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Nick Diaz' Coach Cesar Gracie Shocked By UFC 143 Drug Test Failure
Cesar Gracie has coached Nick Diaz for a long time. He was in Diaz' corner in 2007 when Diaz choked out Japanese star Takanori Gomi at Pride 33 in Las Vegas. He was by Diaz' side when that victory, then by far the biggest in Diaz' career, was overturned by the Nevada State Athletic Commission due...
UFC Champ Carlos Condit On Nick Diaz' Failed Drug Test
UFC interim welterweight champ Carlos Condit won a tough 5 round decision against Nick Diaz at UFC 143. A week later he was ready to do it all again, agreeing to rematch Diaz while they waited for champ Georges St. Pierre to recover from ACL surgery. Unfortunately Diaz failed his drug test after...
UFC 143: In Defense of Nick Diaz's Weed Habit
This is a guest editorial by Jamie Kilstein. Mr. Kilstein is a professional comedian who's been seen on Conan, The Joe Rogan Podcast and Showtime. He hosts Citizen Radio. In a sport where competitors are routinely elbowed in the face and choked unconscious (sometimes with their own limbs), the...
Video: Nick Diaz And The Farcical Commission Testing Regime For Pot On The MMA Tete-A-Tete
Luke Thomas of MMAFighting.com and I recorded another installment of MMA Tete-A-Tete: Coarsening The Discourse yesterday before the official Nick Diaz news broke but we were able to address the rumors. Our main point is that the current testing regime for Marijuana is utterly pointless. The stated...
Nick Diaz Tests Positive For Marijuana After UFC 143
The speculation can now end. Nevada State Athletic Commissioner Keith Kizer has emailed the media to confirm that Nick Diaz tested positive for a drug of abuse after his UFC 143 loss to Carlos Condit: From: Keith Kizer Date: Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 4:16 PMSubject: UFC 143 - steroid/drug tests The...
UFC 143: NSAC Boss Keith Kizer Confirms One Positive Drug Test
The rumors have been swirling that someone on the UFC 143 card failed his post-fight drug test. Now we have confirmation via an email from Nevada State Athletic Commission Executive Director Keith Kizer that SOMEONE on the card did indeed fail a drug test. Here's an email sent from the NSAC...
UFC And Strikeforce To Test Fighters For PEDs Prior To Signing Contracts
The UFC released a very interesting bit of information this afternoon, all new UFC and Strikeforce fighters will have to pass a performance-enhancing drug screening. This news came out very shortly after news that "King Mo" Muhammed Lawal had tested positive for steroids after his last Strikeforce...
UFC Should Follow NFL's Example on HGH Testing
In the battle between performance enhancing drugs and the testing methods to catch athletes using them, the PED's have always had the lead. While that isn't really going to change, there have been advancements that make HGH testing much more accurate. This development does change the game though as...
NSAC Receives Funding for Out-of-Competition Drug Testing
It's easy to beat a drug test when you know when it will be administered. You can time your cycle, you can flush it out of your system, or you can buy a prosthetic penis filled with fake urine to fool the testing official. Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu suggested, "Emerge to their surprise."...
USADA Chief Official Criticizes Drug Testing Policies in MMA
Ask UFC President Dana White about steroids and PEDs, and he is quick to repeat the refrain about MMA being the only sport drug tested by the government. The argument is typical promoterspeak, an attempt to convince fans that MMA is clean while also absolving Zuffa from taking a more proactive...
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