Nate Diaz happy to have Conor McGregor rivalry: ‘It’s good that he’s here’
UFC cult hero says he welcomes rivalry with Irish superstar, but says he's here to take out 'the best of the best and the loudest of the loudest'
NATE Diaz and Conor McGregor may be rivals inside the Octagon, but outside it Diaz is just happy he gets to fight a big name.
It wasn't that long ago that Diaz appeared to be the forgotten man of the 's talent-filled lightweight division.
"I was the biggest name in the (lightweight) division and most of the UFC and there was nobody to fight. Everybody I fought was making a name off me.
"Then we have this guy who's making a scene and they're giving him all this love and exposure.
While McGregor seems unfazed at the prospect of facing the man who beat him last time out, Diaz says he's happy if his confrontational fighting style does prove intimidating on fight night.
"I don't really try to intimidate anybody," he said.
"But it's a fight and I go about it the way I go about it.
"If they're intimidated, good."