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Russell Ess - March 4, 2016

UFC veteran Nate Diaz’s “touch butt” comments about his opponent UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor’s movement training with Ido Portal has likely started a new hashtag trend on social media. Both the Diaz brothers mocked McGregor’s movement training with Portal. On an episode of UFC Embedded, Nick Diaz ridiculed Portal and McGregor’s training with a pool noodle. “Yoy have a fu*king guy swinging a fu*king pool noodle at you, smacking you in the face with it, you know trying to promote, promote his own shit,” the elder Diaz brother said. “It’s a joke.”

Russell Ess - March 4, 2016

If you missed the action from the UFC 196 press conference, you will want to see the video of the action that went down. A near melee broke out when UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor threw a punch that landed on Nate Diaz’s hand that was in McGregor’s face during their face-off at the end of the presser.

Russell Ess - March 4, 2016

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Russell Ess - March 4, 2016

The press conference for UFC 196 featuring UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor, contender Nate Diaz, UFC women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm and contender Miesha Tate did not disappoint in the build-up to their fights taking place on Saturday in Las Vegas, Nevada. Things were heated between McGregor and Diaz through the entire presser and came to a climax when “The Notorious” punched Diaz’s hand away from his face during their face-off.

Chris Taylor - March 4, 2016

UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos took to Twitter last night to give his take on the Conor McGregor vs. Nate Diaz press conference scuffle. “RDA” was rather disgusted by the current featherweight champions actions, stating that McGregor acted classless and was attempting to injure his UFC 196 opponent with the strike, his words:

bjpenndotcom - March 4, 2016

McGregor was on the Conan O’Brien show on Thursday March 3rd and showed Conan a Capoeira kick that he will “ping across the head” of Nate Diaz on Saturday night March 5th.

bjpenndotcom - March 4, 2016

UFC President Dana White joked with UFC CEO Lorenzo Fertitta should have is promoters license pulled if they didn’t book and immediate rematch between Holly Holm and Ronda Rousey. Holm v Tate for UFC 196 was booked anyway. White is not necessarily happy about it.

Chris Taylor - March 4, 2016

UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor and lightweight contender Nate Diaz came face to face at yesterday’s UFC 196 press conference in Las Vegas. The event headliners were asked to square off and Nate proceeded to shove his fist inches from McGregor’s face. Conor eventually had enough of Nate’s antics and decided to punch Diaz’s hand away.

Chris Taylor - March 4, 2016

UFC 196 headliners Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz went OFF on each other during last night’s FOX Sports Live show with Jay & Dan. Nate Diaz stated that he was not impressed with Conor McGregor’s current resume, adding that the UFC featherweight champion had been tapped out by nobodies, his words:

Russell Ess - March 4, 2016

The aftermath of the UFC 196 press conference held nearly as much excitement as the climax of the presser for fans of UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor and UFC veteran Nate Diaz.

Russell Ess - March 4, 2016

Note: Try refresh this page in your browser if video does not load Fans had a back-and-forth debate regarding UFC featherweight Conor McGregor and his UFC veteran opponent Nate Diaz’s scuffle on Thursday at the UFC 196 press conference.

Russell Ess - March 4, 2016

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bjpenndotcom - March 3, 2016

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bjpenndotcom - March 3, 2016

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bjpenndotcom - March 3, 2016

[ooyala code=”JpZDhrMTE6cbjQWYKMY137Tqo4pxGggP” player_id=”631143aa3982447caf394a185941cb69″ width=”1280″ height=”720″ auto=”true” autoplay=”true”] After the UFC announced Nate Diaz would fight Conor McGregor at UFC 196 last month, they held a press conference in California.

bjpenndotcom - March 3, 2016

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bjpenndotcom - March 3, 2016

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Chris Taylor - March 3, 2016

UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor was unleashing a verbal assault on Nate Diaz at today’s UFC 196 press conference. “Mystic Mac” demanded that Diaz say ‘thank you’ for making him a millionaire, but Nate was not willing to do so and that’s when things really heated up: