UFC 143

[Luke]

Its official:

Welterweight contender Nick Diaz tested positive for marijuana after his interim title bout loss Saturday night to Carlos Condit, Nevada State Athletic Commission executive director Keith Kizer revealed Thursday.

Several fighters who competed on the UFC 143 card were subjected to postfight drug and steroid tests.
"All results received thus far have been negative, except Mr. Diaz [who] tested positive for marijuana metabolites," Kizer said in a statement. "A complaint for disciplinary action against Mr. Diaz has been filed."
The failed drug test is Diaz's second in Nevada. He also failed a drug test taken shortly before his win over Takanori Gomi during a Pride lightweight nontitle bout in April 2007.
Diaz was suspended for six months by the NSAC and fined 20 percent of his fight purse. The result of the fight was changed to a no contest.
After losing a unanimous decision Saturday night in Las Vegas to Condit, Diaz promised to retire from mixed martial arts competition.
With a victory, Diaz would have been in line to face current UFC 170-pound titleholder Georges St. Pierre. But with St. Pierre expected to be out of action until November with a torn ACL, there was talk of a rematch with Condit.
But Diaz's manager/trainer Cesar Gracie told ESPN.com Wednesday that the fight would not happen. Gracie would not offer a reason why the rematch would not take place.

[SPX]

Damn. That sucks. I think that testing for weed is stupid anyway. It's completely irrelevant and it's certainly not a "performance enhancer."

[MMA_scientist]

Agree it is not a performance enhancer... but Diaz knows the deal, he knows he is going to get tested, he knows he is going to fail and get suspended and not be able to fight GSP. It is just frustrating watching people continue to shoot themselves in the foot, while other guys would do anything to have the same opportunities. Oh well, that is what makes Diaz so interesting- because he is a mentally handicapped person that can beat up regular people.

[Luke]

Agree it is not a performance enhancer... but Diaz knows the deal, he knows he is going to get tested, he knows he is going to fail and get suspended and not be able to fight GSP. It is just frustrating watching people continue to shoot themselves in the foot, while other guys would do anything to have the same opportunities. Oh well, that is what makes Diaz so interesting- because he is a mentally handicapped person that can beat up regular people.

You ever notice how Nate always leads Nick around,tells him where to go, what to say,etc?

[MMA_scientist]

I never noticed that... Nate is not much better though, if you are going to have a social worker, you would probably want one that is more than 1 step up on the retard scale.

[Ludo]

I never noticed that... Nate is not much better though, if you are going to have a social worker, you would probably want one that is more than 1 step up on the retard scale.

Honestly as far as things go Nate seems to be the far less socially awkward of the two. He at least seems like if you put him in a room with 30 other people he wouldn't freak out and start throwing his own shit at them. Nick is just a total headcase.

I mean, we're talking about a guy who ran out the back door of his own house when his own people came looking for him when nobody heard from him in Nick.

[Luke]

I really think Nick has social anxiety disorder.No joke.

[poopoo333]

I really think Nick has social anxiety disorder.No joke.

heh we were just studying this in class tonight and I thought of Diaz

[SPX]