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Nate Diaz is finally back, and thank God. Lance Pugmire reported last night that Diaz will fight Dustin Poirier on Nov. 3 in Madison Square Garden, his first UFC bout since losing a majority decision to Conor McGregor in August 2016....

Nate Diaz Got Into Another Fight In The StandsUFC folk hero Nate Diaz hasn’t fought in the octagon since dropping a majority decision to bus saboteur Conor McGregor in August 2016, though he hasn’t spent his long layoff entirely away from fighting. The Stocktonian showed up to a UFC event in February and smoked a joint, and last month, he got i...

Nate Diaz Enjoys UFC FightThe best moment of last night’s UFC event (Sage Northcutt’s win aside) came shortly before the main event. After Derrick Lewis knocked out Marcin Tybura, popped a great victory celebration, then promised his wife, “I’m going deep,” cameras cut to the audience. And who should be there but UFC icon an...

Nate Diaz Talks Outrageous Shit, Shows Off His Bongs And Very Cool Dog

Deadspin hero Nate Diaz spent an hour with Ariel Helwani this afternoon on a special edition of The MMA Hour. It did not disappoint. Let’s run through the highlights....

Nick Diaz Explains That Getting Your Ass Beat By Nick Diaz Is A Good Way To Make Money

It’s been more than two years since culture hero Nick Diaz last fought, and more than five since he last won, but he remains Nick Diaz. While there’s not much to this quick interview with TMZ, note the highly Diaz-esque logic behind his argument that middleweight champion Michael Bisping should figh...

Nate Diaz Figures The UFC Should Pay Him $20 Million To Fight

The UFC is in a bit of a bind. They’d like to book the entertaining Khabib Nurmagomedov in a March fight for one of their multiple lightweight titles, but for stupid reasons they don’t have a good matchup for him right now. MMA Fighting’s Ariel Helwani texted children’s role model and potential Nurm...

Let's Check In With Nate Diaz

How are you doing this morning, Nate?...

Conor McGregor Fined $150K For Throwing Beverages At The Diaz Brothers

Before Conor McGregor took a narrow decision win over Nate Diaz at UFC 202, the rivals squared off and threw a bunch of water bottles at each other after McGregor arrived late to a press conference. It was a relatively harmless and entertaining spectacle, one that certainly hyped up the fight. McGre...