UFC news: Chilling Conor McGregor message, Nate Diaz returns, Dillashaw rips Garbrandt
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UFC News - Conor McGregor receives chilling message from Khabib Nurmagomedov
UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov has reiterated his desire to rearrange Conor McGregor’s face.
“I hope it’s gonna be made,” Nurmagomedov said of his grudge match with ‘The Notorious’ to freelance journalist Adam Glyn.
“I hope they gonna make this fight, because I really want change this guy’s face. I really want to meet him alone inside the cage, only me and him.”
Nate Diaz will end his near two-year long hiatus from the Octagon this November at UFC 230
UFC News - Nate Diaz’s return set
Nate Diaz will end his near two-year long hiatus from the Octagon this November at UFC 230, where he’ll take on the in-form Dustin Poirier.
Diaz’s return to the cage was first reported by Lance Pugmire of the LA Times and has since been confirmed by Express Sport.
UFC News - TJ Dillashaw hits out at Cody Garbrandt
TJ Dillashaw has claimed Cody Garbrandt landed a rematch at UFC 227 because he’s ‘willing to make a fool of himself.’
“Because he doesn’t deserve the rematch,” the men’s bantamweight champion told MMA Fighting when asked about recent comments he made about his former Team Alpha Male colleague. He’s getting it because he was brash and the UFC loves that.
“The UFC loves that he’s willing to make a fool of himself. He didn’t deserve a rematch, but he definitely deserves to have his ass kicked again.
“Once you get your second shot at the belt - he’s getting it right away - that’s it, man.
“Your career is history at this weight class because I’m going to be the king here. You’re not going to get another shot.”