Nick Diaz gives his side of the test no show story

By Jim Murphy August 8th, 2009

According to Diaz’s camp, Cesar Gracie rescheduled the test for Monday in advance. The CSAC is disputing this, of course, saying that both asides agreed to a Friday test. Were this in any state but California I’d be more inclined to give the Athletic Commission the benefit of the doubt. The CSAC is notoriously inept (which is why there was a ‘wait and see’ attitude among more rational MMA media types even after rumors of the Josh Barnett positive drug test surfaced) and they’ve had a vendetta against Diaz dating back to his run in Elite XC. We’ll keep you posted…

5 Responses to “Nick Diaz gives his side of the test no show story”

  1. Raider_Dave Says:
    August 8th, 2009 at 7:25 pm

    Any other state than California and I would be scratching my head just a bit and be calling shenanigans. But knowing Nick Diaz personally, he does constantly privately and publicly talk about his love for the Mary Jane. I sure hope he isn’t trying to buy time to use the Whizzinator or something, because this is a very important fight.

  2. FightTrends.com Says:
    August 8th, 2009 at 8:56 pm

    I hate the fact that he even has to worry about it. It is a shame that good fights get ruined because the rules are so strict about smoking weed. Diaz has a prescription and it for sure isn’t performance enhancing. I hope this all gets cleared up, Diaz is one of the most exciting fighters out there.

  3. Diaz May Have Jeopardized His Title Bout | MMAFrenzy.com Says:
    August 10th, 2009 at 12:32 pm

    [...] “Busy training,” according to a report from http://www.f4wonline.com. Gracie then went on to claim that they had already rescheduled the screening with the CSAC for Monday(today), which the CSAC has [...]

  4. Nick Diaz May Not Fight This Weekend (Update II) Says:
    August 10th, 2009 at 3:49 pm

    [...] Jay Hieron is in jeopardy. It’s not really clear why Diaz didn’t show up last week—his camp says it was rescheduled for Monday (today), the CSAC of course disputes—but one thing has been made perfectly clear. Diaz must take the test today. “[The test] has to [...]

  5. eJiuJitsu » Nick Diaz Off Strikeforce Card, Jesse Taylor In Against Jay Hieron (Update II) Says:
    August 11th, 2009 at 2:41 am

    [...] Jay Hieron is in jeopardy. It’s not really clear why Diaz didn’t show up last week—his camp says it was rescheduled for Monday (today), the CSAC of course disputes—but one thing has been made perfectly clear. Diaz must take the test today. “[The test] has to [...]

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