UFC News: Significant Conor McGregor vs Khabib statement, Nate Diaz called out
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UFC News - Conor McGregor vs Khabib development
UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov has revealed he's begun training for his first title defence, which is expected to be against Conor McGregor.
"Yes, I've started training," Nurmagomedov told Russian website Tass this past weekend at the World Cup Final. "I feel very good, thank God there are no injuries.
“I train hard, in the morning and in the evening, except on Sunday, I gave myself a rest to watch the World Cup."
I've started training
UFC News - Nate Diaz receives big call out
Ultimate Fighter season five winner Nate Diaz has found himself on the receiving end of a call out from former UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis, who got back in the win column earlier this month at UFC 226.
He tweeted: “Yo @ALIAQUINTA I’m down 2 Fight @ufc said you are out indefinitely @NateDiaz209 what’s up don’t be scared homie #teampettis #f**kthediazbrothers @danawhite.”
Diaz, 33, hasn't fought since his UFC 202 loss to McGregor, a defeat he vehemently contested.
According to UFDC president Dana White, the promotion have offered the Stockton native multiple fights since his rematch with McGregor but he's turned them all down.
Nate Diaz storms out of UFC 202 press conference and throws missile at Conor McGregor
UFC News - TJ Dillashaw makes Cody Garbrandt vow
UFC men's bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw has vowed to finish Cody Garbrandt in their UFC 227 rematch.
“I don’t mind if [the fight is] going to be different,” Dillashaw said during an appearance on The MMA Hour.
“I’m just going to go out there and make Cody irrelevant at the weight class. I’m going to go out and finish him.
“He’s got no chin, he doesn’t have any technique and I think I’m going to prove to everybody in the weight class that he doesn’t belong in the top 10.”
UFC 227 takes place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on August 4 and is headlined by Dillshaw vs Garbrandt 2.