Conor McGregor put up one heck of a showing by outlasting his nemesis Nate Diaz to avenge his UFC 196 defeat.

Both fighters had absolutely nothing left at the end of the five rounds.

?☕️. ????. After seeing this face everyone, there should be no question to who won that fight. ?? #ConorMcGregor pic.twitter.com/TibVqUqXSY — Conor Gosney (@conor_gosney17) August 21, 2016

A quick look at the judges scorecards confirms just how tight this fight was.

All three judges gave Conor McGregor rounds 1/2/4 and Nate Diaz rounds 3/5. Here’s the official scorecard. #UFC202 pic.twitter.com/ikPU4Pd4iU — Mike Johnston (@MikeyJ_MMA) August 21, 2016

Fans loved what they saw and naturally everyone wants to see a re-match.

Conor McGregor wins and we want Diaz-McGregor 3 immediately! pic.twitter.com/GAYVdK25E5 — SB Nation (@SBNation) August 21, 2016

Diaz has immediately demanded a rematch feeling he got the better of fight two.

“I felt I won that fight. They can’t have a motherf—er like me win, I’m too real for this sport. They’ve got to get me out when they can.”

“He should have finished me off,” said Diaz. “I want number three.”

The Notorious One himself also seems open to the idea of a rematch but he’s going to force Diaz to drop some pounds.

“Surprise, surprise! The king is back!” McGregor said.

“If you want this trilogy, it’s on my terms. I came up to 170 [pounds], now you’ll come back to 155 and we’ll finish what we’ve started. I knew what I had to do this time around and I did it.”

Aside from the post fight words above, McGregor has been unusually quiet on his social media accounts- having posted nothing to Twitter or Instagram since his fight.

No problem though, he has plenty of fans who are happy to do the bragging for him.

The King is Back. #thenotorious #conormcgregor #conor #irish #ufc202 A photo posted by Conor "TheNotorious" McGregor (@conorthenotoriousmcgregor) on Aug 21, 2016 at 11:32am PDT

?????? #ufc202 #ufc #conormcgregor #natediaz A photo posted by ricardo gonzalez (@rza265) on Aug 22, 2016 at 7:55pm PDT

by Michael T. Lynch – contributor