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UFC president Dana White tells Ariel Helwani that he would "probably" cut Welterweight contender Nick Diaz if he fails yet another drug test for marijuana following UFC 158.
UFC president Dana White followed up the UFC 158 pre-fight press conference with his usual media scrum and MMA Fighting's Ariel Helwani tweeted the following regarding main event fighter Nick Diaz who challenges Georges St. Pierre for the Welterweight title on Saturday:
Dana says if Nick tested positive for marijuana again they would "probably" have to cut him.
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) March 14, 2013
Diaz failed a post-fight urine test for marijuana metabolites following his UFC 143 decision loss to Carlos Condit in an interim Welterweight title fight.
Dana had more comments on Diaz that Helwani tweeted:
Dana said he woulda fined Nick if he didn't show up today. He doesn't think he's trying to piss him off. "That's the why he's built."
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) March 14, 2013
Dana: I think Cesar Gracie is a huge part of the problem.
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) March 14, 2013
Dana: he's a good trainer, but Cesar Gracie likes to play bullshit games that drive me crazy. ... I think he's a dick.
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) March 14, 2013
Diaz comments at the presser did not exactly reassure anyone worried about his chances of passing a piss test:
Nick Diaz on marijuana: I'm sorry if I don't pass the test but I think it should work out. I wonder how much they test people around there.
— MMAFighting.com (@MMAFighting) March 14, 2013
SBN coverage of UFC 158: St-Pierre vs. Diaz
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