{"id":192148,"date":"2016-04-19T13:15:51","date_gmt":"2016-04-19T20:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=192148"},"modified":"2016-04-19T13:15:51","modified_gmt":"2016-04-19T20:15:51","slug":"nate-diaz-has-surpsrising-reaction-to-the-news-of-conor-mcgregor-retiring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/nate-diaz\/nate-diaz-has-surpsrising-reaction-to-the-news-of-conor-mcgregor-retiring\/","title":{"rendered":"Nate Diaz has surprising reaction to the news of Conor McGregor retiring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC 200 could be taking a wild turn and surely <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-dana-white-reveals-nate-diaz-became-millionaire-fight-conor-mcgregor\/\">UFC President Dana White<\/a> is getting more people reaching out to him more than ever right now.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor announced on Twitter that he has &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/ufc-superstar-conor-mcgregor-already-retiring\/\">decided to retire young<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-nate-diaz-says-bought-big-bag-winning-prize-fight-conor-mcgregor\/\">Nate Diaz<\/a> handed <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-nate-diaz-submits-conor-mcgregor\/\">Conor McGregor his first defeat<\/a> in the UFC at UFC 196 back on March 5. An <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/manager-says-obsessed-conor-mcgregor-watched-loss-nate-diaz-20-times-tapping\/\">&#8220;obsessed&#8221; McGregor<\/a> called for a rematch with Diaz and the UFC announced that the two are slated to face one another in the Octagon in an immediate rematch to headline the historic  UFC 200 event in July.<\/p>\n<p>Diaz reacted to the  surprising news shortly after McGregor&#8217;s tweet with his own tweet saying, &#8220;I guess my work here is done I&#8217;m retiring too\u270c&#x1f3fc;\ufe0f&#x1f44a;&#x1f3fc;&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I guess my work here is done I&#39;m retiring too\u270c&#x1f3fc;\ufe0f&#x1f44a;&#x1f3fc;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nathan Diaz (@NateDiaz209) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NateDiaz209\/status\/722514064576917505\">April 19, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>While no official announcement has been made from the UFC regarding the UFC 200 main event between McGregor and Diaz, both of the star fighters have surely caught everyone&#8217;s attention. <\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\">BJPENN.COM<\/a> for updates as they become available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC 200 could be taking a wild turn and surely UFC President Dana White is getting more people reaching out to him more than ever right now. 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