Nate Diaz News

Russell Ess - March 17, 2016

In 2014, UFC President Dana White said Nate Diaz was not a draw in the UFC. “He’s under contract and when he’s ready to fight he can fight,” White said regarding contract issues with Nate Diaz. “The kid makes good money. The kid makes really good money. And the unfortunate part is, he’s not a needle mover. His brother (Nick Diaz) is a needle mover, he’s not.” The younger Diaz proved that to be wrong at UFC 196. With just ten days notice, Nate Diaz stepped in to fight UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor in an exciting non-title welterweight bout. White claimed after the fight that it was the most bought UFC PPV event in the company’s history.

Russell Ess - March 16, 2016

Nate Diaz is coming off the biggest win of his career after beating UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor at UFC 196 in a non-title welterweight bout. Diaz is said to have come out making over a million dollars in his fight with McGregor, which Dana White says was the most bought UFC PPV event in the company’s history.

bjpenndotcom - March 16, 2016

Back in December of 2015 Nate Diaz made his emphatic return to the Octagon as he picked up a dominant unanimous decision win over Michael Johnson at UFC on FOX 17. During his post-fight Octagon interview Diaz put Conor McGregor on blast saying: “Conor McGregor you’re taking everything I’ve worked for motherf**ker. I’m gonna fight your f**king ass.”

bjpenndotcom - March 16, 2016

At UFC 196 earlier this month Nate Diaz shocked the world as he picked up a 2nd round submission win over Conor McGregor. The win for Diaz was undoubtably the biggest of his professional career, and according to UFC President Dana White, made him a millionaire. Following the win, UFC welterweight Rory MacDonald, who defeated Diaz back in 2011, spoke on The MMA Hour to discuss Diaz’s massive win and massive payday.

Russell Ess - March 16, 2016

There were some who gave the UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor some flak for tapping out as Nate Diaz nearly squeezed the lights out on him at UFC 196. Just prior to their bout in the co-main event, former champion Holly Holm went unconscious without tapping as Miesha Tate locked on a rear-naked choke to become the new UFC women’s bantamweight champ. Diaz spoke with MMA Junkie about some of the criticism McGregor is getting for tapping out.

Russell Ess - March 15, 2016

Nate Diaz is not fond of some of those in the boxing community that have been criticizing him. Diaz says many in the other world of combat sports has very little knowledge about mixed martial arts and what he could do to them in the boxing ring. “I see a lot of boxers stating their opinions, which is the most irritating,” Diaz told Rolling Stone. “They’re stating their opinion on what’s what. All those boxers who are talking all this shit on me, on my skills in the ring and in the cage, too – I’ll whoop those boxers’ asses at boxing. I’ve sparred in pro boxing gyms. I would have already been a pro boxer if I wasn’t locked in contracts forever. I would have been boxing. I’d fucking do that shit.”

Russell Ess - March 15, 2016

UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor may have had the star power on his side for his fight with Nate Diaz at UFC 196. However, all the celebrities in the world couldn’t have helped him when Nate Diaz sunk in the rear-naked choke to make McGregor tap in the second round of their fight in the main event. Diaz spoke with Rolling Stone on the celebs that he says were caught up in the hype of “The Notorious.”

bjpenndotcom - March 15, 2016

While it’s no secret that Nick Diaz has some serious skills with nunchucks, it may surprise some to know that the Diaz brothers also have some serious skills with another martial arts weapon, the sai.

bjpenndotcom - March 15, 2016

Following Nate Diaz’s UFC 196 main event win over Conor McGregor, pop star Justin Bieber took to Instagram to praise McGregor while criticizing Diaz for his “terrible” style.

Russell Ess - March 15, 2016

Nate Diaz is coming off the biggest win of his career after beating UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor in a non-title welterweight bout at UFC 196. Diaz feels he has earned every bit of the biggest payday of his career in the fight with McGregor and is looking for more fights of that caliber.

Russell Ess - March 15, 2016

UFC veteran Nate Diaz just won the biggest fight of his career at UFC 196. Diaz submitted UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor in the second round and made out with the biggest payday of his career. You would expect Diaz to be riding on top of the world with finding so much success this month. However, things aren’t all so joyful for the Stockton, California native.

Chris Taylor - March 14, 2016

http://youtu.be/jq3ZNd6rQV8 UFC president Dana White claims that Nate Diaz made well over one million dollars for his UFC 196 main event victory over Conor McGregor.

Chris Taylor - March 13, 2016

UFC veteran Nate Diaz picked up the biggest win of his mixed martial arts career this past weekend in Las Vegas when he submitted Conor McGregor in the second-round of their UFC 196 main event fight. Since earning the epic stoppage victory over the current UFC featherweight champion, in a bout that took place at welterweight (170 pounds), much speculation has been made in regards to who the ‘Stockton Slugger’ should fight next.

bjpenndotcom - March 12, 2016

It’s no secret that Martial Arts icon Jean Claude Van Damme is a big UFC fan. Van Damme even offered to train Conor McGregor after his UFC 189 win over Chad Mendes for the interim UFC featherweight championship. This past Saturday at UFC 196, Nate Diaz shocked the world as he defeated Conor McGregor via 2nd round submission. While Van Damme was not one of the celebrities in attendance at UFC 196, he did watch the event.

bjpenndotcom - March 11, 2016

Prior to UFC 196, where Nate Diaz stepped in on short notice to fight Conor McGregor in a welterweight showdown, it was revealed that Diaz would make $500,000 for the fight regardless of whether or not he won.

bjpenndotcom - March 11, 2016

Nick and Nate Diaz are often heard referencing their hometown of Stockton California in interviews. The Diaz brothers also use a slapping technique in fights which has been dubbed the ‘Stockton Slap.’ This past Saturday, Nate Diaz picked up arguably the biggest win of his UFC career as he submitted Conor McGregor in the 2nd round of their UFC 196 main event bout.

bjpenndotcom - March 11, 2016

😳😳😳 #natediaz is mean to #justinbieber on ig 😕 A video posted by nickdiaz209 (@nickdiaz209) on Mar 10, 2016 at 11:11pm PST

Russell Ess - March 10, 2016

https://www.facebook.com/602527476455013/videos/1043146892393067/ “Conor McGregor, you’re taking everything I worked for, mother f*cker. I’m gonna fight your fu*king ass. You know what’s the real fight, what’s the real money fight? Me. Not these clowns that you already punked at the press conference. Ain’t nobody wants to see that. You know you can beat them already. It’s an easy fight. You want the real sh*t. Right here.”