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Robert Hynes

Conor McGregor UFC news: Notorious says second fight with Nate Diaz was 'most important' of his life

Conor McGregor believes his second fight with Nate Diaz was the 'most important' of his career.

The Notorious defeated Diaz in a rematch after losing the first bout.

Reminiscing on the August 2016 bout, which was shown again on BT Sport on Sunday, McGregor said: "UFC 202: McGregor Vs Diaz 2 on @btsport now! Incredible fight! The most important of my life."

McGregor has a number of options for his next fight, but former middleweight champion Michael Bisping believes he will face Diaz for a third time.

Bisping said earlier this month: “What we like to see from Conor is the fights, and judging by the last fight against Cowboy Cerrone, he’s still got it.

“That was a tremendous performance and he made very short work of him. I’m very excited to see the next matchup, probably if I’m a gambling man, Nate Diaz.

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“Nate Diaz came out of the woodwork the other day with a Tweet.

"Khabib has Ramadan coming up so therefore after this fight with Ferguson, he’s going to be fasting so he’s not going to be training for a fight.

"Therefore, if Conor wants to stay busy, keep earning money, and get a very big significant payday against relatively easy competition in Nate Diaz, and a fight that he would win in style and close out the trilogy, yeah there you go. He’s going to fight Nate Diaz, then probably fight Khabib.”

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