Nate Diaz stopped Tony Ferguson with a guillotine choke early in the fourth round of the hastily arranged main event of UFC 279 on Saturday night.
The 37-year-old Diaz finished his current UFC contract by finishing fellow veteran Ferguson in a matchup only made on Friday after Khamzat Chimaev badly missed weight for his main-event bout with Diaz.
Nate Diaz stops Tony Ferguson with a guillotine choke early in the fourth round of their welterweight bout at UFC 279 on Saturday night.Diaz landed punches regularly on Ferguson in the first two rounds, and he played to the crowd in the third with long walks around the cage between exchanges, even resting with one arm atop the cage momentarily.
But Diaz might not be completely done with the UFC, since he got a tweet earlier Saturday from Conor McGregor, who promised to complete their trilogy. Diaz and McGregor split two largely thrilling bouts in 2016, and the results catapulted Diaz into the top echelon of celebrities in mixed martial arts.The pay-per-view went off with several significant changes made just one day earlier because Chimaev didn’t come close to his contracted weight — and then shrugged and smiled about it on the scale.
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