BAD MMA - The origins of combat™ » back-on-handing https://www.badmma.com The BADDEST Brand on the Planet™ Thu, 23 Jul 2026 05:45:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Nate Diaz recounts handing Conor McGregor his first UFC loss https://www.badmma.com/nate-diaz-recounts-handing-conor-mcgregor-his-first-ufc-loss.html https://www.badmma.com/nate-diaz-recounts-handing-conor-mcgregor-his-first-ufc-loss.html#comments Wed, 16 Jul 2025 09:58:10 +0000 BAD MMA News https://www.badmma.com/nate-diaz-recounts-handing-conor-mcgregor-his-first-ufc-loss.html Ten days before  UFC 196 in March 2016, the fight card lost one of its main event fighters. A lightweight title bout between then-featherweight champion  Conor McGregor and lightweight titleholder  Rafael Dos Anjos was scheduled to headline the event but a broken foot forced dos Anjos out of the fight.  Nate Diaz was vacationing when he  got the call from the fight promotion about stepping in to face McGregor. Diaz accepted the fight and the rest is history.

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