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06th Mar 2016

Conor McGregor’s comments about tapping out may come back to haunt him

Tom Victor

We’re still getting over the fact that Conor McGregor has lost a mixed martial arts bout for the first time since 2010.

The Irish fighter was a strong favourite to see off the challenge of Nate Diaz, but the Stockton native upset the odds despite only coming into the fight as a last-minute replacement for the injured Rafael Dos Anjos.

A taller, rangier opponent than many McGregor has faced in the recent past, Diaz secured a second round submission when ‘The Notorious’ tapped out.

And as some have noticed, the Dubliner had some strong words to say about such a manner of defeat just last year in an interview with Esquire, while discussing his 38-second defeat to Joe Duffy back in 2010.

It’s clearly one thing to say it, and quite another to put it into practice.