{"id":200452,"date":"2016-08-06T01:11:54","date_gmt":"2016-08-06T08:11:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=200452"},"modified":"2016-08-06T01:11:54","modified_gmt":"2016-08-06T08:11:54","slug":"video-nate-diaz-and-conor-mcgregor-team-up-together-against-reporter-on-conference-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/nate-diaz\/video-nate-diaz-and-conor-mcgregor-team-up-together-against-reporter-on-conference-call\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO | Nate Diaz and Conor McGregor team up together against reporter on conference call"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"UFC 202: Diaz vs. McGregor Media Conference Call\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/26HQ_HveaSc?start=1544&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/nate-diaz\/video-nate-diaz-punks-fans-picking-conor-mcgregor-win-ufc-202-rematch\/\">Nate Diaz<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/video-conor-mcgregor-spars-national-boxing-champion\/\">Conor McGregor<\/a> were on a conference call <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-nate-diaz-vs-conor-mcgregor-2-promo-ufc-202\/\">ahead of UFC 202<\/a> to talk with members of the media on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>At one point during the call, a reporter worded his question that implied that Conor was quick to tap and asked Diaz (at 25:44 of the video), &#8220;When you got Conor down and he tapped, were you surprised at how quick that went?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Diaz was respectful of McGregor&#8217;s fighting spirit and told it from his perspective saying, &#8220;It was a fight it was just kind of happening how it was happening. I was surprised that he was in there, a lot of fighters quit. I put &#8217;em in that guillotine and they\u2019re done. I stay on top and they get finished. I could tell he was trying to stay in there, he switched to his back which a lot of fighters don\u2019t do. So that\u2019s one thing, he didn\u2019t give up, but there was nowhere to go so it tight, it was how it happened and it was what happened.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The reporter tried to follow up with another question for Diaz but McGregor cut him off and said, &#8220;I&#8217;d like to see you in there my friend, eh? 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