With another action-packed year of MMA in the books, MMAjunkie takes a look at the best fights from January to December. Here are the top five and winner of MMAjunkie’s “Fight of the Year” award for 2016. At the bottom of the post, let us know if we got it right by voting on your choice for “Fight of the Year.” * * * * Honorable Mentions 5. Nate Diaz def. Conor McGregor at UFC 196 in March Against Nate Diaz (19-11 MMA, 14-9 UFC), fighting up two weight classes, former UFC featherweight champion and current lightweight champion Conor McGregor (21-3 MMA, 9-1 UFC) found out that pounds very much matter in MMA when he suffered his first defeat in more than five years
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