McGregror vs Diaz Fight

      UFC 196 had a clash of two huge fighters go head to head. Bantamweight champion Conor McGregor go up against welterweight giant Nate Diaz. There was a lot of speculation and " trash talking going on before the fight between the two which was no surprise because in reality that is just their personalities. Diaz did defeated McGregor in the second round via submission. So what are some of the factors that caused McGregor to lose his footing and come up short of defeating the welterweight Nate Diaz.

      We are now days past UFC 196 and Bantamweight champion Conor McGregor was defeated by Nate Diaz. Some people believe that Conor did this to himself and he made himself his worst enemy. He talked a lot of smack and thought it would be a good idea to go fight two weight classes up to prove to everyone that he is just as good as it seems and by defeating Nate Diaz he wanted to prove it was a fluke. For much of the beginning of the fight McGregor capitalized on his punches and he landed a lot of good strikes. Most UFC fans know that McGregor isn't as affective on the ground as he is on his feet and Nate Diaz took advantage of that. He got McGregor on the ground and used his size to his advantage. He got him in a chokehold and made him tap out.

        In some ways people believe that McGregor made a smart decision by fighting Diaz as if he won, his confidence would remain high and he would gain pride considering that he defeated someone two weight classes above him. But if he lost which he did, although he couldn't put pen to paper or in other words back up all the crap talking he would still remain the Bantamweight champion and he could use the loss as a motivator to remind him that he is still the champion of his class. Other people think that McGregor deciding to fight two weight classes up was a stupid decision because eventually it would come back to bite him. In reality many people believe that if some things were changed in regards to the build up of the fight then all the speculation and talk after the fight would've also been different. If McGregor decided to keep his mouth shut and decide to not talk all that smack before the fight and not back it up in the ring then people wouldn't be questioning his abilities like they are now. People are now saying that McGregor shouldn't talk before the fights and let his actions in the ring do the talking.

   In my opinion I believe that Conor McGregor should just keep doing what he is doing because it is clearly working. This loss to Diaz was his only loss in the UFC and in my opinion I think one of the only reasons is because of the weight difference. I think that Conor McGregor is an amazing athlete and he should continue fighting but stay in his division. He should not let this loss drag him down because at the end of the day he is still the Bantamweight champion.