Nate Diaz: Conor McGregor’s Trash Talk Sounded Like Bulls**t To Me
While the fight itself turned out to be an amazing affair, the build-up to March 5’s UFC 196 main event between featherweight champion Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz was something else.
Serving as two of the most iconic trash talkers in the history of the sport, McGregor and Diaz repeatedly went at each other in a verbal war of attrition during the eleven days leading up to the bout after the Stockton native stepped in on short notice.
Despite the obvious entertainment that it provided, Diaz isn’t so sure that the “Notorious” one believed everything he was saying. In fact, Diaz felt as if some of McGregor’s talk was planned:
“It seemed like a lot of scripted stuff was going on,” Diaz told FOX Sports’ At The Buzzer on Wednesday. “Maybe he was serious about what he was saying, but it sounded like some bullsh*t to me.”
No matter the result of the trash talk battle, it was Diaz who, in the end, ultimately prevailed when the cage door closed. The long-time UFC veteran shocked the world, submitting the Irish title holder in the second round of their headlining bout.
It may have been the biggest fight of his life, and undoubtedly the biggest victory of his lengthy career, but Diaz claims that his life hasn’t changed too much in the aftermath, implying that he’s been famous for years now:
“My life is exactly the same, just with a little more press so far,” Diaz said. “It’s only been a few weeks, but it’s pretty much (the same). I don’t let it take a hold of me or anything. I’ve been in the UFC for nine years. I was famous nine years ago. I couldn’t walk through the mall or Wal-Mart at two in the morning and not get noticed. It’s been going like this so it’s pretty much the same.”
With a rumored rematch between the two potentially in the works for July’s UFC 200, fans may end up being treated to a full build up, while Diaz may be in for yet another huge payday.
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