{"id":189514,"date":"2016-03-16T08:01:11","date_gmt":"2016-03-16T15:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=189514"},"modified":"2016-03-16T08:01:11","modified_gmt":"2016-03-16T15:01:11","slug":"rory-macdonald-was-thrilled-for-nate-diaz-after-ufc-196","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/nate-diaz\/rory-macdonald-was-thrilled-for-nate-diaz-after-ufc-196\/","title":{"rendered":"Rory MacDonald was thrilled for Nate Diaz after UFC 196"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-dmx-narrates-chilling-ufc-196-promo\/\">UFC 196<\/a> earlier this month Nate Diaz shocked the world as he picked up a 2nd round <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-nate-diaz-submits-conor-mcgregor\/\">submission win over Conor McGregor<\/a>.  The win for Diaz was undoubtably the biggest of his professional career, and according to UFC President Dana White, made him a millionaire.  <\/p>\n<p>Following the win, UFC welterweight Rory MacDonald, who defeated Diaz back in 2011, spoke on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2016\/3\/16\/11227024\/rory-macdonald-super-happy-to-see-nate-diaz-making-money-was-pissed\" target=\"_blank\">The MMA Hour<\/a> to discuss Diaz&#8217;s massive win and massive payday.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;That&#8217;s awesome. I&#8217;m super happy for him, man.  I hope everybody gets paid like that, especially guys who&#8217;ve been around for so long. I&#8217;ve seen a couple of his fight numbers after, and I was absolutely pissed. I was like, how is a guy like this making that money, you know?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I feel the same way about my fights too. Sometimes I look at the numbers, I&#8217;m like, what the f**k, man? How am I getting paid that. So when you hear something like that, it makes you happy for martial artists.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The issue of fighter pay is one that is being discussed more and more, especially following the UFC&#8217;s deal with Reebok, which has brought criticism from <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/tim-kennedy-dont-buy-my-fight-kit-i-make-pennies\/\">many top ranked fighters.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At UFC 196 earlier this month Nate Diaz shocked the world as he picked up a 2nd round submission win over Conor McGregor. The win for Diaz was undoubtably the biggest of his professional career, and according to UFC President Dana White, made him a millionaire. 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