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Anthony Pettis gets personal with Nate Diaz, wants to 'whoop his ass'

The bad blood between UFC lightweight contenders Anthony Pettis and Nate Diaz runs deep. Diaz fired the first shots after the UFC on FOX 10 event in 2014: the rebelling lightweight exploded on social media and trashed Showtime's UFC analyst role.

I would've done a interview but they scared to call I think UFC got you all in check... #marks pic.twitter.com/rrkqRQwqfj

— Nathan Diaz (@NateDiaz209) January 27, 2014

Pettis returned fire at a UFC fan Q&A in the same year, which only gave Diaz more ammunition to snipe back at his 155 lbs.