Conor McGregor had only praise for longtime rival and “bonafide superstar” Nate Diaz ahead of his likely UFC farewell bout.
Diaz (20-13 MMA, 15-11 UFC) will fight out the final bout on his current contract tonight when he meets Tony Ferguson (25-7 MMA, 15-5 UFC) on Saturday night at UFC 279 in a welterweight headliner at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPNews and ESPN+.
It hasn’t been an easy road to get to this point for Diaz. He’s been forced to the sidelines, offered illogical matchups and had to weave his way through UFC tactics to get to the cusp of free agency. He was supposed to fight undefeated wrecking machine Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 279, but the card was reshuffled after Chimaev missed weight by 7.5 pounds.
