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Nate Diaz<\/a> is sitting at the top of the UFC with the promotion’s biggest draw, Conor McGregor, “obsessed”<\/a> with fighting him in a rematch.<\/p>\n

Diaz spoke with Ariel Helwani on a special edition of The MMA Hour<\/a> on Wednesday to discuss a variety of topics that included Nate Diaz’s position on the business of fighting<\/a> and of course, Conor McGregor.<\/p>\n

Diaz said that McGregor’s popularity is simply the result of the UFC’s push and marketing efforts to make him a star, and questions where all that marketing and promotion is for himself.<\/p>\n

“Can I get built up a little better?” Diaz said (transcribed by MMA Fighting<\/a>). “Conor McGregor is an artificial, they pushed him and he wasn’t whooping all types of asses and sh*t. They put me in, I’ve been in fight after fight, I didn’t do no media, I didn’t do no sh*t … now he’s where he’s at because the UFC kicked his ass and put him in gear and blew him up. How come he was such a big deal when he beat Dennis Siver. Who the f*ck is Dennis Siver? Is that guy even ranked? I’m like, ‘get the f*ck out of here.'”<\/p>\n

Diaz says the difference between his fanbase and Conor McGregor’s is only because of the marketing efforts that were put behind him.<\/p>\n

“My following is strictly from ass whooping and talking some sh*t,” Diaz added. “And this motherf*cker is like on top of the world because the UFC wanted him to?”<\/p>\n

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