{"id":400796,"date":"2021-12-03T16:40:07","date_gmt":"2021-12-04T00:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=400796"},"modified":"2021-12-03T16:43:05","modified_gmt":"2021-12-04T00:43:05","slug":"conor-mcgregor-responds-after-nate-diaz-throws-out-great-idea-that-he-fight-khamzat-chimaev-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/conor-mcgregor-responds-after-nate-diaz-throws-out-great-idea-that-he-fight-khamzat-chimaev-next\/","title":{"rendered":"Conor McGregor responds after Nate Diaz throws out “great idea” that he fight Khamzat Chimaev next"},"content":{"rendered":"

Conor McGregor has responded after Nate Diaz tossed out the “great idea” that he fight Khamzat Chimaev in his UFC return.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, Diaz (20-13 MMA) revealed that the UFC had recently offered him a bout with Chimaev to serve as the final fight of his current contract. Nate was insulted with the UFC’s decision to offer him a “rookie” and voiced his displeasure with TMZ Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re coming at me with Khamzat, and I\u2019m like, \u2018hold on, don\u2019t disrespect me like that, trying to offer me a fight with a rookie.\u2019 I\u2019m cool, you got 4 fights in the UFC. Don\u2019t even talk my name. <\/em>Top five, top five. I\u2019m fighting a top five guy ASAP. Let\u2019s do January in, where\u2019s the January fight?\u201d<\/em>\u00a0The interviewer suggested there is a event (UFC 270) slated for Anaheim in January, to which Nate Diaz replied, \u201cAnaheim. Yeah.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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Conor McGregor and Khamzat Chimaev<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While the ‘Stockton Slugger’ obviously has no interest in fighting ‘Borz’, he does believe Chimaev would make the perfect opponent for the UFC return of Conor McGregor.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet him fight Kamrat. That would be a great fight to make. (Conor) needs a easy new guy to fight anyway. He can taper back in and see if he can even still fight at all. Great idea Nate. <\/span><\/em>Thanks!\u201d<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Nate Diaz captioned a photo of\u00a0Dana White<\/a>\u00a0claiming Conor McGregor is chomping at the bit to fight again.<\/span><\/p>\n

‘Notorious’ is currently on the sidelines due to the broken leg he suffered in his trilogy bout with Dustin Poirier at UFC 264. With that said, McGregor seemingly welcomed the idea of fighting Khamzat Chimaev in his quick response to Diaz.<\/p>\n

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No problem, bitch. https:\/\/t.co\/42Muvy9Fwa<\/a><\/p>\n

— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) December 4, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n