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UFC 263: Nate Diaz lights up Twitter by rocking Leon Edwards late

June 13, 2021

Nate Diaz received one likelihood to steal a win Saturday evening. After being battered and bloodied by Leon Edwards for 4 rounds, Diaz landed a clear right-left combo late within the fifth and despatched Edwards staggering backward.

At that time, the prudent factor would have been to press ahead, throw extra strikes and attempt to full the rally. As an alternative, Diaz did this:

Edwards survived the spherical and walked out of the Octagon with a unanimous resolution victory within the welterweight bout.

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Diaz appeared solely barely dissatisfied with taking the L as Joe Rogan interviewed him afterward. There was enterprise to take care of.

Diaz’s seeming lack of a killer intuition had Twitter taking its pictures, however his capability to go the gap and nearly win via all of the blood earned him respect:

And as soon as once more Nate Diaz reveals up and even after dropping a battle his inventory rises. That flurry is all that’ll be talked about! It’s about recollections /land Diaz leaves individuals with recollections. #ufc263

— Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) June 13, 2021

Nate Diaz: Smokes weed at preflight presser. Will get overwhelmed up for twenty-four minutes. Bleeds lots. Almost wins. Invitations everybody to his home for a celebration. #legend

— Dan Wetzel (@DanWetzel) June 13, 2021

i’ve the identical sort of love for nate diaz that i do for russell westbrook. he has no brakes, he typically loses and he won’t ever die

— Jon Bois (@jon_bois) June 13, 2021