For Michael Johnson, seeing fellow Lightweight contender Nate Diaz come up the financial ranks thanks to a duo of huge money fights against Conor McGregor was bittersweet.
While he was happy to see the longtime veteran finally hit pay dirt, it was a sad reminder of "what could have been." That’s because Nate’s rise up the pay-scale came shortly after he defeated "The Menace" at UFC on FOX 17 last December, as the Stockton slugger took to the mic to call out "Notorious" in this now-infamous rant.
Three months later, Nate found himself forcing the current featherweight champion to tap to his rear-naked choke at UFC 196.