Conor McGregor Says He'll Fight Khamzat Chimaev In Now-Deleted Twitter Exchange With Nate Diaz

Chimaev then responded to Diaz's comments with a flurry of social media posts.

In another post, he said The Stockton Slugger was "the easiest money" for him.

"Let him fight kamrat," the 36-year-old American wrote. "That be a great fight to make. He needs a easy new guy to fight anyway he can taper back in and see if he can even still fight at all."

McGregor quickly responded, saying: "No problem, bitch"

Not to be outdone, Diaz hit back. "Good job do what ur told... BITCH." before the Irish fighter wrote: "Two sugars" in reference to an old quote from McGregor when he said go fetch him his coffee.

"But when it really comes down to it, nobody's trying to fight Khamzat Chimaev. I don't blame them.

"But at the end of the day when you're a professional fighter - this is what you do - you should look at a guy with as much hype and as much bravado as Chimaev has, as a huge opportunity."

White also claimed McGregor is "chomping at the bit" to return to the Octagon.

"He's chomping at the bit to get back in there and compete again," White said on The Jim Rome Podcast this week.

"It's going to be a while before he can put some torque on that leg. April. For him to start training again in April is probably about right.

"I don't know (how badly he wants it)," White added. "He obviously still has the desire to compete. You don't ever hear Conor going, 'You know what, man? I just don't have the desire for this anymore.'

"You know what I mean? He's obviously very rich, and he's training like Rocky in 'Rocky III,' but he still has the desire to compete and the desire to fight, and we'll see what happens."