This time, McGregor didn’t allow Stockton’s Diaz (20-11) to take him down until late in the fifth round. In the second, McGregor floored Diaz twice more early on with hard punches from a left-handed stance. McGregor masterfully backed from Diaz’s punches when he wanted and then surprisingly rushed forward to catch the unsuspecting Californian with other strikes. But McGregor didn’t fall to Diaz’s hard combinations, and even a late knee. But McGregor didn’t cave to the boiling blood that preceded the bout and found his way to the finish, where the judges awarded him sweet redemption.

Source: Los Angeles Times August 21, 2016 05:18 UTC