{"id":248065,"date":"2017-08-30T10:21:03","date_gmt":"2017-08-30T17:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=248065"},"modified":"2017-08-30T10:21:03","modified_gmt":"2017-08-30T17:21:03","slug":"nate-diaz-lightweight-trilogy-rematch-155-belt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/nate-diaz-lightweight-trilogy-rematch-155-belt\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO | Conor McGregor Wants Nate Diaz to Come Down to Him"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KsoiejDEz4A\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Conor McGregor creates his own path. The biggest dig against McGregor is that he&#8217;s never defended a title, but it&#8217;s simply because he&#8217;s not forced to. Back in the day when Georges St-Pierre was knocking off contender after contender, the UFC and MMA as a whole was different. St-Pierre may have had the opportunity to change the game by fighting Anderson Silva, but it never happened.<\/p>\n<p>As soon as McGregor got one title against the #1 pound-for-pound in Jose Aldo, he never looked back and used it for leverage to only compete in the biggest fights possible. Unlike GSP in his prime, McGregor is just a fighter with different goals that may not align with your ideal version of a champion. However, there is good news to the purists who want him to defend a title, but it may not happen the way you think.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI\u2019m the 155 pound champion. I faced him at 170, he beat me, then I rematched him at 170, I beat him.\u00a0Now I\u2019m the 155 pound world champion, now if he wants that fight, he must come down \u2014 that\u2019s a fair trade.\u00a0I didn\u2019t ask for the rematch at a lower weight,\u00a0I asked for the rematch at the exact same weight. I thought that was a fair play move on my behalf and I came in and I won.\u00a0So, now I won that and I won the 155 title after that, so if he wants the fight he has to make that 155 pound limit.\u201d\u00a0\u2014 Conor McGregor to BBC News.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-202151 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Nate-Diaz-Conor-McGregor-2021.png\" alt=\"third biggest UFC pay per view\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Nate-Diaz-Conor-McGregor-2021.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Nate-Diaz-Conor-McGregor-2021-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Nate-Diaz-Conor-McGregor-2021-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Nate-Diaz-Conor-McGregor-2021-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The winner between Tony Ferguson and Kevin Lee might not be happy about Conor McGregor&#8217;s decision, but he would be defending the <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/nate-diaz\/nate-diaz-instagram-dillon-danis-may-mac-mayweather-photo\/\">UFC lightweight title against Nate Diaz<\/a>. Will this change the attitude of the fans toward McGregor, or will he get scolded for not picking one of the division&#8217;s top contenders? Who knows how all this will play out, but if he beats Diaz, then the winners of Ferguson\/Lee and Justin Gaethje\/Eddie Alvarez could be fighting each other to see who gets a crack at McGregor&#8217;s belt next. Or, you know, McGregor could go back to boxing or aim for a UFC superfight with someone like Georges St-Pierre. One thing is for sure, these next few months are going to be interesting.<\/p>\n<p><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 8\/30\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conor McGregor creates his own path. The biggest dig against McGregor is that he&#8217;s never defended a title, but it&#8217;s simply because he&#8217;s not forced to. 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