8. Nick Diaz
Exciting fights and Diaz go hand in hand. Whether he shreds opponents with high-volume punches or submits them with brilliant jiu-jitsu skills, he has all the tools necessary to entertain the masses. The Stockton, California, native made himself a fan favorite through his willingness to walk through a storm of punishment for the sheer enjoyment of hurting the man standing across from him. Diaz has gone toe-to-toe with Paul Daley, K.J. Noons, B.J. Penn, Frank Shamrock and Robbie Lawler, and he has defeated them all. The Cesar Gracie disciple has captured welterweight titles in Strikeforce and World Extreme Cagefighting while also authoring one of the greatest submissions in history under the Pride Fighting Championships flag: His gogoplata on Takanori Gomi at Pride 33 set a standard few have matched.
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