Conor McGregor won a majority decision over Nate Diaz in a welterweight rematch that lived up to the immense hype at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
McGregor came out early landing leg kicks in effort to slow Diaz down. McGregor started mixing in punches as he featured straight left hands. In round two, Diaz began to bleed around his left eye, and he seemed to be fading into the Las Vegas. But it was McGregor who started to wilt at the end of round two and Diaz started to comeback and the fight was looking reminiscent of the first fight that took place on March 5.
Diaz had a big round three, as he landed some hard blows that had McGregor barely making it to the third round bell. McGregor got his 2nd wind in round four as he opened up Diaz even more to the point that was clearly affected by the blood streaming down his face. McGregor continued to score with his leg kicks and steadied himself against multiple takedown attempts by Diaz. McGregor moved around the Octagon throughout the final round and held on for the victory by scores of 48-47 twice and 47-47.
The two intimated that a rubber match would be taking place at some point, but McGregor would like the fight at 155 pounds.
McGregor, 168 lbs of Dublind, IRE is now 20-3. Diaz, 170.5 lbs of Stockton, CA is 20-11.
Anthony “Rumble”Johnson will get his rematch as he destroyed Glover Teixeira in 13 seconds of their light heavyweight bout.
Johnson landed one right uppercut that knocked Teixeira stiff and cold and the bout was stopped.
Johnson, 205.5 lbs of Boca Raton, FL is now 22-5. Teixeira, 205.5 lbs is now 25-5.
Johnson will now earn his rematch with light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier,
Donald Cerrone scored a 2nd round stoppage over Rick Story in a welterweight contest.
Cerrone landed a body shot that was followed by a kick to the head that hurt Story. Cerrone landed several punches that sent Story to the ground and then landed seven punches before referee Herb Dean stopped the bout at 2:02 of round two.
Cerrone, 170 lbs of Albuquerque, NM is now 31-7. Story, 171 lbs of Vancouver, WA is 19-9.
Mike Perry stopped Hyun Guy Lim in the first round of their welterweight bout.
Perry dropped Lim hard several times with the final time coming from a hard left hand. Lim was badly hurt and ate a few punches while on the ground that forced referee John McCarthy stopping the bout at 3:38.
Perry, 169 lbs of Orlando, FL is 7-0. Lim, 171 lbs of Seoul, South Korea is 13-6-1.
Tim Means battered and dominated Sabah Homasi in the second round of their welterweight bout.
Homasi was bleedingbadly from his forehead after catching an elbow from Means in the first round. Means continued to land at will as he divided his attack from body to the head and was efficient until a heavy combination forced referee Hern Dean to the stop the fight at 2:56.
Means, 171 lbs of Albuquerque, NM is 26-7-1. Homasi, 170.5 lbs of Coconut Creek, FL is 11-6.
Sensationl prospect Cody Garbrandt remained perfect with a 1st round destruction of Takeya Mizugaki in a bantamweight bout.
Garbrandt landed perfect right that knicked Mizugaki down and Grabrandt jumped on his prey and pounded him out until referee John McCarthy ended the bout at 48 seconds.
Garbrandt, 136 lbs of Sacramento, CA is 10-0. Mizugaki, 136 lbs of Kangwai, JAP is now 21-10-2.
Raquel Pennington won a three-round unanimous decision over Elizabeth Phillips in a featherweight bout.
Pennington, 135.5 lbs of Colorado Springs, CO won by scores of 30-27 on all cards and is now 8-6. Phillips, 134 lbs of Spokane, WA is now 5-4.
Conor McGregor training partner Artem Lobov won a three-round unanimous decision over Nate Diaz training partner Chris Avila in a featherweight bout.
Lobov dominated with leg kicks and won by scores 30-27 on all cards.
Lobov, 144.5 lbs Dublin, IRE is now 13-12-1-1. Avila, 146 lbs of Stockton, CA is 5-3.
In round three, Lobov was cut from his forehead from an accidental headbutt.
Cortney Casey made Randa Markos tap in round one of their stawweight bout.
Markos held an early advantage, but Casey reversed and got the armbar and Markos tapped at 4:34
Casey, 116 lbs of Maui, HI is now 6-3. Markos, 116 lbs of Windsor, ONT, CAN is 6-5.
