Redemption for the Notorious one: Conor McGregor exacts revenge on Nate Diaz in gruelling UFC 202 dog fight

Conor McGregor beat Nate Diaz in an epic encounter at UFC 202 at the T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas on Sunday morning (HK time).

In an epic rematch of their previous encounter, in which American Diaz stunned the MMA world to defeat the Irishman, McGregor wore down his opponent in a bloody encounter to take it on points.

Diaz felt he had done enough to secure the win in the highly-anticipated rematch when it went down to the judges’ scorecards, but was quick to congratulate his opponent before agreeing a finale to the trilogy should be arranged.

“Hey good job today, Conor, but we’re going for three,” said Diaz. “For real. Until then I ain’t coming back.”

McGregor dominated the first two stanzas of the five-round bout and put the American on the canvas three times – each time imploring the California-native to get back to his feet. But Diaz came back into the fight with the Irishman visibly fatiguing as the match-up wore on, and with one flurry of punches put the Irishman back against the cage.