{"id":128351,"date":"2015-02-03T22:36:06","date_gmt":"2015-02-04T06:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=128351"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:51:32","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:51:32","slug":"ufc-releases-statement-nick-diaz-failed-drug-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/ufc-releases-statement-nick-diaz-failed-drug-test\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC Releases Statement On Nick Diaz Failed Drug Test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Nick-Diaz.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-128352\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Nick-Diaz.png\" alt=\"Nick Diaz\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Nick-Diaz.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Nick-Diaz-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Nick-Diaz-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Nick-Diaz-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;The UFC has been notified by the Nevada State Athletic Commission that Nick Diaz has tested positive for marijuana metabolites following his fight with Anderson Silva at UFC 183 on Jan. 31 in Las Vegas, Nev. The UFC has a strict, consistent policy against the use of any illegal and\/or performance enhancing drugs, stimulants or masking agents by our athletes. As a result of his positive test, Diaz has been informed that he has violated the UFC Fighter Conduct Policy and Promotional Agreement with Zuffa, LLC. The UFC organization will fully respect the Commission\u2019s final decision relating to Diaz at a disciplinary hearing set for February 17.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ufc.com\/news\/UFC-Statement-Nick-Diaz?utm_campaign=UFC&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=sprout&amp;utm_content=1423020887\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UFC.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &#8220;The UFC has been notified by the Nevada State Athletic Commission that Nick Diaz has tested positive for marijuana metabolites following his fight with Anderson Silva at UFC 183 on Jan. 31 in Las Vegas, Nev. The UFC has a strict, consistent policy against the use of any illegal and\/or performance enhancing drugs, stimulants [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2616,"featured_media":128352,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2681],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>UFC Releases Statement On Nick Diaz Failed Drug Test | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The UFC has released their official response regarding the failed drug test of Nick Diaz. 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