Nate Diaz: Weight Had Nothing To Do With Beating Conor

Stockton native Nate Diaz shocked the world last night (March 5, 2016), submitting outspoken featherweight champion Conor McGregor in the main event of UFC 196.

With McGregor competing two weight classes up from his usual home at 145-pounds, the talk has obviously shifted to how much that affected the “Notorious” one.

McGregor even said himself that featherweights or lightweights would’ve been finished with the shots he had hit Diaz with, but the Stockton brawler just kept coming forward.

Speaking on the matter, Diaz feels as if he got the better of the stand-up exchanges, also claiming that weight had nothing to do with the outcome:

“As far as energy and stuff, I felt like I was the superior boxer. I went better on the stand up, that’s why he went for the takedown,” Diaz said at the post-fight press conference. “Weight had nothing to do with anything.”

The younger Diaz brother even feels as if he would’ve performed better if he had to cut down to the lightweight limit of 155-pounds:

“If I had a fight at 155, I feel like I could’ve performed better ‘cause I would’ve been on point. I would’ve had sparring. I would’ve had a good weight cut like I did on my last fight,” Diaz said. “I had to come in on this fight straight fat boy off the beach in Cabo, but it’s all good.”

In the end, Diaz feels that aside from the weight and aside from the talk that he simply won because he was the better man last night in Las Vegas:

“I feel like I won because I was the superior martial artist,” he said. “Nothing surprised me, except that I got at hit at all. I think with a full camp I would’ve been flawless, but it’s whatever.”

Who should Diaz face off with next?