So there they were, Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz , sitting at a makeshift dais for a makeshift press conference at an overcrowded UFC Gym in Torrance, Calif., having a spirited argument about who did and did not “give a (expletive).” It was good theater. Good hype, too. And, if we’re being honest, it represented exactly the sort of thing we’d all gathered to see, which also happens to be the sort of thing that makes this otherwise nonsensical fight gripping entertainment. I found myself thinking about this once the conversation centered on the topic of McGregor’s UFC featherweight title. The champ kept fiddling with his belt, trying to make it sit up nice and pretty in front of him, all while Diaz (18-10 MMA, 13-8 UFC ) insisted that he didn’t care about it. McGregor (19-2 MMA, 7-0 UFC ) replied that he didn’t care either (I’m paraphrasing here), and suddenly we had ourselves an odd point of both agreement and contention.
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Conor McGregor, Nate Diaz and the strangely compelling fight about nothing – MMA Junkie