Nick Diaz suspended for 12 months by Nevada State Athletic Commission

you have to wonder if things would have been different if he didn't take them to court and wasn't as honest

You have to also wonder how it is that Overeem gets 9 months for illegally injecting testosterone while Diaz gets 1 yr for legally smoking weed days before his fight. I don't care if Diaz is considered a repeat offender, getting popped for roids is waaaay worse than what Nick did. I'm not the biggest Diaz fan, but I have to call total BS on this call by the NSAC.

And Diaz fights about 3 times a year or more on average. He could have gotten back to the title shot in that amount if time. Now, unless his appeal is successful, he may never get an opportunity to be UFC Champion; as stacked as the WW division is.

Nick Diaz is still a very young fighter and I would be surprised if he doesn't come back especially with the success of Nate chasing a title. He is more than ten years younger than Dan Henderson so time is on his side,.



The suspension is fair if you are not prepared to declare and challenge your medical reasons. Challenging a commission after being court red handed is not the smartest thing to do. You are better of accepting the punishment.



losing 30% of your purse, and being suspended should be enough incentive not to smoke drugs.



can you be taken seriously as an athlete when you ignore the fundamental rules.

How do you declare something that isn't allowed.

Nevada has no exemption for medical marijuana. So Nick had the choice of being the first to ask, with the very distinct possibility of having his license pulled for asking, or shut up and do the same thing (quit a month before the fight) he'd been doing for years.

I'm sure Nick is well aware of the bias against med marijuana by public officials.

I dont like the Diaz brother at all, but this is unfair. I feel bad for Nick

i agree...hate the diaz brothers but they go to war...very exciting fights, always rooting against them...i guess i love to hate 'em. It was unfair, Nick needs to fire his lawyer and get chael sonnen to represent him..

To be fair to Overeem he didnt test positive for any substance they just found a T/E ratio that was outside the limit. We dont know what Reem did to get that, so its not fair to go around saying that like its fact. That aside I believe he has been on PEDs for a long time.

overeem didnt inject anyhing, his prescription drugs for his ribs contained testosterone hence why his levels were so high

If Nick decides not to fight anymore, he should piss THC loaded urine all over their front door of their main office at night. 12 hours later the stench might be some good retaliation 8))

I agree, I don't think weed is a good thing in most circumstances but I certainly am dissappointed that the commission is being more harsh for him worsening his chances at winning than Chael and Overeem who were doing it for a clear advantage.

You people are quoting a lot of stuff. Im assuming you have medical educations to back these claims, or are you just medical Googleeeerss???

no google required...we consult BruceLee

Unfortunately, I have a view that is biased. I see families where one person's weed use hurts other family members and so I don't share everyone's view of the benign nature of the drug.



I know Lots of people use it without problems. I know some other drugs (maybe alcohol) could be considered more harmful. Its hard for me though when I see it harming relationships.



Sorry, that's my bias. Having said that. Is it performance enhancing? Rarely. I can only imagine a guy with anxiety who is a wreck in the weeks leading up to the fight. Due to his hyper nature he is not sleeping, not eating properly and having trouble focusing. This will calm him and allow him to sleep, eat properly and train properly.

I don't think thats a biased viewpoint Bruce. Thats been your experience with it so its valid for you. Its also the first conclusion that most people come to when looking at the issue as at first glance it seems to be a causal relationship between pot and personal problems.

My experience has been that people with problems tend to gravitate towards all manners of substance abuse.

Thats the basis of a lot of the research that tries to show a causal or correlation relationship.

Unfortunately it seems that as soon as the research reaches the desired conclusion ,thats the end of it. Both sides of the argument are guilty of that flaw in their research.

I tend to believe its a correlation relationship, but there needs to be more thorough studies done before I would be convinced either way.

"I see families where one person's weed use hurts other family members"



In other words, "other family members" don't want family members smoking week--and if they do, it hurts them? If the family member was drinking beer, would the 'other family members' be hurt then?



In my experience, there are a lot of people--who are parnoid about weed smoking--they have been conditioned to feel that way. So if they encounter weed smoking--they become very upset and hurt.

I watched it so I'll go over some points for everybody (they're not really in any order I'm just going to jot them down after I remember them):



-Nick admitted to marijuana use before he it was prescribed/recommended to him by a doctor.



-Nick admitted to still getting marijuana outside of places legally allowed to sell it.



-The commission pushed hard in trying to relate Marijuana as a performance enhancing drug.



-The commission scoffed at a testimony from a doctor who related the amount of marijuana metabolites in his system to when he smoked it (siding with the fact that the amount most likely read that he smoked long before the fight). At one point a member said "but you cannot prove this", which effectively put the burden of proof on the defendant in this case and not the state (basically ass backwards from a real legal proceeding). They also heard testimony on why their testing for marijuana does not actually test for the active ingredient of marijuana (THC), they basically ignored it.



-Keith Kizer tried to imply Nick was trying to dilute (SP?) his sample after the fight was over. He used the facts that he took a while to pee and the sample was watered down. Which of course also relate to a guy who just drank a lot of water after not having it in his system from a big physical endeavor.



-Nick admitted to usage while in training camps.



-Nick admitted to the drug helping him in certain aspects of life, which inturn the commission tried to spin as being PED like,



-The commission brought up statements Nick made in the past about smoking before fights and getting it out of his system.

Great break down Evan, and good job for sitting through that, I missed it unfortunately

Sounds like a witch hunt. All in an effort to stamp pot as a performance enhancing drug.

Wow, that was some gangster like stuff there by the nsac. It reminded me of the movie the dictator. Calling that a hearing is a complete joke. Hopefully grossman does what he does best and brings this to a real courtroom. Nick will do well in a court room with that level of honesty and openness. I hope he sues them.

Corruption is a hell of a thing, should really start a free diaz campaign.

Every fight needs to start saying to Diaz don;t be scared homie for the next 12 months!!!

Only kidding but PED or not, he knew it wasn't allowed. No one to blame but himself.

actually the person to blame is that stupid **** harry anslinger

Allstair get's 9 Months for eating horse meat on steroids and lieing about it.



Nick Gets 12 Months for smoking a joint and being honest about it.



Testerone It IS !

DAMN IT! The two of the three guys everyone wanted to see leave SF and join the UFC. Have had 3 fights between them and now we won't see them until next year. PISSED!!

Nick gets suspend for 12 months, and gets fined for smoking Mota. Yet Sonnen gets rewarded an allowed to use TRT as he is getting ready to fight the best p4p fighter in the planet... Bones gets strong hate from the Hillbillies for a mistake he made... Obama keeps f@cking sh!t up in The U.S.A... Tanning mom is still all over yahoo news with her ugly roasted face.. The media keeps trying everything in the power to make George Zimmerman look innocent.. And Mexican Zetas keep decapitating heads everyday... WTF is going on....Getting the mix right is half the art of joint-rolling for all this bad news.. F@ck..



I wanna see Nick Diaz vs GSP....

TRT is legal, and alot of fighters are on it, quit attacking Sonnen for it if you dont hold the others to the same standard.

Bullsh!t... It's cheating... if Sonnen is healthy enough to run his mouth, then he should be healthy enough to train, and fight Anderson the fair way.. Trying to screw the system The American Gangster way... Just like Mark David McGwire, and Barry Lamar Bonds.. Two ass clowns that wanted to break home run records.. Records that have been held for many years by Babe Ruth and "Hank" Aaron...



Yes records... The champ Anderson Silva has broken every record in the UFC.. And has done it the right, and fair way... I might not like his voice, but damn can he fight. So having a cheater, a thief like Sonnen trying to take that glory, is cheating, and it's wrong in so many different f@cking ways.. TRT my ass... Bullsh!t excuse from Mr. Steel arms... War Anderson...

But yeah Bibi I agree the world and media has it azz backwards, in how they cover current events.

this is hugely disappointing nick is an unbelievable scrapper but i duno if he took dis very serious at all.. when the NSAC asked him you tested positive again,so how soon after testifying did you start using again he said when i got home..he really has 2 get his priorities straight a nick diaz who has his mental game in order is as good as any welterweight on the planet

I'm not against weed. I used to smoke it numerous times daily. Then I had to grow up and get a grown up job. I wish Nick was smart enough to leave that stuff alone close to fight time. He needs to make better life decisions. He is a tremendous talent and I love watching him fight. I hope he gets back on track before it's too late.

You're correct Japenegro23. He can make a lot of arguments about why weed shouldn't be banned and most people here would agree with him but in the end he is playing in the world of middle aged business men and politicians and he's not playing the game well.



If he approached this competition logically and trained to be ready he could have gone in there and done much better.

Well put.

Yep.



If he wanted to go with the honesty is the best policy route he didn't need to go through everything he did.

Is it 12 months from the date of the positive test of 12 months from today?

Date of the fight.

That can actually time out good with GSP fighting Condit in the fall, Nick will be aloud to fight right around that time.

BS. Big time BS. NSAC probably used that 80's era egg in the frying pan "your brain on drugs" commercial as they're expert witness. Ive smoked some weed in my day. The only thing it helped me do was beat up a bag of Oreos. Ive gotten into way more trouble in my life drinking booze. Yet a fighter could have a few shots of JD and six pack a couple days before his fight and he there is no penalty. Why? Because it would be a freakin stupid rule if there was. Just as stupid as saying marijuana is a PED.

There not saying weed is a PED. Even though weed is not socially frowned upon in a lot of circles it is still illegal in most places, I agree with your sentiment but rules are rules, the problem here is Diaz attitude along with his team, Diaz has a medical condition like ADD or something like it, if he were smart he'd use it as a loop hole to smoke it. Just like this TRT loop hole.

They actually did try to put weed in the PED light a few times during the hearing. It was kind of sad.



Nick hasn't gone the TUE route because Kizer and a few other AC heads have scoffed at the notion of Marijuana use being allowed as on before. Especially druing Diaz's SF problems in CA. Kizer was interviewed and basically said if he applied for one in NV he wouldn't get it.. Only now, him and the rest of the commission bring it up a bunch because it paints him in a worse light.

The judges gave the figth to Condit then the Comission takes 30% of his pursue and gives him a one year suspention for smoking weed but Alistair and Sonnen get less for roids. maybe I am wrong but there is something shady here, like they want him to retire.

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its beyond belief how anyone can think marijuana is a PED or how it can in anyway improve your performace in a fight. now ive never smoked the stuff but surely it would make you more prone to losing a fight? bullshit call by the nsac in my opinion

When I used to smoke it I felt no drive to get up and do anything at all and everything I did was only to make my day easier to relax. The only thing I can possibly attribute an advantage to is that I wasn't afraid to do something stupid(yet more afraid of ghosts.lol.) and pain was less severe. If I was givin a good punch in the stomach though I probably would have puked.

Is anyone really surprised it's Vegas right? Follow the money. Big pharma has deep pockets. Hopefully he gets a real hearing where people need to follow laws and there definitions.

Now i'm definetely NOT an expert on this matter, but Joe Rogan who is an admitted user of marijuana said that it DOES help.

He said that A LOT of the bjj guys use it!!!!!



And he also said that he thinks that they should legalize it, BUT that it IS A PED!!!!!

That it helps them, i don't know in some ways....



Thats HIS words, not mine!!!!!



But he's been doin bjj and mma for quite some time so i think that maybe he has, at least more knowledge than ME on this matter.

And quite frankly, i think he knows more about this than most of us on this site does....



I don't know if it helps them relax, and therefore makes them control their nerves, breathing calmer in stressed situations, or makes them more relaxed and therefore less tense which maybe helps against certain kinds of submission holds and help their overall performance...



It wouldn't help ME, it would just make me a little more sleepier and hungrier....



Basically, i don't care about it. But the rules have been set and Nick has played this out before!!!!! He knew what he taking a chance with, and he still did it anyway.

see you in a year HOMIE!!!!!!!!!!

well i dont think it will make any difference to Nick D he just does what he wants when ever,he just should that again with the last tournament he was to compete in,this guys actions are no better than a 12 year old spoiled kid if he ever is crowned top dog it will be one off the biggest mistakes in mma along with being a champ you have to acct like it one of witch nick is uncappible he has proved that just about as meany times as he has won fights.not champion material.

Jeeesssuusss,don't any of you idiots get it no matter what a drug is a drug for fu..k sakes,not supposed to be in your system period defending nick d in a positive way is like saying its ok.

I smoked wed for many years long ago, Its not a PED, people saying it relaxes you so you can focus is crap(causes slight memory loss as well, how TF is that beneficial to learning BJJ?). It makes you paranoid and usually lazy. Its couch enhancing. I'm sure he isn't stoned when hes running or working hard, its an after hour thing. To debate that with an ex pot-pro is stupid. Especially if you've never smoked it and think you know WTF you're talking about.

If they see it as simply illegal by law, that's their prerogative, but not a phukin PED.

I didn't say that it was MY OPINION!!!!



I said it was Joe Rogan's, and YES he IS apot-pro not an ex pot-pro!!!!!



But as he also is long practioner of bjj and mma, i think HIS opinion on this matter is WAY more credible than YOUR OPINION....

Or MY OPINION for that matter as well....



I said that i personally don't care about if it is enhancing or not.

I'm more of the opinion that either let everybody use or nobody, with no exceptions...

But if you take something that calmes your nerves before a fight, and that helps you so you don't get tense, and are loose and relaxed instead then that's a benefit.



Getting in there stiff and tense, that makes you slow, it makes you get tired wayyy quicker that if you were relaxed. Probably more prone to getting submitted as well. It may help to have smoked weed a couple of days before, maybe u don't have to be high to get some of calming effect.



Yeah, maybe its stupid of me to debate on it, as i never have smoked it at all...

But i can easily say as well that for YOU to debate against what Joe Rogan said who is avid pot smoker and bjj practioner as well, is just as stupid....

Joe Rogan said it helps in BJJ. BJJ is not MMA. Plenty of other more accomplished BJJ practicioners think that mindest is utter bullshit. Plenty speak on how it makes them dumber during training or competition, and that it hurts their performance.



Trying to call it a PED relates to substances like Testosterone, different steroids, diuretics, and energy enhancers. Those are all proven to actually enhance everyone's performance while using them. Relating Marijuana to PED's is stupid. Plain and simple.



Side note: Just because Rogan and Bravo Smoke weed, and train BJJ, does not make them subject matter experts. That status is reserved for people like doctors.

As i said just becuase We don't get it as laymen, doesn't mean that there AREN'T any benificial effects from weed....



There has to be some actual reasons for it to be banned......



And also, yes doctors are experts on the matter BUT for them to have an expert opinion they must study and talk to people who use weed and train bjj and MMA. That's what Rogan does, bro...



He doesn't GAIN ANYTHING by claiming it helps, does he?!!!

So why does he say it then?!!...

Probably because he perceives it to be true...



And while he might no be a MEDICAL EXPERT, its people like him the doctors would study to find out.

That makes him WAY more expert in the matter than You or Me.



Just because, you or I can't understand something doesn't mean that its irrelevant.

What IS stupid though is to think that You have all the facts of the matter...



And chil, brah. i'm not tripping, just pointing out that neither you or me are experts on this matter, and lets just leave it to hte doctors who still say it's a PED... They might change it soon, but until then that the way it is...

I wasnt talking to you Ramiro. Matter of fact I did not even read your reply until now. I basically had to read it now to see why you got all excited Deep breaths bro.

Maybe it relaxes you too much in some instances. Like when you are buzzed, relaxed and calm.....you take the mat with your buddy, and he catches you in a triangle while you were preoccupied with protecting from the armbar. Then you don't tap because you can still kind of breathe....and you think you might be able to get out of it as everything slowly turns black.

I don't see this as aPED

No worries here, my friend....:D



I was just pointing out that there might BE a couple of reasons of WHY weed is banned as a PED.... Just becuase You and Me don't get it as laymen doesn't necesarily mean that isn't so....

Maybe that bullshit you smoke in Texas but out here in the Bay Area a good Sativa will give energy.

I quit smoking weed and got a career. You'll grow up one day.

I also know pot smokers will justify its use no matter what happens, until they learn on their own. You might remember this conversation one day.....maybe.

utter bullshit

bullshit? Diaz openly admitted he started smoking at 13-14 just to do it. he even admitted he only got the license to make it seem like what he was doing was ok

Diaz proves once again how to take great opportunities and flush them down the toilet.

LOL @ punishing a weed smoker worse than a steroid user. What has this sporting world become.

LOL @ punishing a weed smoker worse than a steroid user. What has this sporting world become.