Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz are talking smack – about smacks.
In a slew of tweets that started Saturday and flowed into Sunday, the two notorious UFC rivals engaged in a war of words on Twitter.
The exchange stemmed from an initial string of tweets where McGregor expressed interest in Power Slap, the UFC’s upcoming slap fighting league. He then pitched the idea of facing Diaz in such a contest. That was during Saturday’s broadcast.
Sunday, Diaz chimed in, which once again got a reaction out of McGregor and sparked back-and-forth.
Scroll below to see the full exchange.
McGregor warming up to Power Slap
This power slap championships is growing on me. Who doesn’t like watching good quality clatters hahaha
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) December 18, 2022
Is it a flip of a coin who gets to go first? How long do they have to recover before they get to throw their counter? Or is it over if they’re ko’d? Fascinating. I’m attending one of these 100%. Is this Dana’s ? Wtf is this madness Dana hahaha. I’m in.
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) December 18, 2022
McGregor challenges Diaz
Me Vs Nate on it for the title hahahaha maybe that’s a title you’d have a better chance of coming close to winning Nate you little slapper hahahaha
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) December 18, 2022
Respect? False alarm
Big lanky bastard ya
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) December 19, 2022
I telling you bro I been milling people your shape and size and bad. But gonna be a knock no doubt. I not sure I give a rats fully but I gonna go sprint until I can’t sprint no more in the 3rd fight I don’t care. Opening bell the absolute most power I have on me. Until we’ll see
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) December 19, 2022
Boom roasted
Boom Roasted 👊🏼✌🏼
— Nathan Diaz (@NateDiaz209) December 19, 2022
Floyd catches a stray
I carried floyd. Not next time. Like in the pub. One shot. Nighty night I don’t give a rats, U too , 2 https://t.co/E8X98A4u4n
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) December 19, 2022
Trilogy?
March 5, 2016; Las Vegas, NV, USA; Nate Diaz moves in with a punch against Conor McGregor during UFC 196 at MGM Grand Garden Arena. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports
As the lifetime series with Diaz is tied at one win apiece, McGregor works toward a 2023 return to MMA competition after a broken leg suffered in July 2021. However, he is not currently in the USADA testing pool and will need six months of testing before he returns.
Diaz is currently a free agent after the completion of his UFC contract. It is unclear what his next move is, but Diaz has indicated he isn’t opposed to a UFC return nor a trilogy bout vs. McGregor down the line.
“Nate is going to be looking at the biggest fights possible,” Diaz’s manager Zach Rosenfield told MMA Junkie in November. “He has stated that completing the trilogy with Conor McGregor is something that interests him, and that has not changed.