Conor McGregor: Nate Diaz Rematch Is The Real UFC 200

The UFC 200 main event between light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier and interim champ Jon Jones has unfortunately fallen through, after Jones was flagged for a United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) out-of-competition drug test in June.

Now the former 205-pound kingpin could be starring down the barrel of a potential two-year-suspension as well as putting a huge dent in the action stacked International Fight Week.

Oddly enough this is the second planned main event for the blockbuster event to fall through, as UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor and Stockton native Nate Diaz were originally set to headline the July card. McGregor, however, was removed from the card after failing to honor his media obligations for the event, leading into a temporary beef with the company.

Now McGregor and Diaz are set to go toe-to-toe in the main event of UFC 202, a card that is looking rather stacked itself, and when asked of his thoughts on how things have played out since being removed from the card, the Irishman said he is reluctant to gloat on the UFC’s recent misfortunes:

“I could sit up hear and say ‘well well well’, but I am a successful human being and successful human beings do not celebrate in the adversity or misfortune of others,” McGregor said.

“So I wish Jon well, I wish everyone backstage well, I know they’re running around like headless chickens trying to get everything together. But all I missed was a press conference. If I look at the facts, the main event of the fight and the co-main event of the fight weren’t even at that press conference. It is what it is, August 20th is my date — UFC 202, the real 200, and I will have my redemption.”

When asked if he is willing to step in and miraculously save the card, while being just a month out from his clash with Diaz in August, McGregor said all the UFC has to do is ask:

“You know, Im here, and I’m in shape. All they have to do is ask.”

UFC 202 will no be headlined by Brock Lesnar taking on Mark Hunt live on pay-per-view (PPV), from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada this Saturday (July 9, 2016).