Nate Diaz made a stunning exit from the UFC by choking out Tony Ferguson in the fourth round of their hastily-arranged fight.
Diaz was originally scheduled to face Khamzat Chimaev in the main event of UFC 279, but the fight was scrapped after the Chechen missed weight by 7.5lb. Diaz refused to accept a catchweight bout with Chimaev and was instead booked to fight Ferguson, whilst Kevin Holland was pulled from his fight with Daniel Rodriguez to face Chimaev.
And Ferguson faced adversity moments into the fight when a cut opened up on his shin, seemingly after Diaz checked one of his kicks. Ferguson was coming up short with his spinning attacks whilst Diaz was finding success with his boxing in the opening round. Ferguson was landing more in the second round but Diaz opened up a cut on his eyelid that caused him some trouble.
