LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – SEPTEMBER 10: Nate Diaz taunts Tony Ferguson in a welterweight fight during the UFC 279 event at T-Mobile Arena on September 10, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC) Nate Diaz‘s exit interview from the UFC went about as expected after an incredible turn of events during fight week meant he’d be facing Tony Ferguson on short notice in the main event of UFC 279 instead of Khamzat Chimaev. Diaz locked in what may end up being the final submission of his… Source link
Read More »Nate Diaz submits Tony Ferguson in vintage fashion, teases a return to the UFC
LAS VEGAS — Nate Diaz put on a vintage performance Saturday in the main event of UFC 279 at T-Mobile Arena, submitting Tony Ferguson with a guillotine choke at 2:52 of the fourth round in the new main event. Diaz left the door open for a return to the UFC, but said he planned to show fighters how to take over another sport. “I want to get out of the UFC for a minute and show all these UFC fighters how to take over and own up another sport how you’re supposed to do it,” Diaz said in the… Source link
Read More »So long to Nate Diaz, the realest fighter the UFC has ever known
Nate Diaz once smoked a joint at a UFC news conference. He once left a broken down contract negotiation at company headquarters and relieved himself outside next to a garbage bin. He once brilliantly submitted an opponent with a triangle choke while shooting his middle fingers at the live broadcast cameras — “double fingers and a fully locked triangle,” shouted broadcaster Joe Rogan. He once, along with Jorge Masvidal, inspired the UFC to create the one-time “Baddest… Source link
Read More »Nate Diaz and Khamzat Chimaev news conference canceled after reported backstage altercation
LAS VEGAS — UFC 279 is scheduled for Saturday, but the fights began Thursday. A wild brawl that UFC president Dana White said involved all six fighters who were scheduled to take part in the UFC 279 news conference Thursday at the MGM Grand Garden caused a nearly half-hour delay in its start and then its cancellation midstream. The six fighters, Nate Diaz, Khamzat Chimaev, Tony Ferguson, Daniel Rodriguez, Li Jingliang and Kevin Holland, were all involved in different incidents. White said… Source link
Read More »Cameron Diaz thinks she was once a drug mule in her modeling days
Cameron Diaz shared that she believes she unwittingly served as a drug “mule” while attempting to start a modeling career in Paris. Eager to see the world and able to save up for a Paris apartment thanks to catalog modeling work she’d done back home in California, the future star moved abroad as a young woman in hopes of making it big as a model. But, as she shared on the Second Life podcast last week, she now suspects that the only modeling job she got was actually a cover for transporting… Source link
Read More »Dana White suggests Nate Diaz go fight Jake Paul
Sit down and get ready to hear some shocking news: Nate Diaz is not happy with the UFC. OK, maybe that isn’t very shocking. Maybe it’s been the intermittent status quo for months if not years, and Diaz is once again pushing for the UFC to either give him the fight he wants or let him find that fight for himself. Diaz kicked off his latest public dispute with the promotion on Monday when he tweeted a public demand to be either given a fight in July or August or to release him from his contract…. Source link
Read More »Nate Diaz tweets at Dana White, wants release from contract
Nate Diaz wants out of the UFC. The longtime MMA star publicly asked the UFC and president Dana White to release him from his contract on Twitter on Saturday. “I would like to request to be released from the UFC,” he wrote. “I apologize for asking online but you don’t give me a fight ASAP I got s**t to do.” Diaz has one last fight left on his current contract with the UFC. According to ESPN’s Brett Okamoto, Diaz and the UFC have been trying to extend his deal, but they have failed… Source link
Read More »Miami fires Manny Diaz, hires Mario Cristobal
Miami has moved on from Manny Diaz, opening the door for Mario Cristobal to come back from Oregon. Diaz was informed of his dismissal during a Monday morning meeting with Miami’s president, sources told Yahoo Sports’ Pete Thamel. Diaz, the son of a former Miami mayor, was given three seasons with the Hurricanes before the school — which currently does not have an athletic director but is close to landing Dan Radakovich from Clemson — opted to go in another direction. That next direction… Source link
Read More »Nate Diaz injured, Edwards bout moved to June 12
An unspecified minor injury to Nate Diaz has forced his fight against Leon Edwards to be rescheduled from UFC 262 on May 15 in Houston to UFC 263 on June 12 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Steven Ryan/Getty Images) An unspecified minor injury to Nate Diaz has pushed his bout against Leon Edwards back a month, a source familiar with the UFC’s plans told Yahoo Sports on Monday. Diaz had been slated to fight the No. 3-ranked Edwards in a five-round welterweight bout at UFC 262 on May 15 in… Source link
Read More »Nate Diaz to face Leon Edwards at UFC 262
MMA Weekly UFC 260 results: Francis Ngannou KO’s Stipe Miocic, becomes new baddest man on the planet Stipe Miocic was the baddest man on the planet heading into Saturday night’s event at The Apex in Las Vegas. Now that the UFC 260 results are in, there is a new baddest man on the planet. UFC 260 results: Francis Ngannou lands brutal KO Francis Ngannou showed massive improvement in his skill and his approach in taking out Stipe Miocic at UFC 260. It was evident from the opening bell that… Source link
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