"Street cred" is how Dana White kept describing the essence of UFC 244's main event.
Nate Diaz and Jorge Masvidal aren't fighting for an official title or belt Saturday night in Madison Square Garden. They're fighting because after Diaz beat Anthony Pettis on Aug. 17 and called out Masvidal, the momentum it generated demanded the fight take place. And as the momentum built, the idea of having the fight headline the card -- which is a rarity for a non-title fight -- kept making more and more sense.
"The reality was for me to think about, how do we do a main event that isn't a title fight?