UFC featherweight champ Conor McGregor will move up two weight classes to take on Nate Diaz in a non-title fight in UFC 196, an event that also features Holly Holm's defense against Miesha Tate.

The original matchup against dos Anjos had been slated for 155 pounds. UFC president Dana White has said the first bout between McGregor and Diaz produced about 1.5 million pay-per-view buys.

In a stunner, Nate Diaz made Conor McGregor eat his words, submitting him by rear-naked choke in Round 2 of their welterweight bout Saturday night in the UFC 196 co-main event.

In an interview Wednesday, Nate Diaz confirmed he is in negotiations to fight Conor McGregor at UFC 202 and called the proposed McGregor-Floyd Mayweather fight "a publicity stunt." ...

Nate Diaz insists he had no incentive of fighting Khabib Nurmagomedov when offered the matchup. UFC CEO Dana White publicized ...

Conor McGregor has been back in MMA training, but it has not done much to convince fans that he is ready for a serious UFC comeback. McGregor’s last fight happened more than four years ago, in ...

McGregor (19-3), whose 15-fight winning streak was snapped, remains the UFC featherweight champion despite the loss. The bout was contested at 170 pounds because Diaz had virtually no time to cut ...