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Dana White Says Fines Are Coming For Nate Diaz and Conor McGregor

August 18, 2016 | Posted by Jeremy Thomas

Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz are facing fines due to their altercation at the UFC 202 press conference. Dana White told MMAjunkie that he fully expects the NSAC to fine the two for the incident, which saw them throwing water bottles at each other over the media in attendance after McGregor showed up late and Diaz left soon after he arrived, shouting at McGregor on his way out.

“I said last time we were at MGM when Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier got into a fight this needs to never happen again,” White said. “I guarantee both guys are going to get fined big-time by the Nevada State Athletic Commission. I guarantee you there will be a hearing for both of their licenses. This isn’t a (expletive) joke when stuff like this happens. It’s serious (expletive).”

He added, “I would have been OK with (Nate leaving) because you know what, Nate was there. Nate was there early. Nate came out and sat there by himself, answered everybody’s questions, and I have no problem with him leaving until he threw a water bottle.”

White said that despite the fact that it may have helped sell some PPVs he wasn’t happy, saying, “I never say, ‘This is good,’ when that happens. Never, ever do I say, ‘This is good.’ I actually came back to the office and saw that our social media team and that our website had posted (expletive) about it, and I was not happy about that either. We ripped it down immediately. That’s not some joke that went down. It’s not. It’s serious, and it’s going to go down with the Nevada State Athletic Commission with these two fighters, too. You can’t just start throwing (expletive) around at a press conference.”

White noted that the MGM Grand Las Vegas has banned members of both teams from being at the fight and that only licensed cornermen will be on stage for the weigh-ins. “All the people on Conor’s side and Nate’s side are not allowed on the MGM premises,” White said. “I think Conor and Nate are going to do what they do, but you won’t have a gang fight.”