Conor McGregor speaks for the first time after being officially replaced at UFC 200

However, the highly-anticipated fight was cancelled last week as the Irishman refused to curtail his training camp in Ireland and travel to Las Vegas to fulfil his promotional duties.

McGregor and Diaz's second encounter, which was set to top the bill at UFC 200, has been replaced by a light-heavyweight title fight between champion Daniel Cormier and Jon Jones.

Earlier this week, McGregor's head coach, John Kavanagh, revealed that the Dubliner was disappointed to have been withdrawn from UFC 200, which takes place at the brand new T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

And the former Cage Warriors star has finally broken his silence on the matter.

"My name will forever reign," he tweeted.

MMA fans across the world are disappointed with the UFC's decision to axe McGregor from UFC 200 and have taken aim at the promotion's president, Dana White, via Twitter.

White understands the fans' frustrations but is adamant that McGregor's withdrawal from the landmark card had nothing to do with him.

"First of all, I didn't prevent Conor from fighting at UFC 200. I did not," he said at yesterday's press conference for UFC 200.

"If you looked at the press conference Joanna Jedrzejczyk flew in from Poland, Claudia (Gadelha) came in from Brazil, he (pointing to Jose Aldo) flew in from Brazil and then came here.

"People came in from all over the world. Frankie (Edgar) is just getting in and hasn't seen his family. This is what we do, this is how it works.

"I didn't prevent him from fighting at UFC 200. He knew what the deal was, I told him what the deal was and he opted to do that."

(dailystar.co.uk)