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   McGregor vs. Diaz

   Nate Diaz | Submission | Round 2

   2016 | UFC 196

   Without the shadow of a doubt Nate's signature win and one of MMA's most iconic moments. It just doesn't get any bigger than this. Nate just came off an impressive decision win over Michael Johnson after over a year from fighting, proceeded to call-out Conor in a now iconic post-fight moment, which at first, was hard to take seriously as it came after only Nate's second fight and his first win in over 2 years while Conor was on top of the world, breaking records. A match between the two seemed highly unlikely. But when Dos Anjos pulled out from his history-making fight against Conor, Nate answered the call when Aldo and Edgar wouldn't... And the rest is history. On an 11 days notice, Nate shocked the world, an unlikely star emerged and one of MMA's most iconic rivalries was born.
   

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   Diaz vs. McGregor II

   Conor McGregor | Decision

   2016 | UFC 202

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   Cerrone vs. Diaz

   Nate Diaz | Decision

   2011 | UFC 141

   Nate's biggest win up to this point and one of his most impressive performances. Nate just landed at will in this one and set a CompuStrike record by landing 82% of the strikes he threw. He just moved back down to lightweight and was coming off arguably the biggest win of his career with his first-round armbar win over Takanori Gomi while Cerrone was one of the hottest fighters in the world at the time, riding an impressive 6-fight winning streak and competing in his fifth bout of the year, he came in as a considerable favorite, which made Nate's performance all the more impressive. There was a lot of heat and bad blood in the build-up to this fight, middle fingers were exchanged inside the octagon with Cerrone flipping one at Nate during the face-off but Nate having the final word and flipping a couple in typical badass style as a battered Cerrone got up from the stool for round three. A lot of respect was displayed afterwards between these two bad mofos though, just everything I love about this sport.
   

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   Diaz vs. Pettis

   Nate Diaz | Decision

   2019 | UFC 241

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   Diaz vs. Johnson

   Nate Diaz | Decision

   2015 | UFC on FOX 17

   Mostly remembered for Nate's iconic Conor McGregor call-out, this fight marked the return and the rebirth of Nate Diaz. Even though he just looked as good as ever and put on a show in a remarkable performance after over 1 year away from fighting against a gamed Michael Johnson, who came in as a big -450 favrorite. It was hard to take his call-out seriously... This was only Nate's second fight and his first win in over 2 years while Conor was on top of the world, breaking records, so a match between the two seemed highly unlikely. But who knew this would give birth to one of MMA's greatest rivalries and turn Nate into one of the sports most iconic figures.
   

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   Diaz vs. Miller

   Nate Diaz | Submission | Round 2

   2012 | UFC on FOX 3

   A high-profile FOX headliner that earned Nate his first and only UFC title shot. This was a huge fight for him, he looked as good as ever since moving back down to lightweight, came off the two biggest wins of his career after his first-round submission of Takanori Gomi and his impressive FOTN performance against a red hot Donald Cerrone. Jim Miller came in quite hot too, having won 8 of his last 9 and his only loss being to the champion Benson Henderson. Nate put on another impressive performance here, pulling out a slick guillotine choke in the second after knocking Miller down in the first, thus becoming the first man to ever finish Jim Miller, caping off Nate's most impressive 3-fight win streak and earning him a shot at Benson Henderson for the title.
   

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   Diaz vs. Gomi

   Nate Diaz | Submission | Round 1

   2011 | UFC 135

   Following a failed attempt at welterweight and two losses in a row against much bigger and stronger guys, Nate decided to move back down to lightweight and put on a signature performance against one of his brother's old foe in Takanori Gomi. This win put him right back on track and marked the beginning of one of Nate's greatest runs.
   

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   Diaz vs. Guillard

   Nate Diaz | Submission | Round 2

   2009 | UFC Fight Night 19

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   Diaz vs. Maynard III

   Nate Diaz | KO/TKO | Round 1

   2013 | The Ultimate Fighter 18 Finale

   Coming off the first and only TKO loss of his career, Nate settled the score against an old foe in Gray Maynard. Nate held a submission win over Maynard from way back to TUF 5 in 2007, Maynard got revenge 3 years later, and here over 6 years following their last fight, the two found themselves in a must-win situation. Nate came on top, destroying Maynard in under 3 minutes to get back on the winning-side after failing at capturing UFC gold and suffering the first TKO of his career.
   

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    Diaz vs. Pellegrino

    Nate Diaz | Submission | Round 2

    2008 | UFC Fight Night 13

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    Davis vs. Diaz

    Nate Diaz | Submission | Round 3  |  UFC 118

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    Diaz vs. Neer

    Nate Diaz | Decision  |  UFC Fight Night 15

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    Robinson vs. Diaz

    Nate Diaz | Submission | Round 1  |  UFC Fight Night 12

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    Diaz vs. Assunção

    Nate Diaz | Submission | Round 1  |  UFC Fight Night 11