UFC fighters react to altercation between Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz at UFC 202 news conference

ByABC News
August 17, 2016, 7:10 PM

— -- Whether it's in the Octagon or at a press conference, whenever Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz interact, it's must-see TV.

At the prefight news conference for the main event of UFC 202, a near brawl broke out between McGregor and Diaz and his camp after the two sides started hurling water bottles at each other while McGregor was addressing the media and Diaz was leaving the venue. The spur-of-the-moment altercation caused several UFC fighters to chime in on Twitter with a combination of surprise, excitement and disappointment.

Tony Martin even tried to capitalize on the melee.

The long-awaited rematch takes place Saturday at 10 p.m. ET on pay-per-view.