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Hype Derailed? Five Humbling Reasons Conor McGregor Lost To Nate Diaz

The mixed martial arts (MMA) world is understandably still digesting the fallout of last night’s (Sat., March 5, 2016) epic UFC 196 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, and for good reason. Formerly steamrolling 145-pound titleholder Conor McGregor infamously lost a bout he was winning thank to the gritty toughness, accurate

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The mixed martial arts (MMA) world is understandably still digesting the fallout of last night’s (Sat., March 5, 2016) epic UFC 196 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, and for good reason.

Formerly steamrolling 145-pound titleholder Conor McGregor infamously lost a bout he was winning thank to the gritty toughness, accurate boxing, and dangerous jiu-jitsu of Nate Diaz, who weathered an early storm of powerful straight lefts and uppercuts to submit ‘The Notorious’ with an impressive second round rear naked choke (watch the full video highlights here).

It was a historic win for Diaz, but for the prohibitive betting favorite McGregor, it was a gamble that ultimately didn’t pay off after he accepted a short notice fight two weight classes up from his usual 145 pounds.

The Irish slugger deservedly shouldn’t lose much standing overall, as he’s still featherweight champ and has a clear path to a title defense at UFC 200 this July. He could also certainly come back to defend his belt and eventually fight for the 155-pound strap as originally planned if he can pick up a few wins.

But his air of invincibility is gone, as are the potential super fights with lightweight champ Rafael dos Anjos and welterweight champion Robbie Lawler; at least for now. His detractors will also suggest that he was heavily exposed in the area of weakness everyone has always pointed to, his ground game. Overall, it was most likely a mix of motivating factors that lead to McGregor’s first-ever loss inside the Octagon.

Overall, McGregor may have just bit off a bit more than he could chew. Let’s take a look at the major reasons he lost to Diaz at UFC 196.

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Poll: Who Should Nate Diaz Fight Next?

A popular and polarizing force in the UFC 155-pound landscape for many years, Nate Diaz finally earned a signature win when he capitalized on a huge short notice opportunity by submitting the favored Conor McGregor (watch the full highlights here) in the main event of last night’s (Sat., March 5, 2016) UFC 196. The Stockton bad

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A popular and polarizing force in the UFC 155-pound landscape for many years, Nate Diaz finally earned a signature win when he capitalized on a huge short notice opportunity by submitting the favored Conor McGregor (watch the full highlights here) in the main event of last night’s (Sat., March 5, 2016) UFC 196.

The Stockton bad boy came into the awaited event from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, as a substantial underdog, and indeed the first round appeared to go to McGregor after Diaz was bloodied by a stinging series of patented left hands from the featherweight champ. But just when ‘The Notorious’ had seemingly taken over, Diaz came back with his own combos as he walked through the fading offense of the tiring Irishman to win with an electric choke.

The win has Diaz on the precipice of a lightweight title fight, yet there’s one problem in the way of that booking considering Diaz faced and was soundly beaten by current champion Rafael dos Anjos in December 2014. Diaz blamed an injury for the horrific performance after badly missing weight but it’s still hard to say if he would present any more of a challenge to the dominant but oft-injured champion.

No matter what he’s headed for a massive fight next, so if he doesn’t get ‘RDA’ as McGregor suggested last night, he could certainly square off with Anthony Pettis, with whom he has a long and well-documented beef with, Eddie Alvarez, or the winner of the upcoming Tony Ferguson vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov bout at UFC on FOX 19. It was even somehow discussed that he could meet welterweight champ Robbie Lawler for the 170-pound title.

The future is bright for the younger Diaz brother after shaking up the entire framework of the UFC. Whom do you think he should face next?

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Jon Jones Hilariously Trolls Conor McGregor After Loss

Not surprisingly, many professional fighters celebrated Conor McGregor’s submission loss to Nate Diaz (watch the full video highlights here) in the main event of last night’s (Sat., March 5, 2016) UFC 196 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. After all, ‘The Notorious’ had essentially verbally laid waste to almost every top contender ranging

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Not surprisingly, many professional fighters celebrated Conor McGregor’s submission loss to Nate Diaz (watch the full video highlights here) in the main event of last night’s (Sat., March 5, 2016) UFC 196 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. After all, ‘The Notorious’ had essentially verbally laid waste to almost every top contender ranging from 145 all the way up to 170 pounds during a meteoric rise to the lofty position of the UFC’s biggest star.

And this week, he took it to an even further level when he declared that the world’s Nos. 1 & 2-ranked pound-for-pound fighters, former light heavyweight champion Jones and dominant longtime flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson, didn’t deserve a spot other than 10 on that list because he was ‘Nos. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8, and 9’ himself.

Now, apparently Jones and ‘Mighty Mouse’ took offense to this, as ‘Bones’ posted the following picture on Instagram of himself and the 125-pound king cageside at the fights. It was quite the stinging jab from Jones, who has immediately reinserted himself at the top of the MMA trash-talking game heading into his highly anticipated rematch with Daniel Cormier at UFC 197.

In the meantime, check out his hilarious needling of ‘Notorious’ right here:

So much for being 12345678&9

A photo posted by Jon Bones Jones (@jonnybones) on

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Nate Diaz vs. Conor McGregor Full Fight Video Highlights

Top-ranked lightweight Nate Diaz shocked the MMA world when he submitted featherweight champion Conor McGregor in a short notice welterweight bout in the main event of tonight’s (Sat., March 5, 2016), ending years of endless hype and perhaps proving that ‘The Notorious’ may have bit off more than he could chew in moving up two full

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Top-ranked lightweight Nate Diaz shocked the MMA world when he submitted featherweight champion Conor McGregor in a short notice welterweight bout in the main event of tonight’s (Sat., March 5, 2016), ending years of endless hype and perhaps proving that ‘The Notorious’ may have bit off more than he could chew in moving up two full weight classes.

That was evident by McGregor seemingly gassing in the second round after badly bloodying Diaz with several stiff shots in the first, a telling sign considering he had packed on a good amount of muscle mass in addition to endless appearances in front of the cameras.

Diaz was busted up, but he was never out, as he displayed his trademark toughness to unload a flurry of damaging shots before wrapping McGregor up in a fight-ending choke in his perceived area of weakness on the mat.

Watch the full fight video highlights of Diaz’ epic upset from UFC on FOX right here:

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Twitter Reacts To UFC 196: McGregor vs. Diaz

UFC 196 went down this past evening (March 5, 2016) live on pay per view from Las Vegas, Nevada, and it was a night of upsets. Late replacement Nate Diaz shocked the world in the main event, submitting featherweight champion Conor McGregor in the second round. Former Strikeforce champion Miesha Tate also upset the now

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UFC 196 went down this past evening (March 5, 2016) live on pay per view from Las Vegas, Nevada, and it was a night of upsets.

Late replacement Nate Diaz shocked the world in the main event, submitting featherweight champion Conor McGregor in the second round.

Former Strikeforce champion Miesha Tate also upset the now former bantamweight champion Holly Holm in the co-main event, becoming the new UFC 135-bantamweight champion.

The world was stunned, and twitter erupted.

Check out the reactions below:

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Nate Diaz Celebrates Win Over Conor McGregor Like Only He Can

Nate Diaz delivered what is by far the biggest win of his lengthy MMA career when he stopped previously surging featherweight champion Conor McGregor in the main event of tonight’s (Sat., March 5, 2016) UFC 196 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. ‘The Notorious’ badly bloodied Diaz early with his patented left

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Nate Diaz delivered what is by far the biggest win of his lengthy MMA career when he stopped previously surging featherweight champion Conor McGregor in the main event of tonight’s (Sat., March 5, 2016) UFC 196 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

‘The Notorious’ badly bloodied Diaz early with his patented left hand, but seemed to fade in the second when the Stockton smack talker opened up with his patented boxing, leaving an opening for Diaz to lock on a super-tight rear naked choke for the jaw-dropping win.

After the legendary upset, Diaz took to the mic and celebrated like only he could. Check it out courtesy of the UFC right here:

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