After his fight with Nate Diaz during the UFC 200 did not push through, Conor McGregor will finally attempt to reclaim his glory when the two face each other at the UFC 202 on Aug. 20 at Las Vegas' T-Mobile Arena.
McGregor failed to meet media obligations for his supposed rematch with Diaz in the welterweight division. But the highly anticipated bout will finally push through, based on the training photos that the Irish MMA fighter shared through his social media accounts.
In one of the photos, The Notorious is seen doing a strenuous workout routine using a harness under the supervision of Straight Blast Gym coach John Kavanagh. He also showed a photo of himself while watching his sparring session in Las Vegas on a large screen in his own home cinema.
Harness work with @John_Kavanagh tonight!
Photo - @shinobiacademy #TheMacLife pic.twitter.com/2NkIXruqbB
Watching today's sparring in my home cinema. pic.twitter.com/FjyVOYLN8D
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) July 12, 2016 " data-caption="null" data-credit="null">This proves that that 28-year-old fighter from Dublin is very serious about winning against the first person who defeated him in the UFC.
However, Diaz also revealed that he is determined to beat McGregor again in the main event of UFC 202. In an interview with Yahoo! News, the fighter warned UFC that McGregor should win if they do not want to encounter any problems.
"(They) better hope I don't win this fight because it's going to be a lot of trouble for everybody, in terms of the business," Diaz said. "This one coming up, they better hope I don't win this one because the game is going to change."
Diaz knew that if he defeats one of the biggest UFC fighters for the second time, he will get a leverage to negotiate for a higher pay check in his future fights.
But aside from his scheduled fight with Diaz, fans are also looking forward to seeing McGregor defeat Jose Aldo in a unification bout under the featherweight division. However, UFC has yet to make an announcement about the said bout.
