{"id":187800,"date":"2016-03-01T09:24:28","date_gmt":"2016-03-01T17:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=187800"},"modified":"2016-03-01T09:24:28","modified_gmt":"2016-03-01T17:24:28","slug":"wwes-jim-ross-says-conor-mcgregor-nate-diaz-ric-flair-roddy-piper-mma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/wwes-jim-ross-says-conor-mcgregor-nate-diaz-ric-flair-roddy-piper-mma\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE&#8217;s Jim Ross says Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz are the Ric Flair and Roddy Piper of MMA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jim Ross knows about show business. The WWE legend has over 40 years in the business of professional wrestling and Ross has seen what makes certain individuals shine brighter than the rest. Ross appeared on MMA Junkie Radio recently and spoke about the stars <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/photo-conor-mcgregor-posts-new-photo-angel\/\">Conor McGregor<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/exclusive-video-nate-diaz-on-the-mitts\/\">Nate Diaz<\/a> fighting in the main event at <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-conor-mcgregors-current-diet-gives-new-energy-ufc-196-embedded-vlog-series-episode-1\/\">UFC 196<\/a> on March 5th.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s one of those intangible things,\u201d Ross said (transcribed by <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2016\/02\/wwe-legend-jim-ross-conor-mcgregor-and-nate-diaz-are-like-ric-flair-and-roddy-piper\">MMA Junkie<\/a>). \u201cI had the opportunity to hire a lot of talent for WWE back in the day \u2013 some pretty good guys, as a matter of fact. But there\u2019s an intangible \u2018it factor\u2019 that you have to feel. It\u2019s a feel thing; you can\u2019t quantify it like, \u2018He\u2019s the right height, he fits all the measurables and everything.\u2019 It\u2019s a matter of the \u2018it\u2019 thing where you are motivated to listen to what they have to say, you\u2019re anxious to the next thing they say and when they\u2019re fighting you can\u2019t take your eyes off of them and want to be a part of that fight. You want to buy the pay-per-view.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLooking at old wrestling terms, they\u2019re like (Ric) Flair and (Roddy) Piper. They\u2019re both great talkers and they know what to say, when to say it and what to say to piss you off. <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/exclusive-video-bj-penn-gives-insight-on-diazs-strengths\/\">Diaz<\/a> has done a good job of ruffling the feathers of every Irish person in the world. And he should, in a sensible way, obviously. That\u2019s what they do. I would say, in this fight is Diaz the heel or is he the babyface? Or does it matter? Because both guys are going to have their camps and I think there are going to be a lot of people who aren\u2019t necessarily fans of both, but they are going to be interested in the process and it\u2019s going to be a heck of a fight.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jim Ross knows about show business. The WWE legend has over 40 years in the business of professional wrestling and Ross has seen what makes certain individuals shine brighter than the rest. 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