacle.

Two of the UFC’s greatest all-time superstars have put their variations apart since they final fought at UFC 202 in August 2016. There have been minor verbal jabs thrown between the 2 all through the next eight years however Diaz does not discover McGregor’s first profession bout withdrawal because the time for one.

UFC 303 was speculated to function the long-awaited return of “The Infamous” in opposition to Michael Chandler contained in the T-Cellular Area this Saturday evening. That was till McGregor suffered a damaged pinky toe, claiming he doesn’t wish to go right into a combat lower than 100%. Diaz, 39, believes the neighborhood’s essential response to the choice has been overblown.

“I believe it was only a minor factor,” Diaz advised MMA Junkie. “I believe they made an even bigger deal out of it than it’s. Good concept. If I get f*cked up, I want to push the combat again too, however folks f*cking freak out. I believe I wouldn’t wish to combat till I’m 100% able to rock too, as a result of up to now I’ve completed every kind of sh*t I shouldn’t have completed.

“So, I believe he discovered from expertise and all these inexperienced folks on the market speaking sh*t, simply talking for his or her inexperience. They’re going to must take care of the criticism till the combat will get completed, however I believe it’ll occur and it’ll all be good.”

Earlier than McGregor steps again into the octagon, Diaz continues his boxing profession when he takes on Jorge Masvidal in a boxing rematch subsequent weekend. Diaz misplaced their first encounter in MMA at UFC 244 in November 2019 when Masvidal scored a third-round physician’s stoppage TKO. He made his skilled debut when he misplaced a unanimous choice to Jake Paul final August.

Regardless of not being part of the UFC roster, Diaz ended his run with the promotion on an excellent observe and has expressed his curiosity in combating there once more. In the end, a McGregor trilogy to settle their 1-1 rating is one thing he isn’t ruling out of the query.

“Yeah, we’ll see what occurs with time, you already know?” Diaz mentioned. “It is determined by what occurs with my combat, his combat, UFC. I ain’t a fortune teller, you already know what I’m saying? We’ll see what occurs.”

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