{"id":248152,"date":"2017-08-31T08:05:40","date_gmt":"2017-08-31T15:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=248152"},"modified":"2017-08-31T08:13:56","modified_gmt":"2017-08-31T15:13:56","slug":"coach-shares-nate-diazs-massive-price-tag-conor-mcgregor-trilogy-fight-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/nate-diaz\/coach-shares-nate-diazs-massive-price-tag-conor-mcgregor-trilogy-fight-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Coach believes Nate Diaz will require massive pay boost for Conor McGregor trilogy fight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shortly after his thrilling boxing match with Floyd Mayweather Jr., Conor McGregor <\/a>and his team began expressing interest<\/a> in a trilogy fight with his fiercest rival, Nate Diaz<\/a>. This trilogy fight, McGregor said, would have to be in the 155-pound lightweight division, rather than the welterweight division where the pair’s first two battles occurred.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Submission Radio<\/a>, Diaz’s boxing coach Richard Perez weighed in on a possible rematch with McGregor. He believes it’s going to take a significant pay boost\u00a0<\/a>to get Diaz back into the cage with the Irishman.<\/p>\n

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“At least $20 million, $30 million,\u201d Perez said (h\/t MMAFighting.com<\/a>). “Come on. UFC\u2019s making a whole lot of money, a whole lot of money and they\u2019re pocketing it. They\u2019re giving more to McGregor, so it\u2019s not fair because it takes two in that ring to draw a crowd \u2013 I mean, a good two fighters. It\u2019s just like Mayweather when he fought Berto. It was not even sold out at all. It was embarrassing. It\u2019s because that guy couldn\u2019t draw a crowd. See, that\u2019s what I\u2019m saying, it\u2019s the fighters that draw the crowd, and Nathan and McGregor, third one would be outstanding. Everyone knows that. So he needs to get paid at least $30 million easy.”<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n