Professional fighters are almost as renowned for talking as they are for actually fighting.
So, on Wednesday, Nate Diaz went on a special edition of Ariel Helwani's MMA Hour to talk about a wide range of subjects.
It wasn't long before the rumoured McGregor v Mayweather fight was mentioned.
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Obviously Diaz didn't pass on the question, he used the platform to talk as much trash as possible.
"I call your bluff, fight that motherfucker then I'll be right here," "I'm the only one out of the three of us who can say that I'll whoop both of their asses in one night. Cause Conor can't say that. Floyd definitely cannot say that, you know what I'm saying? You want a real fight you put me in with one of them boxers then, I guarantee I could beat them in boxing, at boxing.
"Mayweather's the best boxer that there is at winning fights," "I ain't been boxing. I ain't been in high-level boxing matches with him like that. But guarantee I'd do better than McGregor would." (Via MMA Fighting.)
Right, there is a massive contradiction there, he definitely says he could beat Mayweather at boxing before then almost immediately retracting the statement and simply saying 'guarantee I'd do better than McGregor would.'
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As for a McGregor v Diaz re-match, that seems unlikely at this point: "I haven't been paid yet."
"I'm not begging for this fight. But everybody else seems to think it's absurd when I'm asking for a raise. Every fighter needs to start acting like a businessman and treat yourself like a business and get yourself paid."
Personally, a three-way McGregor, Mayweather, Diaz fight would be much more exciting, but also probably much more unlikely.
Words by Matthew Cooper
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