{"id":203397,"date":"2016-09-07T06:16:55","date_gmt":"2016-09-07T13:16:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=203397"},"modified":"2016-09-07T06:16:55","modified_gmt":"2016-09-07T13:16:55","slug":"nsac-releases-mcgregor-and-diaz-drug-tests-results-from-ufc-202","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/nate-diaz\/nsac-releases-mcgregor-and-diaz-drug-tests-results-from-ufc-202\/","title":{"rendered":"NSAC releases McGregor and Diaz drug tests results from UFC 202"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Everybody&#8217;s on steroids.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Those were the accusatory words infamously <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/nate-diaz\/nate-diaz-ive-already-learned-everybody-steroids-im-cool-dont-care\/\">uttered by Nate Diaz<\/a> in the buildup to his <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-results\/ufc-196-results\/ufc-196-results-nate-diaz-submits-conor-mcgregor\/\">UFC 196<\/a> submission win over Conor McGregor.<\/p>\n<p>As it turns out, however, Diaz&#8217;s claim is not accurate. While steroid abuse is certainly <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/cain-velasquez\/cain-velasquez-brock-lesnars-ped-bust-didnt-surprise\/\">a real problem in MMA<\/a>, neither he nor McGregor are using them. So no, not everybody is on steroids.<\/p>\n<p>Not only did both Diaz and McGregor&#8217;s tests come back clean in the wake of UFC 196, but they also came back clean following the pair&#8217;s UFC 202 rematch, which saw McGregor even the score with an exciting, majority decision win.<\/p>\n<p>This news comes from Erik Magraken, a British Columbia based lawyer and combat sports law expert.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Diaz and McGregor NSAC drug tests come back clean for UFC 202<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Erik Magraken (@erikmagraken) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/erikmagraken\/status\/773217234038599681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 6, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>At the moment, it&#8217;s not known what&#8217;s next for Diaz or McGregor. While many parties seem interested in a trilogy fight between the two rivals, this course <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/nate-diaz\/nate-diaz-no-rush-conor-mcgregor-rubber-match-think-beat-twice-2-0\/\">doesn&#8217;t seem to interest Diaz<\/a>. McGregor, meanwhile, appears to be poised for a clash with lightweight champion <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/eddie-alvarez\/eddie-alvarez-on-bout-with-conor-mcgregor-i-dont-think-theyll-take-the-fight\/\">Eddie Alvarez,<\/a> possibly at UFC 205 in New York City this November 12.<\/p>\n<p>Who do you want to see the two fighters take on next? Sound off, PENN nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Everybody&#8217;s on steroids.&#8221; Those were the accusatory words infamously uttered by Nate Diaz in the buildup to his UFC 196 submission win over Conor McGregor. As it turns out, however, Diaz&#8217;s claim is not accurate. While steroid abuse is certainly a real problem in MMA, neither he nor McGregor are using them. So no, not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":201786,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10089,10123],"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>NSAC releases McGregor and Diaz drug tests results from UFC 202 | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/nate-diaz\/nsac-releases-mcgregor-and-diaz-drug-tests-results-from-ufc-202\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NSAC releases McGregor and Diaz drug tests results from UFC 202 | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&#8220;Everybody&#8217;s on steroids.&#8221; Those were the accusatory words infamously uttered by Nate Diaz in the buildup to his UFC 196 submission win over Conor McGregor. 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