{"id":200467,"date":"2016-08-06T02:28:55","date_gmt":"2016-08-06T09:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=200467"},"modified":"2016-08-06T02:28:55","modified_gmt":"2016-08-06T09:28:55","slug":"conor-mcgregor-admits-strengths-nate-diaz-win-first-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/conor-mcgregor-admits-strengths-nate-diaz-win-first-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Conor McGregor admits the strengths Nate Diaz had over him to win their first fight"},"content":{"rendered":"

As UFC 202 approaches, Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz<\/a> are preparing for another war in the Octagon. <\/p>\n

Their first fight was a bloody one that took fans on a wild roller coast ride with McGregor being submitted by Diaz in the end.<\/p>\n

During the UFC 202 conference call on Friday, “The Notorious” spoke about the strengths he found Diaz had from their fight at UFC 196.<\/p>\n

“If I really look at it, he has a solid chin, he’s durable, very experienced, he has the size and the weight on me — I think that was the wrong thing to go and expect (the knockout) in the first round,” McGregor said (transcribed by MMA Fighting<\/a>). “And I did go out to KO him in the first round. I can say that. I marched forward and backed him up against the fence and teed off on his head. I did what I said I would do. But respect to him, he stood out, he’s durable, he’s experienced, he weathered the storm.”<\/p>\n

Although McGregor lost by submission<\/a>, the featherweight champion doesn’t think that it was Nate’s jiu-jitsu that overwhelmed him.<\/p>\n

“I’m confident in my jiu-jitsu,” McGregor said. “Nate is very skilled on the mat. I don’t think the difference between us in that fight was the jiu-jitsu. I think it was the durability, the endurance, the experience. I think that was the difference.”<\/p>\n

McGregor said that with the loss, he gained a lot of experience and will show everyone that he has learned from it and it will all show on August 20.<\/p>\n

“So it was nice to go in there and face a man who, although he was close to crumbling, he stuck in there and showed his experience and durability. It was nice to experience that, and now I have a chance to go back in and use what I have learned from that fight and go at it again. So I’m very, very excited for this fight. It’s going to be a hell of a fight. The last one was a hell of a fight. We went in there, we stood toe-to-toe. The fans are in for a treat, but make no mistake, my hand will be raised.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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