UFC Lightweight contender Nate Diaz sounded off on both current Lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov, and former Lightweight champion Conor McGregor, following the announcement that the pair would be fighting each other at UFC 229 in October.
The UFC confirmed on Friday that both McGregor and Nurmagomedov would fight each other in the main event for the lightweight belt with Diaz set to fight Dustin Poirier the following month at UFC 230.
Diaz attended the UFC 25th Anniversary Press Conference but stormed out of the room in Los Angeles once they showed the promo for UFC 229.
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Diaz followed up his exit with a post on his Instagram account on Saturday where he sounded off on both McGregor and Nurmagomedov.
“I whipped one’s ass and I slapped the fuck out of the other one so they’re both my little bitches, that’s who I got,” replied Diaz when asked for a prediction for the UFC 229 main event.
“[Khabib] He was scared for his life, him and all his Russian friends. He’s supposed to be from a third world country, I’m from Stockton.
“He got his ass slapped. He didn’t do shit. All their eyes lit up. His whole team, all pussies.”
Diaz appears to be referencing an altercation he had with Nurmagomedov alongside his brother Nick in 2015 where both fighters and their camps were embroiled in a brawl at a World Series of Fighting event.
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