Everybody wants the big money, ‘red panties night’ fight with featherweight champion Conor McGregor right now.
No less than three fighters were clamouring for the chance to take on the slick-talking, big-punching Irishman in his next fight after Saturday night’s UFC event.
Lightweight champion Rafael Dos Anjos, featherweight contender Charles Oliveira and lightweight loud-mouth Nate Diaz all came out and said they want a crack at The Notorious.
Throw-in No.1 featherweight contender Frankie Edgar and rematch-seeking former champion Jose Aldo and you’ve got an extremely crowded phone-booth.
But Diaz – who immediately called out McGregor after winning his three-round war against Michael Johnson – reckons he’s already been chosen by UFC matchmaker Joe Silva as the next man to face the Dubliner.
“He said it’s on!’ Diaz claimed. ‘We’re going to do this.”
“Hell yeah (UFC bosses) want it. Everybody wants that fight… If people want to see a real fight, they know who to call.”
The lightweight had a message for McGregor – after his post-fight, expletive-laden diatribe against McGregor was cut from TV.
“When we fight, we’re going to fight,” he told MMA Fighting. “Fight-fight. For real, fight. He thinks he’s the ninja. I’m the ninja. Ninja Gaiden. American Ninja. Real motherf**king ninja.
“This (is a) ninja martial artist right here. I started that sh-t. That sh-t came from Stockton, with us – me and my team.”
“American Ninja [vs] Irish Ninja. Bring that sh*t on.”
Diaz, who is a master of trash talking himself, can pull in pay-per-view numbers and alongside McGregor’s huge PPV draw it could be the big money, bad blood, high profile fight they’re looking for.
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