Former UFC title challenger Nick Diaz is the latest fighter to be flagged by the U.S Anti-Doping Agency (USADA).
However, Diaz’s USADA violation is not due to failing a drug test, it’s due to him not revealing his whereabouts to USADA. Diaz had accumulated three whereabouts failures in the past year.
According to UFC’s policy, Diaz can face a suspension from anywhere between six months to two years.
On Thursday, the UFC released a statement on Diaz’s anti-doping violation.
“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.”
