My Favorite Fight (Nate Diaz vs. Conor McGregor 2)

Love so much about this fight. The build up after the results of the first fight (which, you can ask my wife, I was not shocked by, I told her before the fight if this goes to the ground Conor could lose). Love the moment in Round 1 when Nate starts clowning around and Conor cracks him a couple times, he goes from clowning and smiling to immediately serious. Love the heart and grit and determination of both fighters here, it was a back and forth, hard fought fight.

That said, If you think Nate won this fight, turn off the commentary and watch. This fight is where I noticed both Goldie (RIP in Bellator) and Rogan were pretty bad at commentating (Rogan continues to be bad to this day, his biases are obvious, he repeats the same talking points nearly every event; we need a new scoring system, we need new weight classes etc). 

Conor clearly wins Round 1 (1-0). Round 2 Conor dominates 4 minutes of the round, Nate goes on a flurry (with a lot of misses) for the last minute (2-0). Round 3 is Nate's, Conor looked gassed (2-1). Round 4, Conor bounces back, Nate doesn't have much (3-1). Conor loses the round, Conor doesn't do a ton (3-2). 

You could make an argument that Conor has 2 10-8 rounds with knockdowns and Nate has one (Round 3). But unlike Rogan and Goldie would have you believe, never does Conor look close to being finished, he doesn't stop responding to the punches like the Mayweather fight. Either way, one of the best fights of all time. Both looked great in this fight. Would gladly watch these two fight all the time. 

Also Big John needs to get back to reffing, he's so much better at it than anyone else and from what I've seen (relatively little, I've given up on Bellator) much better at it than commentating.