Conor McGregor always says he will fight anyone, anywhere.
But people keep pulling out of fights - with Rafael Dos Anjos becoming the sixth fighter in less than five years to bail on him, ahead of their lightweight superfight at UFC 196.
(Jose Aldo, Niklas Backstrom, Jim Alers, Andy Ogle and Cole Miller are the others, in case you were wondering).
The moment RDA dropped out, fighters from bantamweight to welterweight were throwing their hats in the ring for a shot at the Irishman.
But despite names from Donald Cerrone and Urijah Faber to Anthony Pettis and Norman Parke offering to take the fight on March 5, McGregor (and the UFC) chose Nate Diaz.
McGregor pointed out that Diaz had beaten Cerrone and claimed the Californian was not a p*ssy like so many other UFC fighters.
But his choice of back-up opponent has brought some big accusations that he's opting for the 'easy fight'. And when we say big accusations, we mean from Rafael Dos Anjos, his manager Ali Abdelaziz and even Frankie Edgar.
https://twitter.com/RdosAnjosMMA/status/702616206092537856
https://twitter.com/AliAbdelaziz00/status/702619942907023362
https://twitter.com/FrankieEdgar/status/702623767609085952
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