There’s a split in opinion among fellow fighters regarding the way Conor McGregor decided to fight against Nate Diaz at UFC 202 earlier this month.

In the Aug. 20 pay-per-view headliner, featherweight champion McGregor (20-3 MMA, 8-1 UFC) beat Diaz (19-11 MMA, 14-9 UFC) by majority decision in a non-title welterweight rematch of their March meeting at UFC 196, which Diaz won by second-round submission.

Although the five-round slugfest is a surefire “Fight of the Year” candidate, McGregor received some criticism for his tactics in the bout, especially when he turned his back to Diaz and quickly walked toward a different section of the octagon on multiple occasions.

Diaz taunted McGregor for his actions, repeatedly pointing at him, laughing and giving the middle finger. Diaz said after the fight that McGregor was “running” and should have had a point deducted, but others, such as UFC strawweight Bec Rawlings, didn’t see it that way.

“I feel like Conor had the better game plan,” Rawlings said. “He was smarter. He could feel himself fading so he took a little reset. He wasn’t running. He was running, but it wasn’t, ‘I’m a (expletive). I’m running. I’m scared.’ It was more of a, ‘I need to reset. I need to reevaluate my attacks.’ It’s smart.”

It could have been McGregor’s game plan all along – or perhaps something he chose when he ran into damage and fatigue. Nevertheless, UFC lightweight Jim Miller saw the fight and had plenty of criticism to throw at “The Notorious.”

“I’ve never, ever avoided fighting one of my opponents,” Miller said. “It didn’t matter if I was all there or not. I was still moving forward and still trying to fight my hardest. He was point-fighting at that time and avoiding the fight. It does irk me a little bit.

“He was avoiding the fight. That wasn’t resetting; that was wasting time.”

Watch the video above to hear from other UFC fighters who weighed in on the running vs. resetting debate.

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