Conor McGregor Trash Talks Nate Diaz Out Of CNBC Interview

It looks like the trash talk has finally got to Nate Diaz, as he walked out on a CNBC interview when Conor McGregor touched a nerve…

UFC 196 fight day is finally here! Although it means some of us will be staying up until the ungodly hours of the morning in our respective time zones, it’s fair to say the main event between Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz has us sold. The beef between the two trash talking kings dates back to before Diaz’s landmark win over Michael Johnson in late 2015, as the Stockton bad boy was slamming ‘The Notorious’ in interviews well before that.

It seems that money has long been an issue with the Diaz brothers, and served as the main reason for both men sitting out for long periods during their potentially best years. When you learn that the younger Diaz brother has a basic $20K/$20K salary at the time of last reporting, you can almost see why he’s bitter about a guy like McGregor. The Irish star is reportedly breaking the $10 million dollar mark for this weekend’s festivities.

With McGregor making ‘super heavyweight’ cheques, and both Diaz brothers having fought for much longer and arguably against some of the best known names in their respective divisions and beyond, you can see why the subject of money might be a raw nerve. As it happens, the two UFC 196 headliners sat down with business news channel CNBC, and not surprisingly the subject was money.

McGregor gets asked about how much money he’s making this weekend, and then things get interesting.

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Things got sour pretty quick, as you’ll see in the following video, but is it indicative of Diaz beginning to crack? Check it out:

So Conor McGregor’s pay packet for this monster pay-per-view event is enough to send Diaz packing from their latest interview, but is the Irish boxer in his head? We won’t have to wait long to learn all these answers, and more.