Just an hour after Diaz reached his home, he got a surprising call from his girlfriend's mother. She asked if Stephanie was with him. He said no, and within minutes, she was in front of his house.
Without speaking much, she took him to the Frontage Road on Highway 99. Upon arriving at the freeway, the professional fighter saw an ambulance and a car. It didn't take him long to realize that his girlfriend had committed suicide.
It was Stephanie's third attempt at killing herself, and sadly, she had succeeded.
Her unexpected death changed Diaz forever, and he found himself running seven miles and back repeatedly, visiting her grave to promise he would make it as a fighter. After all, Stephanie had believed in him and said she was proud of him.
Honoring her trust, Diaz has etched his name as a competitive fighter in the fighting world.
Diaz shared accounts of his heartbreaking love story to MMA Fighting in September 2015, after he was suspended from UFC for five years.
