After three years away, the Stockton, Calif. bad boy returned to the Octagon and looked like he didn’t miss a step as he put on a signature performance to punish Anthony Pettis round after round en route to a unanimous decision. The scorecards read 30-27, 30-27 and 29-28 as Diaz gets his first win since 2016 when he choked out Conor McGregor.
Following the victory, Diaz wasted no time calling for his next fight against the man responsible for the fastest knockout in UFC history.
“The reason I was off is cause everybody sucked and there was nobody to fight,” Diaz said.