“You can test me every day of the year. Piss loaded with cannabis, no steroids. You ain’t gonna catch no steroids in me for the rest of my life.” – Nate Diaz on Fox Sports.
It’s 1-1 in the series between Diaz and Conor McGregor after the Notorious was handed a majority decision (48-47, 48-47, 47-47) during their epic five-round war in UFC 202’s main event.
There's massive respect between the two. This is the moment of #UFC202. What it's all about https://t.co/inYTO1mI7E
— FootballJOE (@FootballJOE) August 21, 2016
Diaz perfectly encapsulated the “do not give a fuck” attitude throughout the build-up to the event, as well the build up to their first encounter at UFC 196. Even during the sequel fight itself – which he still maintains he won –Â Diaz ate McGregor’s best haymakers, Stockton slapped him and even gave him the one-finger salute at one point.
To further hammer home the point that he couldn’t give two shits about the rules, he was even spotted using a vape pen during the post-fight media scrum. When asked what he was smoking, Nate explained it was CBD oil, a banned substance under USADA.
Nate Diaz just smoked weed on the press conference stage. I believe he's still in competition…
— Mike Bohn (@MikeBohn) August 21, 2016
Nate Diaz is smoking a CBD Vape pen at the UFC 202 press conference
— FOX Sports: UFC (@UFCONFOX) August 21, 2016
Although his actions may see him face some hefty punishments from Usada, Diaz appeared to gain a lot of supporters from his act of defiance.
https://twitter.com/EmmetBrewer/status/767241758375874560
Pretty awesome Nate Diaz is smoking weed at the press conference
— Daniel (@Danielmmafan) August 21, 2016
https://twitter.com/viciwrestler/status/767241672476459008
https://twitter.com/F5_Gonzalez/status/767241878068719616
https://twitter.com/codywinkle53/status/767242185737592832
Nate Diaz knows better than anyone that he’s playing with fire by doing this as his brother Nick was suspended by Usada for a positive marijuana test last January.
Nick Diaz was originally handed down a five-year ban from the sport, which was then reduced to 18 months and eventually cut short after a little under eight months.
Although the ban was eventually overturned, the older Diaz was still not allowed ringside for Saturday night’s fight.
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