Nate Diaz scored a fourth-round submission win over Tony Ferguson at UFC 279 on Saturday, winning the last fight of his UFC deal in a wild bout that capped off an extraordinary week for the UFC.
A backstage brawl caused Thursday's press conference to be cut short, and the card was thrown into disarray on Friday morning when Khamzat Chimaev missed the welterweight limit for his proposed main event fight against Diaz.
The fan favourite from Stockton, California opened a cut above Ferguson's right eye in the second as his pin-point boxing started to tell. Ferguson shot for a takedown in the fourth round but Diaz, who submitted Conor McGregor to hand the Irishman his first loss in the UFC in 2016, circled his arm around Ferguson's neck and dragged him to the ground to secure the win.
Chechen-born Swede Chimaev was roundly booed as he entered the octagon but once the fight was underway he wasted no time, shooting for a takedown and initiating a serious of furious wrestling scrambles that ended in his favour.
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