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Nate Diaz says he ‘banked out in the cannabis industry’ after UFC 202 vape pen incident

Nate Diaz lit a bit of a fuse at the UFC 202 post-fight press conference last August when he admitted to vaping cannabis right there in front of the media. But, Diaz said, it more than worked out for him in the end.

Diaz told Ariel Helwani on a special edition of The MMA Hour on Wednesday that even though USADA hit him with a public warning, he made money from the incident.

“It don’t matter,” Diaz said. “I banked out in the cannabis industry from it. … It was a good move and it was organic.