Filed under: News , UFC LAS VEGAS – For all the copy generated by Conor McGregor ’s team about Nate Diaz and the inevitability it lent to a rubber match, the reality, according to Dana White, is that the UFC lightweight champ needs to unify the belt. That means newly minted interim champ Tony Ferguson (24-3 MMA, 14-1 UFC) is next for McGregor (21-3 MMA, 9-1 UFC), and not Diaz (19-11 MMA, 14-9 UFC). “Nobody’s talked about Diaz – Diaz has never been talked about,” White said at the post-event presser for UFC 216 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. “That’s Internet bull(expletive)
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Dana White nixes Nate Diaz, says Conor McGregor vs. Tony Ferguson ‘has to happen’ – MMA Junkie