Filed under: Featured , News , UFC Cursing the cancellation of a contest long since giddily penciled in to their calendar has become all too commonplace for the average MMA fan, but occasionally the improvised matchmaking that follows presents fighters with an opportunity for which they’ve been desperately waiting. Just ask Nate Diaz, who stepped in on short notice for then-lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos to face Conor McGregor at UFC 196 and went on to earn a career-best victory and purse. In spite of losing, their rematch at UFC 202 certainly did Diaz’s bank balance no harm, either. Darren Till And then there’s UFC welterweight Darren Till (15-0-1 MMA, 3-0-1 UFC).
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