Nate Diaz is coming off the biggest win of his career after beating UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor at UFC 196 in a non-title welterweight bout.
Diaz is said to have come out making over a million dollars in his fight with McGregor, which Dana White says was the most bought UFC PPV event in the company’s history.
Nate has gotten a ton of exposure in his fight with McGregor getting featured on big media channels such as Rolling Stone, Forbes, Extra, and TMZ.
By being in the media spotlight, fans have been pouring on to his social media following. Check out the progression of this colored pencil portrait of Nate Diaz done by Instagram user flowrolldraw who just started the Diaz piece. The artist has a few other amazing works of art done of Clay Guida, Kron Gracie, and Bruce Lee.
Will Nate Diaz continue his rise in more big money fights in the UFC? Let us know who you think he should fight next to add to his soaring popularity after having his 22nd fight in the UFC.