UFC on Fox 13: Rafael Dos Anjos Ends Nate Diaz's Weird Week with a Whipping

Rafael dos Anjos saw to it that Nate Diaz’s week of bluster ended with a whimper.

From Wednesday to Friday, Diaz had largely set the pace for UFC on Fox 13, grabbing the lion’s share of the headlines when he slept through his open workout, cut a professional wrestling style promo on new UFC signee CM Punk and then missed weight by more than four pounds.

On Saturday, it was dos Anjos’ turn to offer a rebuttal.The 30-year-old Brazilian pounded Diaz for 15 full minutes in their co-main event bout—punishing his legs with hard kicks from the outset and opening a large cut over his right eye during the second round. Diaz took it all in a style befitting his impetuous reputation, but by the time it was over, the judges called it a lopsided sweep for dos Anjos (30-26 x 2, 30-27).Diaz had been out of action some 13 months while he quibbled with the UFC over his pay. Aside from the transgressions listed above, this week he also walked out of an official UFC interview and disparaged the organization’s new partnership with Reebok.

On fight night, he didn’t look at all himself. After missing weight, he appeared in slightly less than Diaz-quality shape. He tried to work his high-octane offense and slippery ground game throughout the fight, but it was clear he wasn’t operating at 100 percent.After the strange week he’d had, there was speculation that perhaps Diaz was trying to get cut from the UFC on purpose. When it was over, however, he confirmed he fought with a preexisting injury—and for him to even mention it, it must’ve been pretty bad—but said he wants to fight again for the UFC, and all but assured his next performance will be a better one.

"I ran into some issues in camp and I wish I could've fought and won," Diaz told ESPN.com’s Brett Okamoto. "I know what I can do. I had to come and get paid. I had some issues and I was injured. I was not in the best type of shape I could be in. I'm here to fight, always. I'm here. You see me.”


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