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UFC Fighter Nick Diaz Suspended Five Years for Marijuana Use

Submitted by Marijuana News on Tue, 09/15/2015 - 16:48

 knocked out by the Nevada State Athletic Commission on Monday, when he was given a five-year suspension for a positive marijuana test following his January bout with Anderson Silva.

Diaz, 32, was flagged for marijuana for the third time in his career. In addition to the five-year ban, he was ordered to pay a fine equal to 33 percent of his $500,000 purse for the UFC 183 headliner, a penalty that amounted to $165,000.

"I'm pretty pissed off," Diaz said after the hearing. "First of all, this sport, this commission and everybody, they've done everything they can to keep me from being all the way on top where I should be. They've been doing everything they could to keep me from proving that I'm the best fighter in the world, which I am."

What makes Diaz's punishment so egregious is that after nearly four...

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