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Jeff Novitzky: UFC hoping to resolve Nick Diaz’s USADA whereabouts sanction ‘pretty quick’

UFC president Dana White said recently that he doesn’t think Nick Diaz ever wants to fight again. At the moment, Diaz is actually unable to fight in the UFC.

The popular welterweight and former Strikeforce champion has been under a provisional suspension from USADA since June due to a whereabouts issue. Diaz had three “whereabouts failures” in a 12-month span and is now facing a UFC anti-doping policy violation for the infraction.

Under the UFC’s anti-doping policy led by USADA, fighters must use a smartphone app to let USADA know where they are every day, so doping control officers can track them down to collect samples for drug tests.