The fight started well enough for McGregor who bloodied Diaz up in the first round, but Diaz was slowly finding his range and employed the trademark “Stockton slap” (that he and his brother use to great effect).
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“Jose Aldo getting knocked out by Conor McGregor during their UFC 194 fight”. Any day now, the medical suspensions are bound to be released, so it may all depend on that as well as on the directive from the UFC bosses.
McGregor is still the UFC’s 145-pound champion, but he agreed to fight Diaz at the welterweight limit less than two weeks ago when 155-pound lightweight champion Rafael Dos Anjos dropped out of his matchup with McGregor due to a foot injury.
Edgar claims that he is the only fight that would silence the Dubliner’s doubters. However, after being informed that Tate had won she responded by saying, “Oh well, back to work for me.” .
– On his podcast with Jon Anik, Kenny Florian spoke about Conor McGregor’s loss to Nate Diaz. I took a shot and missed.
Diaz recorded a huge victory over the UFC featherweight belt holder in the early hours of Sunday morning via submission. “I will never apologise for taking a shot”, he said on Instagram. Coincidence? I think not.
Instead, we now pretty much know that the only thing “mystic” in MMA is Mystic Mac, Conor McGregor – a lion among gazelles, a god recognized by other gods. Though Tate had Holm close to tapping out in the second round, it was the champion, fresh off her own upset title win against Ronda Rousey, who was on top in the first, third, and fourth rounds. “My job as the champion is to fight the next best person, so whoever that is, I’ll fight them”.
This means that he will more than likely return to the featherweight division to defend his crown in the next fight.
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The fan, whose identity is not known, began writhing around and forcefully smashing the floor with his bare fist when McGregor’s defeat was confirmed. Dos Anjos beat Diaz by decision in December 2014. Even Holly Holm, she went to sleep without tapping. I think against Aldo, he got lucky. “I love it all”.
