16 August 2023 , 09:44
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Conor McGregor has questioned why his old UFC rival Nate Diaz didn't choke Jake Paul unconscious in their boxing match.
Diaz was decisively beaten in his boxing debut by YouTube star Paul when they fought earlier this month in Dallas, Texas. Diaz was fighting for the first time since his UFC exit last September and he went back to his MMA roots by putting Paul in a guillotine choke in the final round.
The UFC legend joked that he won the fight because of the move, stating: "I wasn't trying to but I had the single leg [takedown] in the first round and the choke in the ninth, so I won that battle." McGregor didn't see it the same way and wasn't impressed with either Paul or Diaz in the fight.
“What guillotine. Did he get it? Did he finish it? Why did he not finish it? What did he f****ng do? He wrapped around his head. If you got the gilly, finish it, mate. He done nothing. I wasn’t impressed with either of them," McGregor said whilst speaking with Matchroom Boxing.
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McGregor was forced to eat his words after backing Diaz to beat Paul, who avoided a second consecutive defeat after losing to Tommy Fury in February. Paul insisted that he would have countered Diaz's choke by taking him down if the pair were fighting in the cage.
"He f****ng choked me, he was actually choking me. No, he actually was. I was like 'This was crazy'. I didn't think he was going to stop but he had it in, obviously I wasn't going to try and defend it. It's just funny, that's why I want to do the rematch back in MMA. It's fun man, I'm with all the s***. If it was in MMA, I would have dropped to double leg then picked him up and dropped him on his head," he said.
Nate Diaz choked Jake Paul in their boxing fightPaul called for a rematch against Diaz in MMA after the fight and put down a $10million offer that would see the pair fight in the PFL. 'The Problem Child' is yet to make his MMA debut but signed with the PFL at the beginning of the year. “All credit to my team and I want to run it back in MMA," he said.
"$10million PFL, that’s the offer. Let’s run it back in MMA to make it fair. I won one, now it's your chance in home territory of MMA. He’s real tough, that’s what he’s known for but tough in this sport doesn’t work. I knocked him and won basically every round, I had him hurt in the first round and he kept on coming."