Nate Diaz choked out Conor McGregor in round two in the headlining bout of UFC 197 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
McGregor came out in round one by peppering Diaz’ face in round one and Diaz became a bloody face. McGregor continued it round two until he got rocked hard with several punches. Sensing he was running out of gas, McGregor tried to shoot in for a takedown and that was his undoing as Diaz pounced on McGregeor and landed several ground shots and then gained the Irishman’s back and locked in the rear-naked choke and McGregor quickly tapped.
Diaz, 169 lbs of Stockton, CA is 20-10. McGregor, 168 lbs of Dublin, IRE is 19-3.
Meisha Tate won the UFC women’s Bantamweight title with a stunning 5th round chokeout of previously undefeated champion Holly Holm.
In round one, Tate started to have swelling on the left side of her face.
Tate was seemingly behind in the final round and got Holm to be choked out at 3:30 of round five.
Tate, 135 lbs of Las Vegas is now 18-5. Holm, 134.5 lbs is 10-1.
Ilir Latifi won a unanimous decision over Gian Vollante in a light heavyweight bout.
Latifi, 205 lbs of Sweden won by scores of 30-27 on all cards and is now 13-4-1. Villante. 205 lbs of Bellmore, NY is 14-7.
Corey Anderson won a three round unanimous decision over Tom Lawlor in a welterweight bout.
Anderson won by scores of 30-27 twice and 29-28
