Conor believes that other fighters will copy Khamzat Chimaev after he stayed on tonight's UFC 279 card despite showing up over half-a-stone overweight for tonight's main event.
The promotion have scrambled to put together a new main card after Chimaev was allegedly told to stop cutting weight ten hours before tipping the scales at 178.5lb, which is 7.5lb more than he was allowed to face Nate Diaz. He was ultimately put in a makeshift co-main event against Kevin Holland, who weighed in at 179.5lb, while Diaz will now face Tony Ferguson.
Tonight's card will prove Diaz's final night in the octagon, with the American set to test free agency after a decade-and-a-half with the UFC. The plan had seemingly been to put him in a wildly unfavourable match-up with the unbeaten and hard-hitting Chimaev, who has mauled his 11 professional opponents to date.
