Conor McGregor vs Nate Diaz full fight video preview for UFC 196 PPV main event

For a contest that was cobbled together roughly two weeks back, it feels like we've been preparing for this welterweight main event for months.

That's a testament to how well UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor, as well as lightweight import Nate Diaz, have sold this UFC 196 pay-per-view (PPV) headliner, which takes place later tonight (Sat., March 5, 2016) inside MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Check out the "McGregor vs. Diaz" fight video preview in the embedded player above.

MMAmania.com will deliver LIVE round-by-round, blow-by-blow coverage of the entire UFC 196 fight card TONIGHT (click here), starting with the Fight Pass "Prelims" matches online, which are scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. ET, and then the remaining undercard balance on FOX Sports 1 at 8 p.m. ET, before the PPV main card start time at 10 p.m. ET.

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