UFC news: Conor McGregor continues Khabib mind games, Nate Diaz fires back at Bruce Buffer
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UFC News - Conor McGregor continues UFC 229 mind games
Conor McGregor has fired another shot Khabib Nurmagomedov’s way, this time taking aim at the UFC lightweight champion and his team-mate Zubaira Tukhugov, who was part of the group that cornered his good friend Artem Lobov during the UFC 223 fight week.
Alongside a picture of Tukhugov, McGregor wrote: “A true Chechen would never assist in a Dagestani led attack on another Chechen.
“A true Chechen would never take orders from a Dagestani man. This is treason. There is no worse than treason.”
Bruce Buffer, wtf? Get off the UFC’s nuts.
UFC News - Nate Diaz fires back at Bruce Buffer
Nate Diaz has hit back at Bruce Buffer for claiming he should ‘bow down’ to the UFC and Dana White for everything they’ve done for him.
He tweeted: “Bruce Buffer, wtf? Get off the UFC’s nuts. You're bowing down right now telling me to bow down?
“F**k that, u keep bowing down. I bow down to no one ever. For all the money in the world.”
UFC News - Tony Ferguson demands apology from Anthony Pettis
Former interim lightweight champion Tony Ferguson has demanded an apology from Anthony Pettis ahead of their UFC 229 showdown.
In a post on Instagram, 'El Cucucy' said: “Technical fall” … @showtimepettis tour team tried to dog my squad in the stands at UFC 181 & my coach at the time told me, ‘Don’t worry about him… “you can’t big league a big leaguer”.
"I told you I’d see you soon Kid, now your gonna have to answer to me toe-2-toe, Vato. I’ll accept a public apology before the fight if you want to squash it & fight like gentlemen.
“Either way I’m bringing the pain, so I’ll see you soon, Hombre. Shhhhh be good, pretty boy. Tienes Suerte no es #ufc229
“Shoutout to the good coaches & trainers out there making a difference, happy training - Champ.”