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24th March 2016
02:28pm GMT
Diaz all but confirmed that talks are under way for the rematch on Wednesday night but, interestingly, may have let slip that he would prefer to cut to lightweight so that he could shut Conor McGregor up.
Before the broadcast of UFC Tonight began, Diaz's microphone was picked up and he can be clearly heard telling Karyn Bryant, Kenny Florian and Michael Bisping that "and now I'm like trying to do the 155 lb thing because I'm like 'I don't want to hear it no more.'
"If he wants to come up weight classes, I'm a lightweight. And everybody's backing him up."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqZfEoKhPSY
In the run-up to UFC 196, McGregor insisted that he acquiesced to have the fight take place at 170 lbs after Diaz had requested a catchweight fight but Diaz has always rejected those claims, claiming that it was McGregor's camp who wanted the first bout to take place at welterweight.
But even when the broadcast of UFC Tonight got underway, Diaz made sure to point out that he wants to fight 'The Notorious' at lightweight to eliminate any doubt that the fight was decided by a disparity in weight rather than a difference in skill-set.
“If there’s a second fight, whatever. I’ll fight at (155),” Diaz said. “I’d like to be in shape and be cut up and not have to hear it out of the fans and the people. Not even the fans but the guy (Conor McGregor), I don’t want to hear no excuses.
“I’ll make 55. I planned on making 55 the last time. We’re going to have to see if they want to run it back and then we’ll see.”
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