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Chael Sonnen: Conor McGregor Mentally Cracked Against Nate Diaz

Former UFC title contender and now working as an analyst for ESPN, Chael Sonnen is known to say what’s on his mind in any situation. Following Conor Mcgregor’s loss to Nate Diaz at UFC 196, Sonnen has an opinion of what went wrong for the Irish superstar. Sonnen believes that McGregor mentally cracked just like

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Former UFC title contender and now working as an analyst for ESPN, Chael Sonnen is known to say what’s on his mind in any situation. Following Conor Mcgregor’s loss to Nate Diaz at UFC 196, Sonnen has an opinion of what went wrong for the Irish superstar.

Sonnen believes that McGregor mentally cracked just like Mike Tyson did in his fight with Evander Holyfield.

“From a historical standpoint — ??mentally — Conor McGregor fell apart,” Sonnen said on the ESPN post-fight coverage. “He cracked. It was just like watching Mike Tyson fold against Evander Holyfield and all the guys that have come before and after. Listen, when you stand up to a bully, he will fade every time. Conor McGregor is a bully. Now, that’s the mental side.”

Sonnen did praise for McGregor fighting a good fight but blames McGregor’s defeat on the weight difference. As seen in the fight, Diaz was bigger than McGregor. Keep in mind that McGregor usually fights at 145lb while Diaz fights at 155lb.

“Physically, Conor fought a great fight,” he said. “He landed some fantastic combinations. The problem was Nate Diaz was too big. When Conor landed those shots, Nate didn’t go away. Eventually Conor began to fatigue and he began to take punches himself. Forget the rear-naked choke, forget the takedown. This was about fatigue, exhaustion and Conor McGregor, mentally, needed out.”

 

McGregor is expected to return to featherweight and make his first title defense at UFC 200.

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Joe Rogan Reacts To Conor McGregor’s Insane Loss

UFC commentator Joe Rogan and Eddie Bravo discussed Conor McGregor’s loss to Nate Diaz at UFC 196 on the latest episode of the Joe Rogan Experience. ‘This guy has balls, this is why I respect the f*ck out of Conor McGregor, Rogan said. Who else has tried this?’ ‘Watching it live was crazy, everybody jumped

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UFC commentator Joe Rogan and Eddie Bravo discussed Conor McGregor’s loss to Nate Diaz at UFC 196 on the latest episode of the Joe Rogan Experience.

‘This guy has balls, this is why I respect the f*ck out of Conor McGregor, Rogan said. Who else has tried this?’

‘Watching it live was crazy, everybody jumped up and screamed, it was insane. He definitely tagged Nate a few times, but Diaz was on some real black belt sh*t. We had never seen Conor face adversity, and we’d never seen him against a real Jiu Jitsu black belt, and Diaz’s ground game is tight as f*ck.’

Rogan explained that McGregor’s fight went downhill once he got hurt in the second round after dominating the first round.

‘When you’re hurt your game goes out the window. Brendan Schaub told me when Travis Browne hit him, and he knew how to get out of the mount, he didn’t know what he was doing. Conor’s jiu-jitsu is good, but Nate’s is just way better.’

‘His stand up looked great in round one, but Nate Diaz is a big 155er, he’s not a natural 170 guy. I think it’s insane we let Conor McGregor and guys like that dehydrate so bad. What if he fights dos Anjos next time? It’s going to be interesting to see how he handles dos Anjos. I wonder if he’ll do to Conor what he did to Nate and Anthony Pettis.’

Bravo chimed in and compared McGregor to UFC Hall of Famer BJ Penn. Penn, just like McGregor, moved up from a lighter weight class to a heavier weight class.

‘You know what, BJ Penn was the last guy to do it, and you know what? It didn’t work out that well for BJ either. He had success once at 170 pounds; he beat Matt Hughes, but there’s a really good reason for all kinds of fighters torture themselves to get as light as possible. At the elite level 5 or 10 pounds makes a huge difference.’

Bravo pointed out that McGregor was doing great in the first round, and it looked like he was going to win the fight before being hurt and finished.

‘Conor had so much power in his hands, and he really was doing great against Nate, to me, it looked like Conor was going to win this thing. He was lighting Nate up, cutting him up and stuff, but then he got choked in the second round. The fight was so crazy.’

McGregor has received a lot of criticism for allowing Diaz to get mount and locking in the rear-naked choke that won the fight.

‘Hey, Conor’s ground game is not bad, he got hurt, he’s been to my school before, and he is a good grappler, but Nate is a black belt. He was hurt, and it happens. He is good, trust me.’

‘I think he could continue to dominate the 145-pound division, and I think he could do some serious damage at 155 too. I felt that Nate was in Conor’s head towards the end of the hype before the fight, I think he was making him angry.’

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UFC Rankings Update: Conor McGregor Drops Five Spots On Pound-For-Pound List

Reigning UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor had a rough night at UFC 196 this past weekend (March 5, 2016), coming up short in his move up to 170-pounds where he met usual lightweight Nate Diaz. After a tremendous amount of trash talk, the “Notorious” one would end up suffering a rear naked choke loss in

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Reigning UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor had a rough night at UFC 196 this past weekend (March 5, 2016), coming up short in his move up to 170-pounds where he met usual lightweight Nate Diaz.

After a tremendous amount of trash talk, the “Notorious” one would end up suffering a rear naked choke loss in the second round to Diaz.

After the defeat, McGregor has dropped five spots in the pound-for-pound rankings, now sitting at No. 8.

Miesha “Cupcake” Tate also upset Holly Holm in the co-main event of the evening, becoming the new women’s bantamweight championship as well as breaking into the pound-for-pound rankings at No. 15.

Check out the fully updated rankings below courtesy of UFC.com:

Pound-For-Pound

  1. Jon Jones
  2. Demetrious Johnson
  3. Luke Rockhold +2
  4. Dominick Cruz
  5. Fabricio Werdum +1
  6. Rafael dos Anjos +1
  7. Robbie Lawler +1
  8. Conor McGregor -5
  9. Daniel Cormier
  10. Jose Aldo
  11. Chris Weidman
  12. Frankie Edgar +2
  13. TJ Dillashaw -1
  14. Joanna Jedrzeczyk +1
  15. Miesha Tate *NR

Flyweight

Champion: Demetrious Johnson

  1. Joseph Benavidez
  2. Henry Cejudo +1
  3. Jon Dodson -1
  4. Jussier Formiga
  5. Ian McCall
  6. Kyoji Horiguchi
  7. John Moraga
  8. Zach Makovsky
  9. Wilson Reis
  10. Dustin Ortiz
  11. Ali Bagautinov
  12. Justin Scoggins
  13. Luis Smolka
  14. Ray Borg
  15. Sergio Pettis

Bantamweight

Champion: Dominick Cruz

  1. TJ Dillashaw
  2. Renan Barao
  3. Urijah Faber
  4. Raphael Assuncao
  5. Aljamain Sterling
  6. Michael McDonald
  7. Thomas Almeida
  8. Bryan Caraway
  9. Takeya Mizugaki
  10. Johnny Eduardo
  11. Jimmie Rivera
  12. John Lineker
  13. Frankie Saenz
  14. Eddie Wineland
  15. Cody Garbrandt

Featherweight

Champion: Conor McGregor

  1. Jose Aldo
  2. Frankie Edgar
  3. Chad Mendes
  4. Max Holloway
  5. Ricardo Lamas
  6. Cub Swanson
  7. Charles Oliveira
  8. Dennis Bermudez
  9. Jeremy Stephens
  10. Hacran Diaz
  11. Darren Elkins
  12. Brian Ortega
  13. Tatsuya Kawajiri
  14. Nik Lentz
  15. Clay Guida

Lightweight

Champion: Rafael dos Anjos

  1. Eddie Alvarez
  2. Khabib Nurmagomedov
  3. Anthony Pettis
  4. Tony Ferguson
  5. Nate Diaz
  6. Michael Johnson
  7. Beneil Dariush
  8. Edson Barboza
  9. Donald Cerrone
  10. Dustin Poirier
  11. Al Iaquinta -1
  12. Bobby Green
  13. Evan Dunham
  14. Michael Chiesa
  15. Rashid Magomedov

Welterweight

Champion: Robbie Lawler

  1. Rory MacDonald
  2. Stephen Thomson
  3. Tyron Woodley
  4. Carlos Condit
  5. Johny Hendricks
  6. Demian Maia
  7. Matt Brown
  8. Dong Hyun Kim
  9. Neil Magny
  10. Tarec Saffiedine
  11. Rick Stroy
  12. Kelvin Gastelum
  13. Hector Lombard
  14. Albert Tumenov +1
  15. Thiago Alves -1

Middleweight

Champion: Luke Rockhold

  1. Chris Weidman
  2. Jacare Souza
  3. Vitor Belfort
  4. Michael Bisping
  5. Lyoto Machida
  6. Anderson Silva
  7. Tim Kennedy
  8. Robert Whittaker
  9. Gegard Mousasi
  10. Uriah Hall
  11. Derek Brunson
  12. Thales Leites
  13. Rafael Natal
  14. Dan Henderson
  15. CB Dolloway

Light Heavyweight

Champion: Daniel Cormier

  1. Jon Jones
  2. Anthony Johnson
  3. Alexander Gustafsson
  4. Glover Teixeira
  5. Ryan Bader
  6. Ovince Saint Preux
  7. Rashad Evans
  8. Mauricio Rua
  9. Jimi Manuwa
  10. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
  11. Patrick Cummins
  12. Corey Anderson
  13. Ilir Latifi *NR
  14. Nikita Krylov +1
  15. Gian Villante -2

Heavyweight

Champion: Fabricio Werdum

  1. Cain Velasquez
  2. Stipe Miocic
  3. Alistair Overeem
  4. Ben Rothwell
  5. Junior Dos Santos
  6. Andrei Arlovski
  7. Travis Browne
  8. Josh Barnett
  9. Mark Hunt
  10. Frank Mir
  11. Roy Nelson
  12. Antonio Silva
  13. Matt Mitirone
  14. Ruslan Magomedov
  15. Alexey Oliynyk -1

Women’s Strawweight

Champion: Joanna Jedrzeczyk

  1. Claudia Gadelha
  2. Carla Esparza
  3. Rose Namajunas
  4. Tecia Torres
  5. Jessica Penne
  6. Valerie Letourneau
  7. Paige VanZant
  8. Michelle Waterson
  9. Maryna Moroz
  10. Karolina Kowalkiewicz
  11. Joanne Calderwood
  12. Randa Markos
  13. Jessica Aguilar
  14. Julianna Lima
  15. Felice Herrig

Women’s Bantamweight

Champion: Miesha Tate

  1. Holly Holm -1
  2. Ronda Rousey -1
  3. Cat Zingano
  4. Amanda Nunes
  5. Julianna Pena
  6. Sara McMann
  7. Jessica Eye
  8. Bethe Correia
  9. Liz Carmouche
  10. Sarah Kaufman +1
  11. Valentina Schevchenko -1
  12. Raquel Pennington
  13. Germaine de Randamie
  14. Lauren Murphy
  15. Marion Reneau

 

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Nevada Athletic Commission Suspends Nate Diaz Until 4-20

In a bit of an ironic twist, the Nevada Athletic Commission has suspended Nate Diaz until April 20.

If you know which month April is, you realize that means Diaz is medically suspended until 4-20.

Diaz, who with his brother, Nick, have made it kn…

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In a bit of an ironic twist, the Nevada Athletic Commission has suspended Nate Diaz until April 20.

If you know which month April is, you realize that means Diaz is medically suspended until 4-20.

Diaz, who with his brother, Nick, have made it known they use marijuana for medical purposes, defeated Conor McGregor at UFC 196 via second round submission.

The complete list of medical suspensions can be found below:

Nate Diaz: Suspended 45 days with no contact for 30 days for right eye laceration

Ilir Latifi: Needs X-ray on left toe, if broken then suspended 180 days, or until cleared by doctor

Valentina Shevchenko: Suspended until 30 days with no contact for 21 days for left eye laceration

Siyar Bahadurzada: Must have jaw cleared by doctor or suspended 180 days; minimum suspension for 21 days with no contact for 14 days

Brandon Thatch: Needs X-ray on left foot, if broken then suspended 180 days, or until cleared by doctor; minimum suspension 45 days with no contact for 30 days

Nordine Taleb: Needs X-ray or MRI of left knee and must be cleared by doctor, or suspended 180 days

Erick Silva: Suspended 45 days with no contact for 30 days

Marcelo Guimaraes: Needs X-ray or MRI of left knee and must be cleared by doctor, or suspended 180 days; minimum suspension 45 days with no contact for 30 days

Chas Skelly: Suspended 45 days with no contact for 30 days

Justin Salas: Suspended 30 days with no contact for 21 days for right eye laceration

Julian Erosa: Suspended 45 days with no contact for 30 days

UFC 196 Salaries: Conor McGregor Banks Massive Payday For Loss To Nate Diaz

Conor McGregor may have suffered his first UFC loss to Nate Diaz in the main event of last Saturday’s (March 5, 2016) UFC 196 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, but he’ll a sizable pile of dollar bills to help relieve his worry. With UFC 196 being the biggest card of

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Conor McGregor may have suffered his first UFC loss to Nate Diaz in the main event of last Saturday’s (March 5, 2016) UFC 196 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, but he’ll a sizable pile of dollar bills to help relieve his worry.

With UFC 196 being the biggest card of 2016 thus far and, if Dana White’s initial projections have any truth to them, potentially the biggest of all-time, the monumental event not surprisingly produced some big paydays for the fighters involved.

McGregor understandably topped the list with the first-ever disclosed fight purse of $1,000,000 in the UFC. He repeatedly said he would top $10 million for the bout, which he lost to Diaz by second round submission, when his pay-per-view (PPV) numbers are factored in. Diaz earned $500,000, which is by far his biggest MMA payday, for replacing Rafael dos Anjos on only 11 days’ notice.

Newly crowned women’s bantamweight champ Miesha Tate should most definitely ask for a raise following her thrilling submission win over former champ Holly Holm, as she only banked $92,000 (including the win bonus) for winning the belt. Holm made $500,000 for the loss.

Here are the full disclosed UFC 196 salaries (via MMA Mania):

Nate Diaz: $500,000 (no win bonus)
Conor McGregor: $1,000,000
Diaz def. McGregor by submission

Miesha Tate: $92,000 (includes $46,000 win bonus)
Holly Holm: $500,000
Tate def. Holm by submission

Ilir Latifi: $50,000 (includes $25,000 win bonus)
Gian Villante: $36,000
Latifi def. Villante by decision

Corey Anderson: $40,000 (includes $20,000 win bonus)
Tom Lawlor: $28,000
Anderson def. Lawlor by decision

Amanda Nunes: $56,000 (includes $28,000 win bonus)
Valentina Shevchenko: $14,000
Nunes def. Shevchenko by decision

Siyar Bahadurzada: $38,000 (includes $19,000 win bonus)
Brandon Thatch: $22,000
Bahadurzda def. Thatch by submission

Nordine Taleb: $30,000 (includes $15,000 win bonus)
Erick Silva: $34,000
Taleb def. Silva by knockout

Vitor Miranda: $32,000 (includes $16,000 win bonus)
Marcelo Guimaraes: $13,000
Miranda def. Guimaraes by technical knockout

Darren Elkins: $74,000 (includes $37,000 win bonus)
Chas Skelly: $21,000
Elkins def. Skelly by decision

Diego Sanchez: $150,000 (includes $75,000 win bonus)
Jim Miller: $59,000
Sanchez def. Miller by decision

Jason Saggo: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
Justin Salas: $16,000
Saggo def. Salas by technical knockout

Teruto Ishihara: $34,000 (includes $17,000 win bonus)
Julian Erosa: $12,000
Ishihara def. Erosa by knockout

The total disclosed payroll for UFC 196 was $2,871,000.

Usual disclaimer: The above figures do not include any deductions for expenses such as insurance and/or taxes, and they also don’t include any potential supplemental money earned from sources like Reebok fighter payouts, post-fight bonus awards, or special discretionary “locker room” bonuses the UFC periodically hands out.

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Watch Stockton Buffalo Wild Wings Celebrate Nate Diaz Victory

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Nate Diaz shocked the MMA world on Saturday with his 2nd round submission victory over Conor McGregor. The 30 year-old has been proud to represent the 209 throughout his career. Saturday’s win might have been the biggest victory of his career and Stockton sure celebrated like it.

The Buffalo Wild Wings in Stockton erupted into celebratory chaos when its hometown hero submitted McGregor with a rear-naked choke. Watch below!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2gHyfcSKsE

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Nate Diaz shocked the MMA world on Saturday with his 2nd round submission victory over Conor McGregor. The 30 year-old has been proud to represent the 209 throughout his career. Saturday’s win might have been the biggest victory of his career and Stockton sure celebrated like it.

The Buffalo Wild Wings in Stockton erupted into celebratory chaos when its hometown hero submitted McGregor with a rear-naked choke. Watch below!