Ranking Conor McGregor's 10 UFC Performances

10. Nate Diaz - UFC 196 (5 March 2016)

This one has to be tenth, as it was his only loss in the Octagon.

Nate Diaz defeated Michael Johnson in December 2015 and called out Conor McGregor. The Irishman had just won the featherweight title, and was booked to face Rafael dos Anjos at UFC 196 for the lightweight title, but RDA pulled out less than two weeks before the fight. Diaz stepped in at short notice - such short notice that the bout was booked at welterweight as Diaz was never getting down to 155 in time.

Diaz vs. McGregor in a stand-up fight was always going to be intriguing, but the former seemed bamboozled by the latter's speed, and without a training camp, Diaz looked slow early on. Conor dominated the first seven minutes, but his expansive variety of attacks depleted his gas tank quickly, and Diaz took advantage.

Diaz bounced a two punch combination off McGregor's chin to signal the beginning of the end. McGregor decided his best escape route after the barrage that followed would be a takedown, which Diaz stuffed easily, and used his far superior Jiu-Jitsu to take over, eventually choking McGregor for the submission win.

Stockton's finest was able to take the shots McGregor was used to putting away smaller men with, and it allowed him to outlast his foe for a life changing win.