Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2022-09-10, good mma bout: Nate Diaz vs Tony Ferguson gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night – take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2022).
Ferguson vs Diaz is scheduled to take place Saturday, September 10th, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas (Nevada, United States), in a 5-round welterweight (170 lbs, 77 kg) bout; it is the main event of UFC 279 (on the original fight card Diaz had to face Chimaev but the Russian missed weight Khamzat Chimaev vs Nate Diaz). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Nate Diaz record
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and Tuf 5 Lw tournament winner Nate Diaz, has an official record of 20-13-0 (80% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.54 in the welterweight division.
He won just one out of his last four bouts, against Anthony Pettis in 2019 (Anthony Pettis vs Nate Diaz); after this match he has lost to Jorge Masvidal (Jorge Masvidal vs Nate Diaz) and Leon Edwards (Leon Edwards vs Nate Diaz).
Among the best fights of Diaz we also suggest the first match with Conor McGregor that we rated with four stars and it was also ranked in the top 10 Users’ mma Fights of the Year 2016: Conor McGregor vs Nate Diaz I.
Diaz’s next fight: Jake Paul vs Nate Diaz
Tony Ferguson record
His opponent, the black belt in 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu (no-gi Bjj), Tuf 13 tournament winner and former interim Ufc Lw champion Tony Ferguson, has a record of 25-7-0 (80% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.16 in the welterweight division.
The last time he won a fight was in 2019 when he faced Donald Cerrone (Tony Ferguson vs Donald Cerrone), after this match he has lost four consecutive bouts, the last two with Beneil Dariush (Tony Ferguson vs Beneil Dariush) and Michael Chandler (4-stars bout, Michael Chandler vs Tony Ferguson).
If you want to watch Ferguson’s best fights, we suggest a 4-stars match of 2016, Tony Ferguson vs Landon Vannata, and two bouts that ranked in the top 10 Users’ Fight of the year 2015 and 2018, Tony Ferguson vs Edson Barboza and Tony Ferguson vs Anthony Pettis.
Ferguson’s next fight: Tony Ferguson vs Bobby Green
Fight card
Here is the UFC 279 full fight card (we are going to update it after the weigh-in):
MAIN CARD (live on PPV – ESPN / ESPN+)
Nate Diaz vs Tony Ferguson
Khamzat Chimaev vs Kevin Holland
Jingliang Li vs Daniel Rodriguez
Irene Aldana vs Macy Chiasson
Johnny Walker vs Ion Cutelaba
PRELIMINARY CARD (live on ESPN / ESPN+)
Julian Erosa vs Hakeem Dawodu
Jailton Almeida vs Anton Turkalj
Jamie Pickett vs Denis Tiuliulin
Jake Collier vs Chris Barnett
EARLY PRELIMINARY CARD (live on ESPN / ESPN+ / UFC Fight Pass)
Norma Dumont vs Danyelle Wolf
Heili Alateng vs Chad Anheliger
Elise Reed vs Melissa Martinez
Yohan Lainesse vs Darian Weeks
Weigh-in
Watch the videos of UFC 279: Diaz vs Ferguson weigh-in and faceoffs from the official Ufc Youtube channel!
Full fight video / highlights
Here we are going to post a selection of the best videos about the bout Nate Diaz vs Tony Ferguson as soon as the match ends. If you have seen the full fight you can rate it at the bottom of this post. (All videos are hosted on free video platforms such as Youtube, Dailymotion, Facebook, etc. and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights.com)
Official highlights
Official highlights – spanish
Result
Who won Diaz vs Ferguson fight?
Nate Diaz defeated Tony Ferguson via submission (guillotine choke) at 2:58, round 4.
Post-fight interview
Listen the words of the winner or the two fighters after their bout, here is the UFC 279 post-fight octagon interview of Nate Diaz and Tony Ferguson.
UFC 279 results
Here are the results of all the fights of UFC 279 Diaz vs Ferguson.
MAIN CARD
Nate Diaz def. Tony Ferguson via SUB r4
Khamzat Chimaev def. Kevin Holland via SUB r1
Daniel Rodriguez def. Li Jingliang via SD
Irene Aldana def. Macy Chiasson via KO r3
Johnny Walker def. Ion Cuțelaba via SUB r1
PRELIMINARY CARD
Julian Erosa def. Hakeem Dawodu via UD
Jailton Almeida def. Anton Turkalj via SUB r1
Denis Tiuliulin def. Jamie Pickett via TKO r2
Chris Barnett def. Jake Collier via TKO r2
EARLY PRELIMINARY CARD
Norma Dumont def. Danyelle Wolf via UD
Alateng Heili def. Chad Anheliger via UD
Elise Reed def. Melissa Martinez via UD
Yohan Lainesse def. Darian Weeks via SD
Post-fight press conference
The UFC 279 post-fight press conference (free live stream from the UFC – Ultimate Fighting Championship Youtube channel), headlined by the main event Tony Ferguson and Nate Diaz, is scheduled for Sunday, September 11th following the event, so it will probably start around 1:30 a.m. ET or 10:30 p.m. PT (6:30 a.m. UK time or 7:30 a.m. in Europe).
Bonus awards
UFC 279 Fight of the Night: No bonus awarded
UFC 279 Performance of the Night: Jailton Almeida, Johnny Walker, Irene Aldana, Nate Diaz
