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McGregor calls for 'trilogy' after fairytale Diaz finish - CtrlF.XYZ

McGregor calls for 'trilogy' after fairytale Diaz finish

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Nate Diaz has ended his UFC vocation successful fairytale fashion, stopping Tony Ferguson with a guillotine choke successful the 4th circular of the hastily arranged main lawsuit of UFC 279.

The 37-year-old Diaz (21-13) finished his existent UFC declaration by finishing chap seasoned Ferguson (25-9) successful a match-up lone made connected Saturday aft Khamzat Chimaev severely missed value for his main-event bout with Diaz.

Chimaev stopped Kevin Holland with a D'Arce choke 2:13 into the archetypal circular of their grudge match, which was besides created aft Chimaev (12-0) missed value by 3.4 kg Friday. The UFC dramatically shuffled its paper to support some Chimaev and Diaz connected the show, resulting successful 3 caller match-ups for the last 3 fights astatine T-Mobile Arena.

Diaz's tendency to combat the vaunted Chimaev seemed foolhardy successful a distinctly Diaz way, but the precocious match-up with Ferguson was overmuch much competitory than the archetypal booking apt would person been. Ferguson, who lone agreed to beryllium connected the paper 3 weeks ago, had mislaid his erstwhile 4 fights implicit the past 3 years, portion Diaz was 1-2 successful the past six years.

“At the extremity of the day, I emotion the UFC,” Diaz said. “I consciousness similar I’ve had the longest vocation successful the UFC, and I’ve had the astir palmy 1 retired of everybody."

Diaz landed punches regularly connected Ferguson successful the archetypal 2 rounds, and helium played to the assemblage successful the 3rd with agelong walks astir the cage betwixt exchanges, adjacent resting with 1 limb atop the cage momentarily.

Ferguson got Diaz's attraction with limb kicks — but erstwhile Ferguson attempted to get into a grappling match, Diaz applied the choke and finished astatine 2:52 of the fourth.

Diaz has already announced plans to commencement his ain promotional institution extracurricular the UFC, and each combat could beryllium the past for a well-loved combatant who has competed lone 4 times successful the past six years.

But Diaz mightiness not beryllium done with the UFC, since helium got a tweet earlier Saturday from Conor McGregor, who promised to implicit their trilogy. Diaz and McGregor divided 2 mostly thrilling bouts successful 2016, and the results catapulted Diaz into the apical echelon of celebrities successful mixed martial arts.

“I privation to get retired of the UFC for a infinitesimal and amusement these UFC fighters however to instrumentality implicit and ain up different athletics however you’re expected to bash it,” Diaz said.

“Because Conor McGregor didn’t cognize however to bash it, and nary of these different fighters cognize however to bash it, truthful I’m going to spell retired determination and I’m going to instrumentality implicit different organisation, different profession, and go the champion astatine that, and past I’m going to beryllium close backmost present to get different UFC title. It’s the champion conflict successful the world.”

The pay-per-view went disconnected with respective important changes made conscionable 1 time earlier due to the fact that Chimaev didn't travel adjacent to his contracted value — and past shrugged and smiled astir it connected the scale.

Chimaev, the Chechnya-born Swede considered 1 of MMA's apical rising talents, was loudly booed by the assemblage conscionable disconnected the Las Vegas Strip connected combat night.

Instead of removing Chimaev oregon Diaz from the card, the UFC scrambled to marque 3 caller match-ups for the apical 3 fights connected the show. Diaz and Ferguson were paired successful a combat agelong coveted by MMA fans but initially rejected by Diaz, portion Chimaev was matched astatine a catchweight against Holland.

Chimaev and Holland already had atrocious humor from earlier successful the week erstwhile they fought backstage astatine the UFC 279 quality conference, forcing the event's cancellation.

After a frantic speech successful the opening seconds, Chimaev made speedy enactment of Holland. His burgeoning estimation arsenic a bottommost lone grew erstwhile helium was asked astir missing value successful the post-fight interrogation and responded “I don't attraction astir (that),” to thunderous boos.

“I'm the achromatic loop here,” Chimaev added. “I'm Mike Tyson. I'm Muhammad Ali.”

Li Jingliang, who began the week expecting to look Ferguson, was matched with Daniel Rodriguez, Holland’s scheduled opponent. Rodriguez (17-2) bushed Li (19-8) by divided determination successful an uneventful bout successful which some fighters were understandably cautious of their unfamiliar opponent.

Light heavyweight Johnny Walker led disconnected the pay-per-view paper with a submission of Ion Cuțelaba earlier Irene Aldana stopped Macy Chiasson with an bonzer upkick to the assemblage portion Aldana was down connected the canvas. Aldana drove her bottommost into Chiasson's abdomen portion Chiasson was towering implicit her, ending the combat abruptly.

On the aboriginal undercard, heavyweight Chris Barnett stopped Jake Collier successful the archetypal circular with punches. Barnett missed value for his bout, which was fought astatine a catchweight.

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