{"id":187202,"date":"2016-02-24T14:08:19","date_gmt":"2016-02-24T22:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=187202"},"modified":"2016-02-24T14:08:19","modified_gmt":"2016-02-24T22:08:19","slug":"photos-conor-mcgregor-and-nate-diaz-staredown-from-ufc-196-press-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/photos-conor-mcgregor-and-nate-diaz-staredown-from-ufc-196-press-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"PHOTOS | Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz staredown from UFC 196 press conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday afternoon the UFC held a <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-ufc-196-press-conference-live-at-1pm-pt2\/\">UFC 196 press conference<\/a> in California after the announcement that Nate Diaz would be stepping in on short notice for Rafael dos Anjos.<\/p>\n<p>As many expected, McGregor and Diaz got into some pretty heated verbal exchanges with Diaz even accusing <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/nate-diaz\/nate-diaz-accuses-conor-mcgregor-of-using-steroids\/\">McGregor of using steroids.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>At the conclusion of the press conference the two men had their first staredown ahead of their scrap on March 5th. Catch the pictures below!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Diaz-McGregor-staredown2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Diaz-McGregor-staredown2.png\" alt=\"Diaz McGregor staredown2\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-187203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Diaz-McGregor-staredown2.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Diaz-McGregor-staredown2-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Diaz-McGregor-staredown2-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Diaz-McGregor-staredown2-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Diaz-McGregor-staredown1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Diaz-McGregor-staredown1.png\" alt=\"Diaz McGregor staredown1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-187204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Diaz-McGregor-staredown1.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Diaz-McGregor-staredown1-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Diaz-McGregor-staredown1-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Diaz-McGregor-staredown1-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday afternoon the UFC held a UFC 196 press conference in California after the announcement that Nate Diaz would be stepping in on short notice for Rafael dos Anjos. As many expected, McGregor and Diaz got into some pretty heated verbal exchanges with Diaz even accusing McGregor of using steroids. 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