UFC News: Conor McGregor vs Floyd Mayweather prediction, Nate Diaz slammed by Dana White
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Nate Diaz looks on before his UFC 196 bout with Conor McGregor
Conor McGregor would destroy Floyd Mayweather in an MMA fight
UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor would make light work of Floyd Mayweather if they were to ever have a mixed martial arts fight, according to Michael Bisping.
“I honestly can’t see Floyd Mayweather fighting mixed martial arts and certainly [not] in the UFC," ‘The Count’ said during the latest episode of his Believe You Me podcast.
"If he does fight in the UFC it's going to be against Conor McGregor. Conor McGregor in an MMA fight will f****** destroy Floyd Mayweather like he's never seen.
"It takes so long to learn – so long to put the pieces of the puzzle together, so long to learn the grappling the transitions from the striking to the grappling.
"Conor McGregor would literally have a field day with Floyd Mayweather."
He doesn't want to fight
Dana White hits out at Nate Diaz
UFC president Dana White has reiterated his belief that Nate Diaz doesn't want to return to the Octagon.
"He [Diaz] doesn't want to fight," White told Lance Pugmire of the Los Angeles Times.
"We have made around five or six fights in the last six months and he has turned them all down.
"Alvarez, [Justin] Gaethje, [Edson] Barboza and [interim lightweight champion Tony] Ferguson multiple times."
Nate Diaz submits Conor McGregor at UFC 196
Cody Garbrandt talks potential TJ Dillashaw rematch
Former UFC men's bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt has he’s willing to offer TJ Dillashaw a percentage of his purse if he agrees to fight him at UFC 222.
“I’ll give him a cut of my purse if he wants it, if the UFC doesn’t want to compensate him,” Garbrandt told MMA Fighting’s Ariel Helwani.
Cody Garbrandt is desperate to rematch TJ Dillashaw
“It’s not about money for me, it’s about principle. It’s about getting my title back. I’m healthy. OK, we both haven’t been training — OK, cool.
“Four weeks, we’re fighters at the end of the day. We’re gonna fight.
"If he wants a cut of my purse, I’ll give [it to] him. If it’s money for him, OK.”
Dillashaw is currently dealing with several minor injuries and isn't keen on a short notice bout with his former team-mate.
“I’m on this seven-week physical therapy plan right now with some injuries I got going on right now,” he said during an appearance on The Luke Thomas Show.
“I’m not healthy, but I’ve been keeping quiet. I’m doing some rehab, which I got checked out by their doctors.
“There’s multiple reasons why this wasn’t the right time. I’m not making excuses or anything, it just didn’t work out.”