{"id":240,"date":"2022-09-24T15:26:07","date_gmt":"2022-09-24T14:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/?p=240"},"modified":"2022-09-24T21:38:34","modified_gmt":"2022-09-24T20:38:34","slug":"nate-diaz-snaps-on-fat-motherf-er-daniel-cormier-dc-responds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/nate-diaz-snaps-on-fat-motherf-er-daniel-cormier-dc-responds\/","title":{"rendered":"Nate Diaz Snaps On \u2018Fat Motherf\u2014er\u2019 Daniel Cormier; DC Responds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The relationship between\u00a0Nate Diaz\u00a0and Daniel Cormier has taken a nasty turn. The former UFC heavyweight and light heavyweight champion was forced to respond following the Stockton-native&#8217;s tweet telling Cormier to respect the &#8220;OG&#8221;, a.k.a., original gangster<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Diaz fought out his UFC contract at UFC 279, after one of the most bizarre and wild fight weeks of all time. Initially scheduled to fight\u00a0Khamzat Chimaev, he would end up instead<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmanews.com\/2022\/09\/ufc-279-results-2\/\" data-mil=\"118398\">\u00a0<\/a>facing<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmanews.com\/2022\/09\/ufc-279-results-2\/\" data-mil=\"118398\">\u00a0<\/a>Tony Ferguson\u00a0on 24 hours\u2019 notice, following a string of\u00a0altercations\u00a0and\u00a0weight\u00a0misses\u00a0that led to a reshuffling of the event.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_61759\"  width=\"696\" height=\"391\"  data-origwidth=\"696\" data-origheight=\"391\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BMr8Wd4YYF0?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-nate-diaz-rips-daniel-cormier\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nate Diaz Rips Daniel Cormier<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The fight with Ferguson being a much better stylistic matchup for Nate Diaz, with him being a heavy underdog against Chimaev, only to be\u00a0victorious against El Cucuy.\u00a0In fact, many people including\u00a0Dana White\u00a0himself believe that if the fights took place how they were intended, the Stockton native would likely have been demolished.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Another person who felt this way was former UFC champ-champ Daniel Cormier, who had gone on record to question how the original matchmaking would have played out. However, it seems that Diaz did not particularly appreciate DC saying these things, as he took to his\u00a0Twitter to rip into the fighter turned commentator, hurling insults while.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Diaz posted the tweet below and even referred to Cormier as a &#8220;fat motherf***er.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Respect your OG you fat motherfucker <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FGoBVnl7oo\">pic.twitter.com\/FGoBVnl7oo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nathan Diaz (@NateDiaz209) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NateDiaz209\/status\/1573356818738606081?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 23, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">During the exchange on Twitter, Nate Diaz fired shots at Daniel Cormier, forcing the Hall-of-Famer to defend himself, which he chose to do in a professional way:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Respect your OG you fat motherfucker <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FGoBVnl7oo\">pic.twitter.com\/FGoBVnl7oo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nathan Diaz (@NateDiaz209) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NateDiaz209\/status\/1573356818738606081?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 23, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"tweet-header\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tweet-footer-actions\"><\/div>\n<div title=\"Retweet\"><\/div>\n<div title=\"Retweet\"><\/div>\n<div title=\"Retweet\"><\/div>\n<div title=\"Retweet\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The relationship between\u00a0Nate Diaz\u00a0and Daniel Cormier has taken a nasty turn. 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