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Russell Ess - March 4, 2016

Sqor.embed("sqor-embeddable-157be6cd-3c75-4039-a65e-b1874f6ee11e"); Jake Shields who is a teammate of Nate Diaz was right there ready to get in on the action at the UFC 196 press conference scuffle where Conor McGregor threw a punch that landed on Diaz’s hand.

bjpenndotcom - March 4, 2016

It’s no secret that Saturday’s UFC 196 event is going to be a special one.

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

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.

Russell Ess - March 4, 2016

With less than two weeks out from the biggest fight of his career, lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos pulled out of his scheduled bout with featherweight champion Conor McGregor with a foot injury. Dos Anjos updated everyone with his injured foot. He posted two photos to his Instagram account and captioned the first saying, “—>>>Me desculpem todos os fans de verdade e ao @ufc , em toda minha carreira de 32 lutas eu nunca precisei cancelar luta por conta de uma lesão mas num esporte de contato isso acontece, creio que Deus sabe de todas as coisa e o melhor está por vir!||—>>>Sorry to all my real fans and @ufc, I have 32 professional fights on my career and I never cancel any fight due to injuries, but it is a contact sport and injuries happen, I believe that God knows everything and he have a better plans for me #Jesus #Jesusfirst #truechampion #fletcherjonesnewportbeach #evolvefightteam #evolvemma #kingsmma #gordojj.”

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.

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

Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz went OFF on each other during an interview with Jay & Dan yesterday on FOX Sports Live.

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

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Chris Taylor - March 3, 2016

Nate Diaz and Conor McGregor went back and forth at today’s UFC 196 press conference in Las Vegas. The Stockton slugger had this to say about the current featherweight champions training partners and team:

bjpenndotcom - March 3, 2016

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bjpenndotcom - March 3, 2016

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bjpenndotcom - March 3, 2016

[ooyala code=”JvZDhrMTE6iD65S2qMZO8wUmCrH0RQjw” player_id=”bd214e34cfad476984102de4bf5e8da2″ width=”1280″ height=”720″ auto=”true” autoplay=”true”] Prior to Holly Holm’s UFC 193 bout with Ronda Rousey, she brought a fan onstage for a workout.

bjpenndotcom - March 3, 2016

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