Bloody Elbow · Sep 14, 2015
Diaz suspended 5 years for marijuana use at UFC 183
Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY SportsThe NAC hands Nick Diaz a suspension of 5 years as well as 33% of his $500,000 purse, in a heated disciplinary meeting.
In a lengthy NAC hearing that spanned over three hours, Nick Diaz was handed a 5 year suspension for a failed drug test. For the 32 year old Stockton native, this suspension could see him out of competition for the rest of his career.
Diaz was also fined 30% of his $500,000 fight purse for the positive test. The positive sample showed that Diaz had well over 300ng/mL of marijuana metabolites in his system after his fight at UFC 183 with Anderson Silva.