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UFC 196 McGregor vs Diaz

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Sat 5th March 2016 12:00am UTC

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UFC

Season
2016

Round
7

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The event was originally expected to take place at HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. On December 29, UFC announced that the event was canceled and would be moved to a different location. On January 12, it was confirmed the event would take place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

On January 13, UFC announced this event would feature a UFC Heavyweight Championship rematch between champion Fabrício Werdum and former two-time champion Cain Velasquez at Arena da Baixada in Curitiba, Brazil. Due to a series of injuries, UFC moved this bout to the original UFC 196, and the Brazilian card to Rio de Janeiro. It then considered booking a rematch between former UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva and former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Vitor Belfort as the main event. Belfort declined the bout as he decided to wait the result of the middleweight title fight at UFC 194. That prompted the cancelation of the event and relocation to Las Vegas. On January 27, due to the Werdum-Velasquez bout being cancelled, UFC 196 became a Fight Night card and UFC 197 became UFC 196.

The event was expected to be headlined by a UFC Lightweight Championship bout between champion Rafael dos Anjos and UFC Featherweight Champion Conor McGregor. This would have been the second time in UFC history that champions in different divisions would fight for the same title. The first time was at UFC 94 on January 31, 2009, when then-UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St-Pierre defended his title against then-lightweight champion B.J. Penn. On February 23, the planned bout suffered a setback as it was announced that Dos Anjos pulled out due to a broken foot. Former featherweight champion José Aldo declined the initial opportunity to replace him due to "lack of time" to prepare for the bout. Former lightweight champion and top featherweight contender Frankie Edgar also declined the opportunity due to a groin injury. Eventually, The Ultimate Fighter 5 winner and former lightweight title challenger Nate Diaz was announced as the replacement and the bout took place in the welterweight division.

A UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship bout between then champion Holly Holm and former Strikeforce Women's Bantamweight Champion Miesha Tate co-headlined the event.

Michael Johnson was expected to face Tony Ferguson in a lightweight rematch. On January 27, it was announced that Johnson withdrew from the bout due to injury. Ferguson is now expected to fight at UFC on Fox: Nurmagomedov vs. Ferguson on April 16 against Khabib Nurmagomedov.

A welterweight bout between Brandon Thatch and Siyar Bahadurzada, originally slated for UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Cowboy, was rescheduled to this event due to Thatch's medication being banned by Pennsylvania's athletic commission.

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01	Nate Diaz		WIN
01	Conor McGregor	UFC Lightweight	LOSS
02	Miesha Tate	UFC Bantamweight Women	WIN
02	Holly Holm	UFC Bantamweight Women	LOSS
03	Ilir Latifi	UFC Heavyweight	WIN
03	Gian Villante	UFC Heavyweight	LOSS
04	Corey Anderson	Bellator Mens	WIN
04	Tom Lawlor	UFC Light Heavyweight	LOSS
05	Amanda Nunes	UFC Flyweight Women	WIN
05	Valentina Shevchenko	UFC Flyweight Women	LOSS
06	Siyar Bahadurzada	UFC Welterweight	WIN
06	Brandon Thatch	UFC Welterweight	LOSS
07	Nordine Taleb	UFC Welterweight	WIN
07	Erick Silva	UFC Welterweight	LOSS
08	Vitor Miranda	UFC Middleweight	WIN
08	Marcelo Guimaraes	UFC Middleweight	LOSS
09	Darren Elkins	UFC Featherweight	WIN
09	Chas Skelly	UFC Featherweight	LOSS
10	Jim Miller	UFC Lightweight	LOSS
10	Diego Sanchez	UFC Welterweight	WIN
11	Jason Saggo	UFC Lightweight	WIN
11	Justin Salas	UFC Lightweight	LOSS

Result Description

Welterweight Nate Diaz def. Conor McGregor Submission (rear-naked choke) 2 4:12
Women's bantamweight Miesha Tate def. Holly Holm (c) Technical Submission (rear-naked choke) 5 3:30
Light heavyweight Ilir Latifi def. Gian Villante Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) 3 5:00
Light heavyweight Corey Anderson def. Tom Lawlor Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 29-28) 3 5:00
Women's bantamweight Amanda Nunes def. Valentina Shevchenko Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 29-27, 29-27) 3 5:00

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