{"id":322507,"date":"2019-08-15T09:59:57","date_gmt":"2019-08-15T16:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=322507"},"modified":"2019-08-15T09:59:57","modified_gmt":"2019-08-15T16:59:57","slug":"anthony-pettis-discusses-nixed-plan-to-fight-conor-mcgregor-at-ufc-244","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/anthony-pettis-discusses-nixed-plan-to-fight-conor-mcgregor-at-ufc-244\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Pettis discusses nixed plan to fight Conor McGregor at UFC 244"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Anthony Pettis says a matchup against Conor McGregor was in the consideration before he agreed to face-off with Nate Diaz at 241.<\/p>\n<p>During an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2019\/8\/14\/20806376\/anthony-pettis-was-ready-to-face-conor-mcgregor-at-ufc-244-prior-to-nate-diaz-fight-offer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Fighting <\/a>at the UFC 241 open workouts, Pettis told reporters that the UFC proposed a potential fight against the Irish former champion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst it was McGregor, and I was like let\u2019s do it in Madison Square Garden,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Something fell off with that and then it popped up Nate and I was just like we\u2019ll see what happens.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen he [Diaz] signed the contract and we\u2019re here,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Whilst contracts weren&#8217;t negotiated or finalized for a fight with Conor McGregor, Anthony Pettis says he was all for the matchup.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was just mentioned,\u201d Pettis said. \u201cThey\u2019re like at Madison Square Garden. Like f**k yeah!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite the fight never coming to fruition, Pettis is more than happy to take his frustration out on his next opponent Nate Diaz. The two welterweight fighters have held the media spotlight with their <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/nate-diaz-now-im-fighting-the-wheaties-box-dude\/\">trash talking<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/anthony-pettis-on-nate-diaz-fight-its-personal\/\">long-standing beef<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m fighting the best in the world&#8230;Nate\u2019s one of the guys,&#8221; he said. &#8220;He\u2019s definitely a tough dude. Even though me and Nate have our problems, I respect his game.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Unlike Anthony Pettis, Nate Diaz had the opportunity to fight Conor McGregor. He secured a submission victory over McGregor at UFC 196 in 2016, but lost to him in their next matchup at UFC 202, a majority decision loss that Diaz <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/nate-diaz-admits-he-did-not-win-second-fight-with-conor-mcgregor-but-didnt-lose-it-either\/\">often disputes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Does a future fight between Conor McGregor and Anthony Pettis interest you?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><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\/15\/2019. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anthony Pettis says a matchup against Conor McGregor was in the consideration before he agreed to face-off with Nate Diaz at 241. During an interview with MMA Fighting at the UFC 241 open workouts, Pettis told reporters that the UFC proposed a potential fight against the Irish former champion. \u201cFirst it was McGregor, and I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54472,"featured_media":306954,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10206,10123,39610,47144],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Anthony Pettis discusses nixed plan to fight Conor McGregor at UFC 244 | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Anthony Pettis says a fight with former two-division UFC champion Conor McGregor was briefly in consideration for UFC 244 in New York City.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, 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