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Published 02:41 31 Mar 2016 BST
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"After the fight, Lorenzo (Fertitta) and I went up to Conor's house that he was renting here in Las Vegas and started talking about, ‘what are you thinking, what's next?' And he was obsessed," White said on ESPN.
"Obsessed with fighting Nate Diaz again.
"Obviously Lorenzo and I tried to argue with him and say let's go back down to 145 and defend your title, or if you really want the Diaz fight that bad, do it at 155. And he wants to fight at 170. Even his coach, Coach (John) Kavanagh, tried to get him to get off this rematch and off the 170 lb fight, but it's what he wanted."
That wasn't the only monumental clash added to the culmination of international fight week as an interim featherweight title fight between Jose Aldo and Frankie Edgar was also announced on Wednesday night. https://twitter.com/UFCTonight/status/715314309748797441 This is essentially a decider for who takes on McGregor next, regardless of how he fares in his second trip to welterweight, and it too is a rematch. Aldo enjoyed a unanimous decision victory over Edgar at UFC 156 in 2013 but the pair will come head-to-head once more in a fight with major title, if not career, implications for both fighters. "Win, lose, or draw against Nate Diaz, he (McGregor) will go in and he will fight either Jose or Frankie," White added. "Whoever wins at 200." UFC 200 currently looks like thisFormer UFC fighter shot dead while out for evening walk
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