Though he was granted mere seconds of screen time during the UFC Fight Night 126 broadcast on Sunday night, Nate Diaz was the star of the show in the eyes of many viewers.
Diaz, who hasn’t fought since dropping a majority decision to Conor McGregor at UFC 202 all the way back in August of 2016, was at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin to support his good friend Yancy Medeiros, who took on Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone in the show’s main event.
Moments after Derrick Lewis followed up a dramatic third-round TKO win over Marcin Tybura by making some rather lewd comments in an interview with Jimmy Smith, producers cut to a shot of Diaz sitting cageside in an obvious attempt to restore a little decorum. To everyone’s shock, the normally wholesome Diaz was the wrong man to aid them in doing so on this particular evening. Rather than flashing an award-winning smile, giving two thumbs up or making balloon animals, Diaz proceeded to put a joint in his mouth and gestured that he was about to light it live on Fox Sports 1.
The cameras quickly cut away.
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Twitter, obviously, went into meltdown.
NATE DIAZ ABOUT TO LIGHT A GODDAMN JOINT CAGE SIDE. THE GAWD!!! #UFCAustin
— Chamatkar Sandhu (@SandhuMMA) February 19, 2018
NATE DIAZ LIGHTING A J IN THE AUDIENCE OMG
— Luke Thomas (@lthomasnews) February 19, 2018
Find you someone who looks at you the way this kid looks at Nate Diaz doing drugs in public. pic.twitter.com/3n3R3bDaI4
— Luke Thomas (@lthomasnews) February 19, 2018
Nate Diaz Doesn’t Give a FUCK pic.twitter.com/xrhSJBxVmF
— Chase Sherman (@ChaseShermanUFC) February 19, 2018
And Nate is a beauty. 😂#ufcaustin
— Scott “Hot Sauce” Holtzman (@HotSauceHoltzy) February 19, 2018
https://twitter.com/iainkidd/status/965447049264140288
Nate Diaz is a national treasure
— Jeb Payne (@jpain_mma) February 19, 2018
Sage Northcutt backstage when he saw Nate Diaz light up a blunt #UFCAustin pic.twitter.com/BEH80WnrIf
— Mars Herns (@MarsHerns) February 19, 2018
Nate Diaz wins the night without even stepping in the cage
— Adam Hill (@AdamHillLVRJ) February 19, 2018
Nate Diaz keeping it 💯 per usual
— Kenny Florian (@kennyflorian) February 19, 2018
Ahhhh @NateDiaz209 such a fucking G
— Demetrious Johnson (@MightyMouse) February 19, 2018
Omg Diaz hahahah 🤣
— Jessica Eye (@jessicaevileye) February 19, 2018
the only athlete in america is nate diaz pic.twitter.com/juLA4rCtHr
— patrick (@redford) February 19, 2018
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https://twitter.com/SecretMovesMMA/status/965447204700934144
I’m not sure what was better between Nate Diaz wit a joint in his mouth or the Black Beast telling his ol’ lady that tn he’s “going deep!”#UFCAustin
— Aljamain Sterling (@funkmasterMMA) February 19, 2018
Derrick Lewis: I’m going to make the network censors cringe like never before!
Nate Diaz: Hold my blunt.
— Eric Jackman (@NewYorkRic) February 19, 2018
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