

Chiefly, images surfaced of 209’s favorite son in the gym that saw him in prime physical conditioning via ESPN MMA. Former UFC interim title challenger Nick Diaz recently announced that he was planning to launch a full-fledged come back to MMA. He attended Tokay High School and, at the age of 11, he began training in martial arts with his brother, Nick.Nick Diaz Looks Shredded As New Training Images Emerge.
In 2006, at WEC 24, he fought for the WEC Lightweight Championship against then-champion Hermes França, losing by submission in the second round. In two weeks, the Stockton native will take on the former welterweight champion at UFC 266.Prior to the UFC, Diaz competed mainly for World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC). Diaz is confident ahead of his fight against Robbie Lawler. Nick Diaz is set to face Robbie Lawler soon.
In the semifinals, Diaz defeated Team Penn member Gray Maynard by submission, advancing to the finals, in which he faced teammate Manvel Gamburyan. In the preliminary round, Diaz defeated Rob Emerson by submission in the quarterfinals he defeated fellow Team Pulver teammate Corey Hill via triangle choke submission in the first round. GymDiaz was a contestant on The Ultimate Fighter 5, which exclusively featured lightweights, fighting on Jens Pulver's team. Ultimate Fighting Championship The Ultimate Fighter 5MONTREAL, QC - MARCH 16: (R-L) Nick Diaz taunts Georges St-Pierre in their welterweight championship bout during the UFC 158 event at Bell Centre. Diaz entered the UFC in 2003 with an armbar victory over Jeremy Jackson, and quickly established himself as one of the standout talents.
He was given a match with Kurt Pellegrino at UFC Fight Night 13. 2008After defeating Alvin Robinson and Junior Assunção via submission, Diaz demanded tougher opponents. With the victory, Diaz won The Ultimate Fighter 5.
Penn 2, losing via split decision. Diaz then defeated veteran Josh Neer by split decision in the main event of UFC Fight Night 15.Diaz next fought former Strikeforce Lightweight Champion Clay Guida at UFC 94: St. As he locked up the choke, Diaz had time to flex for the crowd and throw up double middle fingers before Pellegrino submitted.
Diaz lost a controversial split decision to Maynard, as the former TUF winner was given the nod in the FightMetric reports, winning rounds two and three. Diaz won by submission to a guillotine choke at 2:30 of round 2.Diaz faced Gray Maynard on January 11, 2010, in the main event at UFC Fight Night 20, a rematch from when the two met in the semi-finals of the TUF 5 lightweight tournament, which Diaz won. Stevenson took Diaz down at will throughout the 3 rounds and Diaz lost by unanimous decision.After two consecutive losses by decision, Diaz was billed to headline UFC Fight Night 19 opposite Melvin Guillard. Guida won via split decision, marking Diaz's first loss in the UFC, in what was also his pay per view debut.Diaz met fellow Ultimate Fighter winner and former King of the Cage Welterweight Champion Joe Stevenson at The Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale.
Lytle in 2011Diaz next faced South Korean fighter Dong Hyun Kim, on January 1, 2011, at UFC 125. Diaz finished Davis after choking him unconscious with a guillotine choke submission in the final round the bout earned Fight of the Night honors.Diaz at UFC Live: Hardy vs. His next fight was again at Welterweight against former professional boxer Marcus Davis on Augat UFC 118. Diaz went on to win the fight by TKO in the first round.After the win over Markham, Diaz stated he would compete in both weight classes. At the weigh-ins, Markham weighed in at 177, whereas Diaz weighed in at the Welterweight limit of 171 the fight was changed to a catchweight fight. Weight class, stating "I don't make enough money to have to drop this much weight so I'd like to fight at 170 and only go to 155 every once in a while." Diaz made his Welterweight debut on March 27, 2010, at UFC 111 against Miletich Fighting Systems product and striking specialist Rory Markham.

The submission won Diaz his fifth Submission of the Night bonus award. Near the end of round two, Miller shot in for a takedown, to which Diaz stuffed and countered with a rolling guillotine choke, forcing the tap at 4:09 of the second round. Diaz outboxed Miller for the majority of the first two rounds, even dropping Miller with a straight left at the end of the first round. He was awarded his black belt a month before his fight with fellow Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt Jim Miller.Diaz next faced Jim Miller on May 5, 2012, at UFC on Fox 3. 2012Diaz, after several years of training, finally received his Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt from Cesar Gracie.
Three weeks prior to the championship bout, Diaz signed an eight-fight contract with UFC. Diaz lost the one-sided bout via unanimous decision. Diaz faced Benson Henderson on December 8, 2012, at UFC on Fox 5 in the main event for the UFC Lightweight Championship.
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The UFC expressed their disappointment and suspended him he was eventually suspended for 90 days and fined $20,000. On May 16, 2013, Diaz was suspended by the UFC for violating the UFC's code of conduct by using a homophobic slur on his Twitter page. He lost the fight via TKO due to a head kick and punches, during which Nate's brother, Nick Diaz physically threw a towel into the octagon, in an attempt to signal the referee to end the bout.
Grant were removed from the UFC's lightweight rankings after being deemed inactive by the UFC. 2014On May 5, 2014, both Nate Diaz and fellow UFC fighter T. The stoppage earned him his first Knockout of the Night bonus. Diaz won via TKO in the first round.
Diaz, who seemed unmotivated and annoyed for most of the fight, lost the one-sided fight via unanimous decision (30–26, 30–26, and 30–27). However, he was still fined 20 percent of his purse, which went to Rafael dos Anjos. He was given additional time to make the lightweight limit, and cut down to 155.2. Diaz missed weight, coming in at 160.6 pounds.
Both participants were awarded Fight of the Night honors. He won the fight by unanimous decision after putting forth an absolute boxing clinic over Johnson and went on to give one of the most infamous post-fight interviews in UFC history, where he called out Conor McGregor by saying "you're taking everything I work for, motherfucker, and I'ma fight your fucking ass" on live broadcast television. After sitting out again for over a year, Diaz returned to face Michael Johnson on Decemat UFC on Fox 17. However, in mid-April, Brown announced that the pairing had been scrapped.
However, on April 19, the UFC announced that McGregor had been pulled from the event after failing to fulfill media obligations in Las Vegas related to the fight. A rematch with McGregor was scheduled for Jat UFC 200. Both fighters were awarded Fight of the Night honors and Diaz was also awarded with the Performance of the Night bonus. This gave Diaz his ninth submission victory in the UFC, tied for the second-most all-time behind only Royce Gracie. Diaz won the fight via submission in the second round. With Diaz only having eleven days notice, the fight took place at welterweight (170 lbs) due to lack of time to cut weight.
USADA changed their rules and lifted CBD from the banned list not long after. He was not sanctioned as CBD is not considered a PED. At the UFC 202 post-fight press conference, Diaz violated the USADA rule by smoking CBD, Cannabidiol, vape pen within four hours after a fight. The contest was once again awarded Fight of the Night honors. Diaz lost the rematch via majority decision.
