{"id":187242,"date":"2016-02-25T05:43:30","date_gmt":"2016-02-25T13:43:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=187242"},"modified":"2016-02-25T07:14:06","modified_gmt":"2016-02-25T15:14:06","slug":"nate-diaz-mcgregor-has-been-fighting-midgets-i-fight-grown-men2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/nate-diaz-mcgregor-has-been-fighting-midgets-i-fight-grown-men2\/","title":{"rendered":"Nate Diaz: McGregor has been fighting midgets, I fight grown men!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday at the <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/highlights-ufc-196-conor-mcgregor-vs-nate-diaz-press-conference\/\">UFC 196 press conference<\/a> with Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz, the pair were involved in some pretty heated verbal exchanges, as many expected.<\/p>\n<p>After Conor McGregor called Nate Diaz out for teaching MMA seminars to young kids, Diaz fired back by taking shots at McGregor&#8217;s past opponents.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;You knocked out three midgets and you feel pumped up. 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