'I told Nate right now, I swear it on, we're running it back … I don't like to leave the ring like this, with my opponent conscious,' Masvidal said. But I'm coming back for your ass motherf*****.'
'He got the job done like he was supposed to. 'I was getting ready to get started,' Diaz said. 'The doctor is not getting the BMF title, that is for sure,' former UFC champ Dominick Cruz said in commentary.ĭiaz said scar tissue from a cut he suffered against Anthony Pettis two months ago was opened up but that he was fine to continue. No one was expecting a stoppage however and Madison Square Garden was stunned when the doctor stepped in and waved it off because of damage near Diaz's eye.
Masvidal had dominated the first three rounds of the fight for a specially-made 'Baddest Motherf*****' belt and opened up several cuts on Diaz's face. UFC fans yelled 'bulls***' in New York after the doctor stepped in to end Jorge Masvidal's slugfest with Nate Diaz. The referee attempts to wash away blood from Nate Diaz's face.