31 in Las Vegas, Nev.,” the statement read. “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. UFC officials subsequently confirmed the former Strikeforce champion’s failed test. “The UFC has a strict, consistent policy against the use of any illegal and/or performance enhancing drugs, stimulants or masking agents by its athletes.”ĭiaz (26-10 MMA, 7-7 UFC), according to a report from Yahoo! Sports’ Kevin Iole, had an amount of marijuana metabolites over the allowable limit of 150 nanograms in his post-fight test. UFC is disappointed to learn of these initial results. “Anderson Silva has been an amazing champion and a true ambassador of the sport of mixed martial arts and the UFC, in Brazil as well as around the world. The organization also added in the prepared statement that its “disappointed” by the news. The results came in today and revealed the former UFC middleweight champion tested positive for drostanolone metabolites, which indicates the use of an anabolic steroid, as well as androsterone, a form of endogenous testosterone.Īccording to a statement released by UFC officials, it’s “UFC’s understanding is that further testing will be conducted by the Commission to confirm these preliminary results.” Silva (34-6 MMA, 17-2 UFC) flunked an out-of-competition pre-fight test administered by the Nevada State Athletic Commission on Jan. Diaz" results, including play-by-play updates, click here.The high of Saturday’s entertaining UFC 183 headliner between Anderson Silva and Nick Diaz quickly wore off tonight when news broke both men failed drug tests related to the event. When all was said and done, "The Spider" walked away with a sweep on the judges' scorecards.įor complete UFC 183: "Silva vs. The fans came alive again for the final five minutes of the fight, but the main event ended in much the same way it started: lots of juking and jiving interspersed with a few hard strikes from both sides. As hard as it is to believe - considering the hype behind the return of these two headliners - the boo birds were singing to close out the round. Unfortunately things slowed back down again in the fourth frame and it was probably a good two-to-three minutes before any action took place and when it did, it was brief. Unfortunately, this was less of a mixed martial arts (MMA) fight and more of a hard sparring match with two rounds to go. Diaz started to show signs of wear-and-tear on his face but was able to give as good as he got - just not as frequently. That's where Silva appeared to pick up the pace and get a little busier on the feet. Diaz was the busier fighter, but he was missing as often as he was connecting, and they appeared to be even in strikes landed heading into the third. "The Spider" seemed intent on circling in and out of danger and not really doing much in terms of volume. Round two got off to a pretty slow start but Diaz toned down the antics. They exchanged some punches toward the end of the round, but the first frame was basically a circus act. He got a little carried away with the tomfoolery, but UFC color commentator Joe Rogan was eating it up. He even sprawled himself out on the canvas, then backed himself into the cage for a hot minute. Nick Diaz click here.ĭiaz spent the majority of the first round clowning around, doing Anderson's old shtick and actually doing it quite well. To watch full fight video highlights of Anderson Silva vs. 31, 2015) competed in his first non-title match in more than eight years, returning from an awful broken shin suffered inside the Octagon to battle Nick Diaz in the UFC 183 main event. Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) middleweight champion, Anderson Silva, tonight (Jan.
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