Conor McGregor, the ex-champion of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) in two weights, shared on his Twitter page his opinion on the unsuccessful weighing of Chechen-born Swedish Khamzat Chimaev before his fight against Nate Diaz at the UFC 279 tournament. which head of promotion Dana White announced the changes to the card.
“I think they should have removed Khamzat completely from the card. The change in fights and a more positive outcome for the faulty cutter will cause many other players in the game to do the same. Take it off the card, starve,” McGregor wrote.
The duel between Chimaev and Diaz would be the main event of the tournament, which will be held in Las Vegas.
It has been announced that Nate Diaz will run the tournament against Tony Ferguson. Chimaev will face Kevin Holland in the joint main event. Both challenges will be five rounds.
Diaz and Ferguson have not won since 2019. In his final match, Diaz lost to Leon Edwards by unanimous decision at UFC 263, while Ferguson was defeated by KO of the year at UFC 274 to Michael Chandler.
Formerly McGregor announced Third fight against Diaz.