Conor McGregor has made his opinion identified on tonight’s boxing battle between Nate Diaz and Jorge Masvidal.
As McGregor recovers from his toe harm that led to the postponement of his long-planned MMA return with Michael Chandler — and as we look forward to a brand new date to be introduced for such a battle — he has eyes turned towards a major occasion boxing showdown between two different names which were UFC stars.
McGregor could be very acquainted with Diaz as a fighter, and it’s that have that partly makes him predict that the Stockton native will come out on high on this battle at Anaheim’s Honda Middle on Saturday.
Actually, McGregor took to social media to state that he has positioned a significant, $500,000 wager down on Diaz tonight.
Conor McGregor Locations $500K Guess That Nate Diaz Defeats Jorge Masvidal In Boxing
“Vary, type, expertise, solely palms getting used, I can’t see Masvidal inflicting any issues to Nate in a boxing ring in anyway,” McGregor posted. They’re each little mess around dips**** in a battle, mess around bollox, however I really feel Nate does him in straightforward right here for actual.”
McGregor and Diaz fought in two legendary battles at UFC 196 and UFC 202. Preventing on simply over per week’s discover, the American fan favourite submitted his Irish counterpart in upset style at UFC 196.
McGregor bought his revenge in a carefully contested encounter by a majority choice win at UFC 202, which at one level was essentially the most purchased pay-per-view in UFC historical past.
In the meantime, Masvidal and the previous two-division champion by no means fought within the Octagon, with UFC CEO Dana White at one level noting that McGregor would look small preventing “Gamebred” at 170 kilos.
Diaz and Masvidal confronted off at UFC 244 in November 2019, with the Miami native profitable through third-round physician’s stoppage TKO to develop into the inaugural BMF champion.
