Islam Makhachev addresses the recent altercation with Nate Diaz at the UFC 311 press conference. Makhachev claims Diaz acted inappropriately by showing disrespect towards his teammate, potentially mistaking him for Khabib Nurmagomedov. He also highlights Diaz's prior respectful interaction with him in an elevator months ago, contrasting it with his aggressive behavior at the press conference.
on Jan. 18 at the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles, California. Makhachev was in Las Vegas for a promotional presser in December when he almost got into an altercation with Diaz , who was in town to corner teammate. Diaz and Makhachev ’s teams threw water bottles at each other before security broke them up without letting it escalate further.might have had something to do with the incident.
“We sit in before the fight day, I have press conference, the fighters have official weigh-in. We sit and Diaz start to show them , for what?” Makhachev recently told. “Maybe for someone it's good, it's no problem, but it's not our style. Because one of the guys, he wear the mask. Maybe he's sick a little bit, he wear the mask and maybe Diaz is thinking, 'Oh, it's Khabib and show him… but that day Khabib not in Vegas, he's in some other country.
Makhachev further revealed that he came across Diaz in an elevator at the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas months ago. According to the lightweight champ, Diaz maintained a two feet distance, raised his hands and just paid his respects. Makhachev says Diaz should have sorted his differences with him, if any, inside the elevator, instead of acting tough when cameras are around.
“Interesting, maybe five, six months ago, I meet Diaz in the elevator in Wynn hotel,” Makhachev said. “He go to cross to me and say, 'respect, respect', he just walk, but what change now? They love when a lot of cameras come, always people change. We don't have something… If I have something with him, I can fix it in the Wynn hotel, but he come to me like two meters . He say, 'respect, respect' and he go.
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