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Conor McGregor Praises Nate Diaz’s Toughness Following UFC 202

August 22, 2016 | Posted by Larry Csonka

– Following his victory at UFC 202, Conor McGregor had the following to say about his victory and his thoughts on Nate Diaz. Here is what he had to say…

On Praising Diaz: “I feel I have more skills, but boy is he one tough motherf*cker,” McGregor said. “He keeps on walking forward. He took every shot. I dropped him multiple times. He just keeps coming. His face was busted open and he’s still coming forward.”

On What Changed in The Rematch: “I learned from the last contest,” McGregor said. “I stayed calm. I bounced the shots off my shoulders. I stayed tight in the pocket. I knew I was gonna have that moment where he was gonna be in my face and dig forehead under my chin and start unloading, so I caught shots and deflected shots and then hit him to the body a couple of times and it turned the momentum again in my favor.”

On Diaz as a Competitor: “He’s a class competitor,” McGregor said. “It’s intense in the build up and everything is real. If we saw each other in the build up, if my team saw their team, something is going down and that’s just the way it is. But the respect is integral to battle for me and for them. This battle was won. We’ll regroup, we’ll go our separate ways, see what happens, and we’ll gather up for another battle. And then we’ll be right back where we started.”

Credit: mmafighting.com

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