Nick Diaz may be in a serious trouble with US Anti Doping Agency. The older Diaz brother is now facing suspension due to failing to disclose his location on three separate occasions within 12 months.
Here’s the official statement released by the UFC on Thursday:
The UFC organization has been notified that the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has informed Nick Diaz of a potential Anti-Doping Policy violation stemming from Diaz’s alleged accumulation of three Whereabouts Failures within a 12-month period. Diaz, like all other UFC athletes, is enrolled in USADA’s UFC Registered Testing Pool and required to file accurate Whereabouts information in order to be located for out-of-competition, no-notice testing.
USADA, the independent administrator of the UFC Anti-Doping Policy, will handle the results management and appropriate adjudication of Diaz’s case, who has been provisionally suspended pending the final resolution of this matter. Under the UFC Anti-Doping Policy, there is a full and fair legal process that is afforded to all athletes before any sanctions are imposed. Additional information will be provided at the appropriate time as the process moves forward.
There are 3 ways to get these types of infractions:
- A quarterly whereabouts filing has not been submitted to USADA by the specified deadline;
- The athlete has not updated his/her whereabouts information in a prompt and timely manner; or
- An athlete’s whereabouts information is inaccurate or incomplete to reasonably locate them for testing.
Three failures in 12 months means an anti-doping violation, of which Nick Diaz is now the first UFC fighter to be flagged for this reason.
First-time offenders are subject to a suspension ranging from six months to two years.
Dana White was recently quoted saying he doesn’t believe nick will fight again:
“I don’t think Nick Diaz will ever fight again,” UFC President Dana White recently told MMAjunkie.com. “I just don’t think he has the desire anymore.”
