UFC 196 Review: Matches to make for the victors of Saturdays nights shocks.

Wow. What a night. Repeated by many already, but gob-smacked and a lack of words was the only you could sum up the main, and co-main event of UFC 196. How the world of MMA can be flipped on its head in such little time. Amazing.

Tabloids coming out with "The end of the UFC," "The end of the McGregor era" and "The downfall of UFC 200" are all wrong. Saturday was a fantastic night for the UFC, and one which will certainly go down as a key date in the memory books. It was the perfect example of why we all love the unpredictably of MMA, and what makes it so peculiar compared to other sports.

Diaz drinking shots in Cabo
San Lucas, Mexico. Just a few weeks
before his fight with McGregor.

Let's start with the what I titled as "The Celtic Cross meeting The Stockton Slap.” Now don't worry, I won't ramble on about whole ins and outs of what occurred in that main event on Saturday night, so a brief summary will do. Diaz takes McGregor on eleven days notice, gets bloodied up in the first, chokes him out in the second, and then delivers what may be one of the best post-fight speeches of all time in "I'm not surprised motherfuckers."

Even though rumours spread that Diaz was training for a triathlon, judging by his recent Instagram post, this didn't seem to be the case. "I wasn't trainjng for a triathalon before this fight I was on a yacht in cabo gettin my chillax on wit my dudes." Diaz captioned a video showing drinking a shot of liquor on a yahct with his buddies.

Firas Zahabi hints at GSP's return on Twitter.

It almost feels as if Diaz is a champion now after he 'demoted' McGregor at 196. He won the McGregor belt in which Conor commonly referred to. Usually fighting at 155, Diaz faced McGregor at 170-pounds due to the short notice in which he received. Questions are being asked if Diaz's next bout will take place at 170, and potential opponents have already started to pop up. And no, I'm not just speaking about Lawler. Although that fight would be one that appeals to all MMA fans, an opponent with a greater status is coming to mind. Georges "Rush" ST PIERRE! After an interview with Nate Diaz surfaced from bjpenn.com, Firas Zahabi tweeted this. Now don't get me wrong, this isn't the first time GSP has hinted at a comeback to the UFC, and it most likely certainly won't be the last.  However, I will just leave this open for interpretation, with no fights yet announced for UFC 200, this bout would indefinitely be one to kick-start the show!