Nate Diaz welcomed the curtain down on his 15-year UFC career by compelling Tony Ferguson to tap out in the fourth round of their session at UFC 279 on Saturday night.
The 37-year-old had initially been planned to confront Khamzat Chimaev in the headliner at the T-Mobile Field in Las Vegas, yet ‘Borz’ severely missed load to drive a rushed reshuffling of the card.
Ferguson, who had been because of battle Li Jingliang, moved forward at short notification and caused Diaz issues with his kicks all through the session.
In any case, Diaz was beating the competition on the boxing front and had Ferguson harmed in the fourth before ‘El Cucuy’ went for a foolish takedown endeavor.
Diaz immediately got Ferguson in a guillotine, securing and driving Ferguson to tap to procure his most memorable UFC triumph in over three years and end a run of consecutive losses.
After the session, Diaz affirmed his aim to leave UFC and move into boxing, despite the fact that he recommended that he would get back to UFC again later on.
he said, I want to escape the UFC briefly and tell this large number of UFC contenders the best way to assume control over one more game how you should do.
Conor McGregor didn’t have the foggiest idea how to make it happen and none of these different contenders know how to make it happen.
In this way, I will assume control over another calling and show everybody I’m awesome at that then I’ll be correct the f*** back to get a UFC title the best motherf***ing title on the planet.
Diaz’s unique rival Chimaev rather battled Kevin Holland in a session made even more alluring by the pair’s contribution in a gigantic behind the stage fight prior in the week, bringing about the press interview for the occasion being dropped.
It was an uneven challenge in the octagon, however, as Holland neglected to land a solitary strike on the unbeaten Chimaev, whose wrestling abilities permitted him to overwhelm and compel the American to tap to a d’arce stifle inside two minutes.
Somewhere else, Ferguson’s unique rival Li Jingliang surrendered a weight benefit to take on Daniel Rodriguez, who likewise saw a late reshuffle having been because of face Holland.
Rodriguez outpointed the Chinese contender, while there were additionally wins for Irene Aldana and Johnny Walker on the evening.
