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The first coming just a few months prior when the two met at UFC 196 an entire years ago as of yesterday. <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/video-watch-nate-diaz-submit-conor-mcgregor-on-three-year-anniversary-of-historic-fight\/\">A bout that saw Diaz pull off the upset<\/a> on short notice via second-round submission (rear-naked choke).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Diaz, he hasn&#8217;t fought since his encounters with McGregor whereas McGregor has had two lightweight title bouts with a boxing match mixed in. He would lose the most recent two of those three bouts to Floyd Mayweather and current lightweight king Khabib Nurmagomedov.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the anniversary of what would end up being a historic date, the Irishman took some time to look back at the wars he had with his brash rival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What a sequence!<br>One of the craziest fights ever. <br>Also the birth of McGregor FAST!<br>The rematch was voted the greatest fight in UFC history.<br>My last one was a small bit wild also haha<br>I love this game.<br>This is my 3rd level of income at this point.<br>I just do it because I love it. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hSjAr3moE7\">https:\/\/t.co\/hSjAr3moE7<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheNotoriousMMA\/status\/1103177598945935360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 6, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It\u2019s fascinating to me watching that loss back. Then watching the come back. <br>We can always come back!<br>Anyone can do something once. It\u2019s Can you do it twice is the question. That\u2019s why I doubled up on the belts every time. <br>Any fool can do it once.<\/p>&mdash; Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheNotoriousMMA\/status\/1103179488475652096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 6, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;What a sequence!<br \/>One of the craziest fights ever. <br \/>Also the birth of McGregor FAST!<br \/>The rematch was voted the greatest fight in UFC history.<br \/>My last one was a small bit wild also haha<br \/>I love this game.<br \/>This is my 3rd level of income at this point.<br \/>I just do it because I love it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s fascinating to me watching that loss back. 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