Nate Diaz Bio, Age, Height, Family, Girlfriend, Net worth, Eye Injury

Nate Diaz Biography

Nate Diaz, born Nathan Donald Diaz is an American professional mixed martial artist. Currently, Diaz signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He won The Ultimate Fighter 5. At present, Diaz stands at rank No. 10 in the official UFC lightweight rankings.

Diaz is the younger brother of former Strikeforce Welterweight Champion and WEC Welterweight Champion, Nick Diaz. Prior to signing with the UFC, Diaz competed in World Extreme Cagefighting, Strikeforce, and Pancrase. He has been in the UFC since winning The Ultimate Fighter 5. He holds notable victories, including those over Conor McGregor, Donald Cerrone, Michael Johnson, Gray Maynard, and Takanori Gomi.  Diaz also holds the record for the highest UFC pay-per-view buy rate for their contest at UFC 202 along with Conor McGregor.

Nate Diaz Age

Diaz was born on April 16, 1985, in Stockton, California, U S. He is 34 years old as of 2019. He is an American by nationality and he belongs to English and Mexican descent.

Nate Diaz Height |Nate Diaz Height In Feet

Diaz stands at a height of 6 ft 0  inches (1.83 m).

Nate Diaz Family

Nate was born to Melisa Diaz. He has an older brother, Nick Diaz (former Strikeforce Welterweight and WEC Welterweight Champion.

Nate Diaz Wife

Diaz has maintained to keep his dating information private. However, he seems to be dating his girlfriend Misty Brown since 2012.

Nate Diaz Children

On June 20, 2018, it was announced that Diaz’s girlfriend had given birth to their daughter.

Nate Diaz Career

Prior to the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), he competed mainly for World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC). In 2006, at WEC 24, he fought for the WEC Lightweight Championship against then-champion Hermes Franca, losing by submission in the second round. Diaz is a contestant on The Ultimate Fighter 5, which exclusively featured lightweights, fighting on Jens Pulver’s team.

In the preliminary round, Diaz defeated Rob Emerson by submission; in the quarterfinals, he defeated fellow Team Pulver teammate Corey Hill via triangle choke submission in the first round. In the semifinals, he defeated Team Penn member Gray Maynard by submission, advancing to the finals where he faced teammate Manvel Gamburyan. After losing the first round, Diaz won by submission after Gamburyan was forced to tap out in the second round due to the dislocation of his right shoulder as the result of attempting a takedown. With the victory, Diaz became the winner of The Ultimate Fighter 5.

In 2008, after defeating Alvin Robinson and Junior Assunção via submission he demanded tougher fighters. He was given a match with Kurt Pellegrino at UFC Fight Night 13. Diaz defeated Pellegrino via triangle-choke submission in the second round, after losing the first. As he locked up the choke, Diaz had time to flex for the crowd and throw up double middle fingers before Pellegrino actually submitted by tapping out. He defeated veteran Josh Neer by split decision in the main event of UFC Fight Night 15.

In 2009 Diaz then fought former Strikeforce Lightweight Champion Clay Guida at UFC 94: St. Pierre vs. Penn 2, losing through the split decision. Guida used his wrestling to take Diaz down multiple times. Diaz attempted to reverse Guida several times using judo-Esque switches when Guida had his back. These switches failed to improve the position for Diaz. In the 2nd round, Diaz opened up with his boxing and managed to tag Guida several times. After three rounds, the judges awarded Guida the split decision victory, marking Diaz’s first loss in the UFC in what was also his pay per view debut.

Diaz met fellow Ultimate Fighter winner and former King of the Cage Welterweight Champion Joe Stevenson at The Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale. Diaz was largely controlled on the ground due to Stevenson’s superior wrestling skills. Stevenson took him down at will and held multiple advantageous positions throughout the 3 rounds. Diaz was unable to work any significant submissions or stay on his feet long enough to outstrike Stevenson. Diaz thus lost by unanimous decision.

After two straight losses by decision, he was billed to headline UFC Fight Night 19 opposite Melvin Guillard. Diaz was knocked down by a right hook seconds into the fight but recovered quickly, scoring two trip takedowns after being flipped once by Guillard executing a judo throw (harai goshi).

He displayed fortitude throughout the rest of the fight, maintaining composure when hit flush several times, becoming more accurate and effective with his boxing in the second stanza, and after backing up Guillard with a left and right jab combo, his opponent backed up until he bounced off the side of the cage, missed with a swing and looked to take Diaz down.

At this moment, he locked in a modified guillotine choke, using his right leg to keep Guillard in position. He seemed to acknowledge the crowd in attendance before Guillard tapped and Diaz won at 2:30 of round 2.

In 2010; Diaz faced Gray Maynard on January 11, 2010, in the main event at UFC Fight Night 20. Diaz lost. After three losses in four fights, Nate considered making a permanent move up in weight to the 170 lb. weight class. Diaz finished Davis after choking him unconscious with a guillotine choke submission in the final round; the bout earned Fight of the Night honors.

In 2011, he lost by unanimous decision to South Korean fighter Dong Hyun Kim, on January 1, 2011, at UFC 125. He fought Rory MacDonald on April 30, 2011, at UFC 129. Diaz was unable to mount much significant offense, being viciously slammed by MacDonald 3 times in the third round, and was controlled on the ground by MacDonald, losing via a lopsided unanimous decision. Following the loss, he stated that he would be moving back down to the lightweight division.

In 2012, after several years of training, he finally received his Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt from Cesar Gracie. He was awarded his black belt a month before his fight with fellow Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt Jim Miller.

Diaz next faced Jim Miller on May 5, 2012, at UFC on Fox 3. He outboxed Miller for the majority of the first two rounds, even dropping Miller with a straight left at the end of the first round. Near the end of round two, Miller shot in for a takedown, to which Diaz stuffed and countered with a rolling guillotine choke, forcing the tap at 4:09 of the second round. The submission won Diaz his fifth Submission of the Night bonus award. It was also the first time Miller had been stopped in his MMA career.

In 2013 Diaz faced former Strikeforce Lightweight Champion Josh Thomson on April 20, 2013, at UFC on Fox 7. He lost the fight via TKO due to a head kick and punches, during which Nate’s brother, Nick Diaz physically threw a towel into the octagon, in an attempt to signal the referee to end the bout.

On May 16, 2013, Diaz was suspended by the UFC for violating the UFC’s code of conduct by using a homophobic slur on his Twitter page. The UFC expressed their disappointment and suspended him; he was eventually suspended for 90 days and fined $20,000.
On May 5, 2014, both Nate Diaz and fellow UFC fighter TJ Grant were removed from the UFC’s lightweight rankings after being deemed inactive by the UFC.

In 2015 Diaz was briefly linked to a welterweight bout with Matt Brown on July 11, 2015, at UFC 189. However, in mid-April, Brown announced that the pairing had been scrapped. After sitting out again for over a year, Diaz returned to face Michael Johnson on December 19, 2015, at UFC on Fox 17. He won the fight by unanimous decision. Both participants were awarded Fight of the Night honors.

In 2016 Diaz was set as a replacement to face Conor McGregor on March 5, 2016, at UFC 196, filling in for an injured Rafael dos Anjos. At the UFC 202 post-fight press conference, Diaz violated the USADA rule by smoking CBD, Cannabidiol, vape pen within four hours after a fight. He was not sanctioned as CBD is not considered a PED. USADA changed their rules and lifted CBD from the banned list not long after.

In 2018 after a two-year-long layoff, it was announced on August 3, 2018, that Diaz was expected to return on November 3 against Dustin Poirier in a Lightweight bout. This bout was expected to serve as the co-headliner of UFC 230. However, on October 9, 2018, it was announced that Poirier pulled out due to injury and as a result, the bout was canceled.

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