{"id":270525,"date":"2018-02-18T21:21:08","date_gmt":"2018-02-19T05:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=270525"},"modified":"2018-02-18T21:21:08","modified_gmt":"2018-02-19T05:21:08","slug":"video-nate-diaz-sparks-up-cageside-at-ufc-austin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/nate-diaz\/video-nate-diaz-sparks-up-cageside-at-ufc-austin\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO | Nate Diaz sparks up cageside at UFC Austin!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nate Diaz sparks up cageside at UFC Austin!<\/p>\n<p>Former UFC lightweight title challenger Nate Diaz was cageside for tonight&#8217;s UFC Austin main event fight between <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/donald-cowboy-cerrone\/ufc-fight-night-austin-results-donald-cerrone-vs-yancy-medeiros\/\">Donald &#8220;Cowboy&#8221; Cerrone and Yancy Medeiros<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In classic Diaz fashion, &#8220;The Stockton Slugger&#8221; stole the headlines when he decided to light up a joint while being shown on live on FOX Sports.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the internet breaking clip below:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-video\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"eu\" dir=\"ltr\">PEAK DIAZ <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dZxyXKSC2S\">pic.twitter.com\/dZxyXKSC2S<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Darragh Murphy (@DarrMurphy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DarrMurphy\/status\/965447319687782400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 19, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-results\/ufc-202-results-nate-diaz-vs-conor-mcgregor\/\">Nate Diaz has not competed inside the cage since suffering a controversial majority decision loss to current UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor in a welterweight bout at UFC 202<\/a> in August of 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the setback, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-results\/ufc-196-results\/ufc-196-results-nate-diaz-submits-conor-mcgregor\/\">Diaz was coming off a second-round submission victory over the aforementioned Conor McGregor at UFC 196<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Stockton Slugger&#8221; recently announced that he was &#8220;sick of sitting around&#8221; and was looking to return to the UFC octagon in May or June.<\/p>\n<p>In addition <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/nate-diaz\/nate-diaz-and-now-tyron-woodley-is-my-best-option\/\">Nate also stated that a fight with current UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley &#8220;made the most sense&#8221; for his highly anticipated comeback<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>What di you think of Nate Diaz&#8217;s actions at UFC Austin? Who do you want to see Nate fight in his return? Sound off PENN Nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nate Diaz sparks up cageside at UFC Austin! Former UFC lightweight title challenger Nate Diaz was cageside for tonight&#8217;s UFC Austin main event fight between Donald &#8220;Cowboy&#8221; Cerrone and Yancy Medeiros. 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