Tonight’s UFC 241 co-main event featured a welterweight battle between former lightweight standouts Nate Diaz and Anthony Pettis.<\/p>\n
‘Showtime’ entered the bout looking to build off the momentum of his spectacular knockout<\/a> victory over Stephen Thompson in his welterweight debut at March’s UFC event in Nashville.<\/p>\n The former WEC and UFC lightweight champion, Pettis (22-8 MMA), had gone just 4-6 over his past ten Octagon appearances prior to tonight’s fight. <\/p>\n Meanwhile, Nate Diaz (19-11 MMA) was returning to the cage for the first time since suffering a controversial majority decision loss to Conor McGregor in their rematch at UFC 202 in August of 2016.<\/p>\n The former lightweight title challenger, Diaz, entered UFC 241 sporting a record of 6-4 over his past ten Octagon appearances overall.<\/p>\n Tonight’s UFC 241 co-main event delivered as Anthony Pettis and Nate Diaz proceeded to go to war for fifteen straight minutes. <\/p>\n After all was said and done, it was clear that the Stockton native had done enough to outpoint the Roufusport product.<\/p>\n Official UFC 241 Result: Nate Diaz def. Anthony Pettis (30-27 x2, 29-28)<\/p>\n Check out how the pros reacted to tonight’s UFC 241 co-main event between Nate Diaz and Anthony Pettis below:<\/p>\n Weed or Wheaties, who y\u2019all got?<\/p>\n — Rampage Jackson (@Rampage4real) August 18, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n