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McGregor: Everyone 'wrote me off' in Diaz fight but I proved them wrong

Only 4 interviewed fighters picked Conor McGregor to beat Nate Diaz at UFC 202 but 'The Notorious' proved them all wrong with a hard-fought, majority decision win.

It was a historic night for the sport, as McGregor and Diaz battled back-and-forth for 5 rounds to deliver a Stephan Bonnar-Forrest Griffin-esque fight under new UFC ownership.

McGregor is revelling in the moment, telling the media at the post-fight press conference how he, yet again, proved the doubters wrong in the most important fight of his career.

"This was a hell of an important fight for me," McGregor said at UFC 202's post-fight press conference, per Shaun Al-Shatti of MMA Fighting.