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CAREER INTELLIGENCE PROFILE
Nate Diaz
fighter6 ft 0 in170 lb
CAREER LINEAGE
High School / Academy → College → Pro / Club
TROPHY CASE
Tournaments, Championships & Awards Won
Key to the City of Stockton: December 3, 2022
2022 · State/Local
SOURCE ↗2019 Comeback Fighter of the Year
2019
SOURCE ↗2019 November Fight of the Month vs. Jorge Masvidal
2019
SOURCE ↗2016 #2 Ranked UFC Fight of the Year
2016
SOURCE ↗2016 #3 Ranked Fight of the Year
2016
SOURCE ↗2016 #5 Ranked Fight of the Year
2016
SOURCE ↗2016 #6 Ranked UFC Fight of the Year
2016
SOURCE ↗2016 August Fight of the Month vs. Conor McGregor
2016
SOURCE ↗2016 Feud of the Year vs. Conor McGregor
2016
SOURCE ↗2016 Fight of the Year
2016
SOURCE ↗2016 March Fight of the Month vs. Conor McGregor
2016
SOURCE ↗2016 Submission of the Year
2016
SOURCE ↗2016 Submission of the Year vs. Conor McGregor at UFC 196
2016
SOURCE ↗2016 UFC Submission of the Year
2016
SOURCE ↗2016: Ranked #5 Upset of the Year & Ranked #2 Fight of the Year
2016
SOURCE ↗2012: Ranked #4 Submission of the Year
2012
SOURCE ↗2011 All-Violence First Team
2011
SOURCE ↗2011: Ranked #5 Submission of the Year & Ranked #6 Fight of the Year
2011
SOURCE ↗2008 #2 Ranked UFC Submission of the Year
2008
SOURCE ↗2008: Ranked #9 Fighter of the Year, Ranked #7 Submission of the Year , Ranked #7 Fight of the Year & Ranked #8 Fight of the Year
2008
SOURCE ↗CBS Sports
SOURCE ↗Combat Press
SOURCE ↗Fifth most total strikes landed in UFC history (2487)
SOURCE ↗Fight Matrix
SOURCE ↗Fight of the Night (Eight times) vs. Josh Neer, Clay Guida, Joe Stevenson, Marcus Davis, Donald Cerrone, Michael Johnson, & Conor McGregor (x2)
SOURCE ↗Knockout of the Night (One time) vs. Gray Maynard 2
SOURCE ↗MMA Fighting
SOURCE ↗MMA Junkie
SOURCE ↗Performance of the Night (Two times) vs. Conor McGregor 1 and Tony Ferguson
SOURCE ↗Result · Record · Opponent · Type · Round, time · Date · Location · Notes
SOURCE ↗Second most significant strikes landed in a 3-round UFC bout (238)
SOURCE ↗Sherdog
SOURCE ↗Sportsnet
SOURCE ↗Submission of the Night (Five times) Alvin Robinson, Kurt Pellegrino, Melvin Guillard, Takanori Gomi, & Jim Miller
SOURCE ↗The Ultimate Fighter 5 winner
SOURCE ↗Tied (Frankie Edgar & Cub Swanson) for fourth most Fight of the Night bonuses in UFC history (8)
SOURCE ↗Tied (Jim Miller) for fourth most Post-Fight bonuses in UFC history (16)
SOURCE ↗Tied (Jim Miller) for most guillotine-choke submissions in UFC history (5)
SOURCE ↗Tied (Joe Lauzon) for the fourth most submission wins in UFC Lightweight division history (7)
SOURCE ↗Tied (Nik Lentz) for fourth most submission attempts in UFC history (26)
SOURCE ↗Tied (Royce Gracie) for fifth most submissions in UFC history (10)
SOURCE ↗UFC.com Awards
SOURCE ↗Ultimate Fighting Championship
SOURCE ↗World MMA Awards
SOURCE ↗Wrestling Observer Newsletter
SOURCE ↗Yahoo Sports
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SOURCE ↗BRAIN STORAGE
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