UFC superstar Conor McGregor received a rare showing of support from his mixed martial arts rival, Nate Diaz.
Last week, boxers began uploading videos where they mocked the training techniques of McGregor, who is preparing for his professional boxing debut on August 26th at the T-Mobile Arena Las Vegas.
McGregor will face the comebacking Floyd Mayweather Jr. (49-0, 26 KOs). The contest takes place at the junior middleweight limit of 154-pounds and they will use 8-ounce gloves.
The boxers themselves have dubbed the recent series of videos as the "McGregor Challenge." Numerous boxers from Terence Crawford to David Haye have uploaded their own versions of the McGregor Challenge - where they mock the UFC fighter's training methods.
Diaz, who submitted McGregor in the first meeting and then lost a close decision in the rematch, is actually annoyed with the way that numerous pro boxers are going after McGregor as the Mayweather bout draws close.
Diaz believes McGregor would thrash Mayweather far worse in an MMA bout than Mayweather could do to McGregor in a boxing match.
“Boxers are clowns sometimes now,” Diaz said in a recent interview on Youtube . “I’m never taking the MMA fighters over the boxer’s side when it comes to punching and sh*t, but I’m like, don’t be talking sh*t. [They say MMA fighters] ‘would get embarrassed, it’s ridiculous’ yeah, but we’re talking real fighting now you one-dimensional boxing f***s. This is real life sh*t, you’ll get embarrassed.”
"And now all the boxers are criticising Conor like ‘Conor will get embarrassed’, but that’s a real arrogant thing to say. Wanna know something that’s even more embarrassing? Is if Floyd fought Conor in an MMA match. Would be more embarrassing than if Conor fought Floyd in a boxing match. [Floyd] would get mounted and laughed at, and slapped around [and Conor] would smile at the crowd and wave.”
