The idea of a big show and a bigger paycheck drives Nate Diaz, whether it means a rubber match with Conor McGregor, a scrap with Dustin Poirier or a battle with any other top-shelf lightweight or welterweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
As fans await Diaz’s return to the Octagon, here are some of the numbers that helped make him one of the most entertaining fighters of all-time:
4: Fights under the World Extreme Cagefighting banner, where he went 3-1. Diaz made his professional MMA debut in the WEC, as he submitted Alejandro Garcia with a third-round triangle choke in in October 2004.