Nate Diaz News

Justin Golightly - August 29, 2017

Big fights can turn even the best of friends against each other. Conor McGregor boxing Floyd Mayweather pitted two groups of the most die hard, passionate fans clashing with polar opposite takes. Sure, it’s easy for fans to get heated in debates with each other about scoring, who did what, and the ins-and-outs of a fight we have a lot of emotional stake in, however, even the fighters in attendance and those working the event aren’t immune to these types of altercations. Video has been going around of Brendan Schaub and Nate Diaz in mid-argument over Mayweather vs McGregor, an argument that quickly almost turned into a fight. https://twitter.com/SecretMovesMMA/status/902323534365683712

Tom Taylor - August 27, 2017

Last night, UFC lightweight champ Conor McGregor stepped into the boxing ring with one of his most heated rivals, undefeated boxing legend Floyd Mayweather Jr. Unfortunately for McGregor and his legions of fans, this fight didn’t go as planned. Instead, the Irishman wilted under a torrent of 10th-round punches, losing by way of TKO as a result. As much as it was a disappointing night for McGregor, however, it was a momentous one for Mayweather. With this win, “Money” will now ride off into the sunset with a fantastic, 50-0 professional boxing record. Post-fight, Mayweather shared a brief encounter with McGregor’s biggest rival from the MMA sphere, Nate Diaz. This cool moment was captured on camera by endlessly talented combat sports photographer Esther Lin. See it below:

Chris Taylor - August 27, 2017

UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor surprised a lot of people with his performance against Floyd Mayweather last night in Las Vegas. “Mystic Mac” had a terrific few opening rounds before Mayweather was finally able to settle in and start finding his range.

Russell Ess - August 24, 2017

Nate Diaz thinks it’s best for every fighter to not make any hard claims of who will win the mega-million dollar money boxing match between Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor. Having fought the Irish MMA superstar twice and having one win and one loss on record with “The Notorious,” Diaz knows he is a game opponent. Although Mayweather’s team has hinted at trying to get Nate to walk out with Floyd for the fight on Saturday night, Nate’s roots are in mixed martial arts. However, in speaking on the “Against All Odds with Cousin Sal” podcast, Diaz says he isn’t picking any sides, but there is one player involved that he is not happy with.

Tom Taylor - August 20, 2017

Today, UFC superstar Conor McGregor is gearing up for a foray into the boxing world, as we’re now less than a week away from his headline dominating showdown with Floyd Mayweather. On this day last year, McGregor had his hands full with a very different challenge: a rematch with the only man he’s lost to in the UFC, Nate Diaz. McGregor and Diaz’s rematch headlined UFC 202, which went down inside the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Unlike their first fight, which saw McGregor blow an early lead to succumb to a second-round rear-naked choke, this fight was as close as they come.

Justin Golightly - August 19, 2017

As soon as Nate Diaz was announced to fight Conor McGregor back at UFC 196, we all knew it was going to be something special. It was the first time McGregor’s trash talk would bounce off of someone. There wouldn’t be any getting in Diaz’s head, he would only shrug, curse and go on a rant about the type of ninjutsu he was going to do. It would be the start of a rivalry between the Stockton soldier and that loud-mouthed Irish yakuza that would make the UFC a lot of money, as well as generate respect between both fighters. A respect that has seemed to last, considering Nate Diaz just recently had a whole lot to stay about boxers and their criticisms of McGregor to TMZ. “Now all the boxers are criticizing Conor like ‘Conor will get embarrassed’, but that’s a real arrogant thing to say. Wanna’ know something that’s even more embarrassing? If Floyd fought Conor in an MMA match, it would be more embarrassing than if Conor fought Floyd in a boxing match. [Floyd] would get mounted and laughed at, and slapped around [and Conor] would smile at the crowd and wave.”

Russell Ess - August 10, 2017

The Floyd Mayweather vs Conor McGregor mega-money fight is nearly two weeks away. As the media has been covering the highly anticipated fight, Skip Bayless and Shannon Sharpe picked their favorite to win the bout long before the fight was made official and continued their argument on a recent episode of their “Undisputed” show.

bjpenndotcom - August 5, 2017

UFC veteran Nate Diaz has been absent from the Octagon since his UFC 202 majority decision loss to Conor McGregor, however the possibility of Diaz returning to the Octagon has continued to make headlines as fan hopes for a McGregor vs. Diaz trilogy fight have continued to mount. Recently, the idea of Diaz walking Floyd Mayweather to the ring for his highly anticipated ‘Fight of the Century’ scrap with McGregor is one that has continued to be mentioned in interviews following Mayweather’s attempt to call Diaz during the London stop of the Mayweather-McGregor world tour.

bjpenndotcom - July 18, 2017

At the New York stop of the Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor world tour, UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor started off his speech for the event by throwing shade at New York’s own 50 Cent. McGregor took the mic, saying:

Russell Ess - July 14, 2017

The fourth and last stop of the Floyd Mayweather vs Conor McGregor world tour press conference landed in London, England on Friday. The two fighters conducted their promotion for the fight in a boxing ring and took their best verbal shots at each other.

Russell Ess - July 14, 2017

The UFC rankings have been updated following their two events from last week that went down in Las Vegas, Nevada. On Friday, The Ultimate Fighter 25 Finale took place with former WSOF lightweight champion Justin Gaethje making his UFC debut against Michael Johnson. The two fought in a thrilling war where Gaethje was able to power through some of Johnson’s big shots and eventually scored a second round TKO victory. The win secured Gaethje a place on the lightweight rankings, establishing himself at #6, right behind Nate Diaz who moved up a spot to #5. Interestingly, Diaz has not fought since August of last year where he lost to Conor McGregor at UFC 202 in a welterweight contest. Diaz last fought in the lightweight division against Michael Johnson in December 2015 where he won by unanimous decision. Meanwhile, Johnson dropped four spots after losing to Gaethje, now sitting at #9.

Tom Taylor - July 10, 2017

On August 26, UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor will step into the boxing ring with undefeated great Floyd Mayweather Jr. in a fight that will see both men pocket north of $100 million. While this boxing mega-bout draws ever closer, the fiercest rival of McGregor’s MMA career thus far, Nate Diaz, is watching on from the sidelines. This week, on an airport tarmac in Los Angeles, McGregor crossed paths with UFC President Dana White – a man he’s had his issues with in the past, but a figure who was instrumental in the fruition of this mega fight with Mayweather. Unsurprisingly, the pair posed for a quick photo.

bjpenndotcom - June 20, 2017

On August 26th, undefeated prizefighter Floyd Mayweather will put his 49-0 record on the line as he steps into the ring at the T Mobile Arena against Conor McGregor in what many expect to be the biggest combat sports pay-per view event of all time. If Adrien Broner has his wish, he will be fighting UFC lightweight superstar Nate Diaz on the same exact card.

Russell Ess - June 15, 2017

On Wednesday, the Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor boxing bout was officially announced and will take place in Las Vegas, Nevada on August 26. The fight that many thought would never take place, including UFC President Dana White, is just a little over two months away.

bjpenndotcom - June 15, 2017

This week, news surfaced that the highly anticipated Conor McGregor vs. Floyd Mayweather boxing match would take place on August 26th at the T-Mobile arena in Las Vegas, where the two men would fight at 154 pounds. While the fight community immediately went wild following months of anticipation, MMA fans began to wonder if this meant McGregor wouldn’t be returning to the UFC to defend his lightweight title belt. Following news of the fight being made official, UFC President Dana White did a Q&A with fight fans, where he fielded questions regarding the fight, as well as Conor McGregor’s future with the UFC.

Tom Taylor - June 14, 2017

Earlier this evening, we compiled a list of some of the best reactions to the news that Conor McGregor‘s much-discussed fight with Floyd Mayweather had been made official. Unfortunately, this list did not include a reaction from McGregor’s most fearsome rival: Nate Diaz. That, of course, is because Diaz took his time responding to this news. Finally, however, the Stockton-born fan favorite has chimed in on the madness. He kept it short and sweet.

Tom Taylor - May 24, 2017

With Khabib Nurmagomedov on the shelf until the fall, streaking lightweight contender Tony Ferguson has been angling hard for a fight with fan favorite Nate Diaz. On Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour, Ferguson’s callouts of Diaz continued. Speaking to host Ariel Helwani, Ferguson poked fun at Diaz’s biking hobby, and urged the Stockton based fighter to get back in the cage.

Russell Ess - May 8, 2017

Nate Diaz is one of the brightest stars in the UFC, especially after his pair of fights against current UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor. The product of Stockton, California along with older brother Nick are known for their attitudes of keeping things real, paired with their elite fighting abilities. However, even with their loyal fan bases, Nate says that his stock could be much higher if the UFC jumped on board and pushed he and his brother like they have done with other fighters.