Nick Diaz failed several pre-fight tests, main event was secretly in jeopardy until 11th-hour

speeds · Feb 4, 2015

UFC 183 almost lost their main event. UFC welterweight superstar, Nick Diaz did not receive his license until the week of the fight, due to an inability to provide a clean urine sample until mere "days before" the fight, according to his coach, Cesar Gracie. MMA Fighting reports that NAC executive, Bob Bennett corroborates Gracie's story.

Gracie says that Diaz failed several tests in the weeks leading up to the fight, until he was finally able to provide a clean sample, the one that was finally submitted last week for license approval. Bennett says the paperwork didn't even cross his desk until 3 days before the fight, adding,

"It's not an anomaly," Bennett said. "We do get them at the last second. We'd prefer not to, because it creates problems. But don't think we didn't contact the promoters. We did contact the promoters. We said, 'We need a clean bill of health from Nick or he isn't fighting."
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speeds · Feb 5, 2015

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