Nate Diaz hitting his signature point at UFC 279
Nate Diaz questions the status of Conor McGregor’s challenge to Artem Lobov
Conor McGregor tweeted on Tuesday that he is being sued for defamation of character by a former teammate and friend Artem Lobov. Earlier this week, Lobov filed a lawsuit against McGregor for millions of dollars, claiming that he was instrumental in helping McGregor launch his popular Proper 12 whiskey brand.
McGregor and his business partners sold a controlling interest in Proper 12 to Proximo Spirits in 2021 for $600 million. Lobov claims an agreement for a share of the profits was broken once the sale was finalized, and he is now demanding 5% of the money made.
Another lawsuit, according to McGregor, has been filed against him. On Twitter McGregor wrote:
“Artem is trying to sue me and my father for defamation now as well,” McGregor wrote on Twitter. “Oh lord, god bless. Artem you look like an uncooked sausage of a thing. Jump on the pan for minute pal you look rough mate. God bless ya pal.”
The Irishman launched another post, this time issuing a challenge to Lobov for a fight to settle the dispute:
“This is a call out to Artem, the fanny, fairy pad, Lobov. I’m challenging you to a fight tonight 10:30 p.m. I’ll meet you down at SBG Concorde and we’ll fight for the whole lot. Going through having lawyers message me about defamation and all this suing and all. You’re a little blouse, mate. I’ll see you SBG Concord tonight at 10:30 p.m. and I’ll fight you for the whole lot. Answer this f****** call out, you little blouse.”
The tweets have since been deleted, and Lobov is yet to reply to the challenge.
Nate Diaz is officially a free agent now after the negotiation clause in his UFC contract expired.
The Stockton native can now test the free agency waters and explore business options outside the UFC. Reacting to the heated dispute between former friends now turned foes, Diaz wrote:
“So is Artem gonna show up to the big fight or what ?”
Nate Diaz had confirmed in the aftermath of his fight against Tony Ferguson at UFC 279 that he would “love” to complete the trilogy series with rival Conor McGregor:
“The timing’s not on right now,” Diaz told Inside Fighting. “We’ll worry about that later. It’s for sure going to happen at some point. … Yeah, at some point. He needs to get back on what he’s got to do, whatever that is. It’s like, when we match up, we’re going to match up. But we ain’t going nowhere.”
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