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UFC 196: McGregor VS Diaz: 3/5/16

UFC 196: McGregor VS Diaz – Holm VS Tate

March 5, 2016 – MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada

MAIN CARD (PPV, 10 PM EST)
Conor McGregor (Featherweight Champion) VS Nate Diaz (#5)

UFC WOMEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
Holly Holm (c) VS Miesha Tate (#2)

Gian Villante (#13) VS Ilir Latifi (#14)

Corey Anderson (#13) VS “Filthy” Tom Lawlor

Amanda Nunes (#4) VS Valentina Shevchenko (#11)

PRELIMS (FS1, 8 PM EST)
Brandon Thatch VS Siyar Bahadurzara

Erick Silva VS Nordine Taleb

Vitor Miranda VS Marcelo Guimaraes

Darren Elkins (#11) VS Chas Skelly

EARLY PRELIMS (UFC FIGHT PASS, 6:30 PM EST)

Diego Sanchez VS Jim Miller

Justin Salas VS Jason Saggo

Julian Erosa VS Teruto Ishihara

 

 

Conor McGregor Moving Up 2 Classes To Fight Fill-In Nate Diaz

Source: ESPN

With a lightweight championship fight off the table, Conor McGregor has opted to move up two weight classes and now will meet Nate Diaz in a non-title welterweight fight at UFC 196 on March 5.

UFC president Dana White broke the news on SportsCenter. The fight, which will be contested at 170 pounds, will headline the UFC 196 pay-per-view event scheduled to take place at MGM Grand Garden Arena.

The current 145-pound champion, McGregor (19-2) was originally scheduled to challenge defending 155-pound champion Rafael dos Anjos (25-7) on March 5, but that bout fell through when dos Anjos officially withdrew with a broken foot. He is expected to be sidelined six to eight weeks.

Here is the UFC 196: McGregor VS Diaz press conference highlights video:

Huge UFC Fight Is Reportedly Off

Source: WrestlingINC

What was set to be a huge, historic fight next week is now off the books for the time being, as Rafael Dos Anjos has pulled out of his UFC 196 title fight against Conor McGregor.

Kings MMA has confirmed that Dos Anjos broke his foot during a Friday sparring session. Dos Anjos kicked and connected with his sparring partner’s knee, effectively ending his participation in UFC 196.

This is the second straight year McGregor has had a championship opponent withdraw from a fight, as Jose Aldo pulled out of their planned UFC 189 bout last July. Aldo would face McGregor at UFC 194, where he was knocked out.

Former UFC Lightweight Champion Anthony “Showtime” Pettis, as well as highly ranked lightweight Tony Ferguson have volunteered to take on McGregor to fill in for the main event fight. It’s unlikely the company would institute an interim title fight, as RDA defended the championship three months ago.

UFC 196 still has a championship fight at the top of the card, with Holly Holm defending against Miesha Tate.