Diaz slams no-show McGregor with brutal sledge

Conor McGregor was not in attendance for Saturday's UFC 200 press conference but he certainly made his presence felt, and Nate Diaz did not like it one bit.

While Diaz was fielding questions from reporters in Las Vegas, McGregor fired off the following tweet:

When asked about the tweet, Diaz's reply was simple and brutal: "Conor got his ass beat".

UFC president Dane White - who flagged Jon Jones v Daniel Cormier II as "a possibility" for a new main event - said McGregor's failure to front for the press conference had sealed his fate.

"It's an unpopular decision but it's the right decision," White said, confirming his stance that McGregor will not be on the UFC 200 card.

"You think I don't want Conor to fight? Of course I do, but it's not right. You can't not show up for this stuff, you can't do it.

"That's a bad precendent, that's not the deal.

"We get criticised a lot for bending too much to Conor - and we do. Conor is a guy that has stepped up and fought in big fights on short notice. I respect Conor very much as a fighter and I like him, but you have to show up and do this stuff.

Diaz went on to say he didn't even want to fight at UFC 200 if it wasn't in the McGregor rematch - even after bouts against Georges St-Pierre and Robbie Lawler were flagged.

"I came to fight Conor McGregor and I don't really have too much interest in anyone else," he said.

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"I don't have any interest in fighting at all. If that's what we were going to do, I thought we were going to do it.

"If we don't get that fight on, I'm going on vacation - for real."

"We're spending 10 million on promotion for this fight and we can't even shoot a commercial for the main event?"