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UFC 196 Fight weekend is finally here! As we await the final moments of madness between Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz, watch them weigh in here!

So it’s another huge weekend for fans of MMA, and even more so for followers of the UFC. Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz will settle their impromptu yet eventful rivalry at UFC 196 tomorrow (Saturday March 5, 2016) and the anticipation has reached fever pitch. After numerous scuffles, confrontations and outrageous interviews, it’s finally time.

Also we’ve got Miesha Tate challenging Holly Holm for the bantamweight title, as ‘The Preacher’s Daughter’ looks to prove it was no fluke against Ronda Rousey at UFC 193. The bout has flown under the radar due to the McGregor effect, but could well be a crazy fight for sure.

See McGregor, Diaz, Holm, Tate and the rest of the stacked UFC 196 card weigh in today at 7 PM ET. You can join us for the live streaming video from the UFC Youtube channel right here, or check in after for the updated results!

Watch the official weigh-in for UFC 196: McGregor vs. Diaz live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Friday, March 4 at 7pm/4pm ETPT.

Event: UFC 196: “McGregor vs. Diaz”
Date: Sat., March 5, 2016, on pay-per-view (PPV)
Location: MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada

UFC 196 PPV Main Event:

170 lbs.: Conor McGregor (168) vs. Nate Diaz (169)

UFC 196 PPV Co-Main Event:

135 lbs.: Holly Holm (134.5) vs. Miesha Tate (135)

UFC 196 PPV Main Card:

205 lbs.: Gian Villante (205) vs. Ilir Latifi (205)
205 lbs.: Corey Anderson (204) vs. Tom Lawlor (204.5)
135 lbs.: Amanda Nunes (136) vs. Valentina Shevchenko (134)

UFC 196 “Prelims” Undercard (FOX Sports 1):

170 lbs.: Brandon Thatch (170) vs. Siyar Bahadurzada (170)
170 lbs.: Erick Silva (170) vs. Nordine Taleb (170)
185 lbs.: Vitor Miranda (185.5) vs. Marcelo Guimaraes (185.5)
145 lbs.: Darren Elkins (145.5) vs. Chas Skelly (145.5)

UFC 196 “Prelims” Undercard (Fight Pass):

155 lbs.: Diego Sanchez (156) vs. Jim Miller (155.5)
155 lbs.: Justin Salas (156) vs. Jason Saggo (155.5)
145 lbs.: Julian Erosa (144.5) vs. Teruto Ishihara (146)

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The UFC 196 main event is going to be madness. Conor McGregor vs. Nate Diaz at welterweight, expect many middle fingers…

As the UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos broke his foot one week ago, we are now just five days away from seeing Conor McGregor face Nate Diaz. The UFC 196 main event is perhaps less meaningful, but maybe equally or more fun than the original booking, it really all depends what you look for in a fight. For fans of attitude and trash talk, this is a great one, but let’s look at how they stack up in the octagon.

Conor McGregor, for once, will be at a reach disadvantage against the naturally bigger Nate Diaz, by two inches. The Stockton bad boy is three inches taller, so it will certainly be intriguing to see how ‘The Notorious’ deals with a fighter that also uses range well and is longer than anyone he’s faced.

Physicality aside, we have an interesting pairing of styles. On the one hand, with McGregor, you have a very diverse strategy, in the form of intuitive movement and body shapes, as well as the ability to strike on the front or back foot, which could prove pivotal. In terms of arsenal, McGregor has an in depth set of tools and likes to throw spinning kicks as well as power punches and anything in between. Diaz is more of a precise boxer, and the performance he put in against Michael Johnson is a perfect example of how effective Diaz can e when he utilizes his length properly.

The big question in this fight is will Diaz be able to take the power strikes of McGregor as he’s done with opponents in the past? Another factor that could quite easily win this fight is the defense of McGregor, as well as his footwork, which will be key in overcoming the range of Diaz. We saw in the Josh Thomson fight that good footwork and head kicks can unravel a taller fighter, but Diaz was also in pretty corny shape that night.

If the ripped and focused Diaz that dominated Michael Johnson in December shows up against McGregor on Saturday March 5, this could well be either man’s fight for the taking. One major advantage that Diaz holds over McGregor though? The grappling, as the Cesar Gracie Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt has shown in past fights, he can be a nightmare even for accomplished ground fighters.

So, who you got?

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