Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-12-19, good fight between Michael Johnson and Nate Diaz: it gets three stars (UFC Fight of the Night).Michael Johnson entered this fight with a mma record of 16-9-0 (56% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.9 lightweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Rafael dos Anjos). He has fought twice in 2015 defeating Edson Barboza (=Barboza vs Johnson) but then he has lost to Beneil Dariush (=Johnson vs Dariush).
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and Tuf 5 tournament winner Nate Diaz, has an official record of 17-10-0 (88% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.21 in the same weight class but he won just one out of his last four fights, against Gray Maynard in 2013 (=Maynard vs Diaz 2); after this bout he was defeated by dos Anjos (=dos Anjos vs Diaz). Johnson vs Diaz is on the undercard of Rafael dos Anjos vs Donald Cerrone 2 – UFC on Fox 17. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Event: UFC on Fox 17: dos Anjos vs Cerrone 2
Date: 2015-12-19
Where: Amway Center, Orlando, Florida, USA
Division: lightweight (155 lbs, 70 kg)
UFC on Fox 17 fight card (main fights):
Rafael dos Anjos vs Donald Cerrone 2
Junior dos Santos vs Alistair Overeem
Michael Johnson vs Nate Diaz
Charles Oliveira vs Myles Jury
Diaz’s next fight: Conor McGregor vs Nate Diaz
Johnson’s next fight: Dustin Poirier vs Michael Johnson
Video:
OFFICIAL VIDEO
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KO87LexG8Sg
(Free embeddable highlights video hosted on Youtube)
it’s funny that now all fighters in the lightweight and featherweight division want to face Conor McGregor…..I hate Diaz brothers
We hate you to motherf*cker!
The only way Nate would deserve a shot at McGregor is if he had actually finished Jonson…. but he didnt… because he isnt good enough…. hence, he deserves sh*t.