{"id":188104,"date":"2016-03-03T14:03:44","date_gmt":"2016-03-03T22:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=188104"},"modified":"2016-03-03T14:03:44","modified_gmt":"2016-03-03T22:03:44","slug":"conor-mcgregor-on-nate-diaz-like-mike-tyson-said-hes-scared-of-the-real-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/conor-mcgregor-on-nate-diaz-like-mike-tyson-said-hes-scared-of-the-real-man\/","title":{"rendered":"Conor McGregor on Nate Diaz: &#8220;Like Mike Tyson said, &#8216;He&#8217;s scared of the real man'&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During today&#8217;s UFC 196 press conference, UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor ripped in to Nate Diaz with the following statement:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cNow as the fight comes closer Nate is acting like a scared little boy. Trying to pass the spotlight off to big brother Nick. Trying to pass the spotlight off to Gracie. Nate is trying to pass the limelight. That\u2019s what a man does when he\u2019s scared. He shy\u2019s away and tries to pass it on. So that\u2019s what you\u2019re seeing with Nate. He\u2019s talked a lot previous, saying he\u2019s going to do this and going to do that. Now we are up here and we are doing this and he is saying absolutely nothing. He\u2019s sitting in a little shell. So let\u2019s see what he\u2019s got. He even tried to pick on Jon Anik the other day. He has a bully mentality until a real man shows up. Like Mike Tyson said, \u2018He\u2019s scared of the real man!&#8217;\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Nate quickly replied to McGregor:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cF**k Jon Anik and f**k you! How about that?\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Who do you have winning this welterweight fight? 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