Conor McGregor vs Khabib slammed by a furious Nate Diaz: They're my little b*****s
CONOR MCGREGOR's long-awaited return to the UFC has been slammed by Nate Diaz, who has launched a scathing attack on the Irishman and his upcoming opponent.
McGregor will return to the Octagon on October 6 in the main event of UFC 229, where he'll lock horns with his successor at the summit of the lightweight division, Khabib Nurmagomedov.
The announcement of the pair's grudge match was well received by many in the mixed martial arts world, who haven't seen 'The Notorious' in the cage in over 20 months.
Diaz isn't part of that group and took aim at the duo moments after the match-up was confirmed.
"I whipped one ass and I slapped the f*** out of the other one so they're both my little b*****s," the Stockton native told TMZ.
"I slapped him in his face. He didn't do s**t.
"He's scared for his life. Him and all his Russian friends. His whole team, all p*****s."
Diaz's rant came moments after he seemingly declared that he's withdrawing from his UFC 230 bout with Dustin Poirier.
Conor McGregor to fight Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 229
They're both my little b*****s
After storming out of last night's press conference, he tweeted: "I'm not fighting on that show f*k the UFC."
Nurmagomedov vs McGregor will take place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, the venue for the latter's unsuccessful venture into the boxing world.
And UFC president Dana White is expecting the fight to be the biggest in the promotion's history.
"It's a massive fight," White told Fox Sports. "I knew this was the fight to make," he said.
"And I believe that this the biggest fight in the history of the company, other than the Mayweather fight.
"This thing is going to be massive."