{"id":201241,"date":"2016-08-15T16:45:57","date_gmt":"2016-08-15T23:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=201241"},"modified":"2016-08-15T16:45:57","modified_gmt":"2016-08-15T23:45:57","slug":"ufc-202-fighters-nate-diaz-conor-mcgregor-gone-viral-become-mma-firsts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/nate-diaz\/ufc-202-fighters-nate-diaz-conor-mcgregor-gone-viral-become-mma-firsts\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC 202 fighters Nate Diaz and Conor McGregor have gone viral, become MMA firsts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC stars <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/nate-diaz\/video-ufc-202-bad-blood-nate-diaz-vs-conor-mcgregor-2\/\">Nate Diaz and Conor McGregor<\/a> are set to clash in the Octagon this weekend in the main event of <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-results\/ufc-202-results\/\">UFC 202<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>With the two stars constantly <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/nate-diaz\/nate-diaz-definitely-moving-needle-video-goes-viral\/\">buzzing on the Internet<\/a>, their names are now symbols on the Internet as emojis on twitter, which can be viewed on their website or on the twitter app.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Let&#39;s hear who you are going for at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFC202?src=hash\">#UFC202<\/a>. <br \/>Use the hashtag to unlock a special emoji! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NateDiaz?src=hash\">#NateDiaz<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ConorMcGregor?src=hash\">#ConorMcGregor<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aaDRjCqVHT\">pic.twitter.com\/aaDRjCqVHT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; UFC (@ufc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ufc\/status\/765250535129690113\">August 15, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Apparently, the UFC worked directly with twitter to achieve the emoji campaign.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Leading up to UFC 202 the UFC has teamed up with Twitter to create hashtag emojis for both <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NateDiaz?src=hash\">#NateDiaz<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ConorMcGregor?src=hash\">#ConorMcGregor<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Danny Segura (@DannySeguraTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DannySeguraTV\/status\/765258035908386817\">August 15, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Who&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/white-says-nate-diaz-not-a-draw-like-his-brother-wont-get-gilbert-melendez-type-money\/\">moving the needle now<\/a>?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC stars Nate Diaz and Conor McGregor are set to clash in the Octagon this weekend in the main event of UFC 202. 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