Nate Diaz Shocks MMA World By Choking Out Conor McGregor

Nate Diaz choked out Conor McGregor in tonight’s UFC welterweight main event, shocking the promotion’s featherweight champion with McGregor’s first loss in six years.

Diaz, a late replacement for the injured Rafael dos Anjos, was a four-to-one underdog. He came into the bout with eight UFC losses to a wide variety of opponents. McGregor, meanwhile, was undefeated in UFC and last lost to Joseph Duffy in the UK-based Cage Warriors promotion in 2010.

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