Nick Diaz News

bjpenndotcom - February 25, 2016

Yesterday at the UFC 196 press conference, as many expected, things got quite heated between Nate Diaz and Conor McGregor. The pair exchanged verbal blows throughout the course of the press conference, with Nate even going as far as to accuse McGregor of being on steroids at one point.

bjpenndotcom - February 25, 2016

Yesterday at the UFC 196 press conference with Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz ahead of their welterweight fight on March 5th, McGregor spoke on the mic to Nick Diaz multiple times.

bjpenndotcom - February 21, 2016

Sqor.embed("sqor-embeddable-8242fd3e-04a9-4889-9c26-85293b85fbe5"); Nick Diaz might of given the person working behind the register a little scare, but rest assure…..this man is a professional.

Russell Ess - February 18, 2016

UFC veteran Nick Diaz has had a long history with fighting. Ever since he was a kid growing up in a rough part of California in his hometown of Stockton, the bad boy from the 209 says that fighting always found him. Diaz recently did an interview with High Times about growing up fighting and how contrary to what many people might think of him, says that he is not a violent person.

Russell Ess - February 8, 2016

There was much reason for UFC heavyweight Derrick Lewis to celebrate after UFC Fight Night 82. Lewis won by TKO in devastating fashion over Damian Grabowski in the first round of their fight. Lewis took to the club after his win over Grabowski and found a friend in Nick Diaz to celebrate with. Lewis snapped a photo of the two MMA veterans and posted it to Twitter with the caption reading, “I promise we didn’t fight anyone last night.”

bjpenndotcom - February 4, 2016

https://youtu.be/zJo941nHOks It was on this day 4 years ago that Carlos Condit and Nick Diaz fought for the UFC interim welterweight champion.

bjpenndotcom - February 2, 2016

Sparring sessions are no joke. Especially if your sparring with one of the most dangerous and prolific striker in the UFC.

bjpenndotcom - January 29, 2016

On this day in MMA history, Strikeforce held their ‘Nick Diaz vs. Evangelista Santos’ card which featured two title fights. In the main event Nick Diaz Defended his Strikeforce championship against Evangelista Santos, while in the co-main event Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza defended his Strikeforce middleweight championship against Robbie Lawler.

bjpenndotcom - January 19, 2016

The last old school Canadian fighter left since Sam Stout retired, Patrick Cote is looking for a top 15 fighter or Nick Diaz.   With three straight wins, is the ‘old school’ Cote ready to make the leap into deep waters?

Russell Ess - January 13, 2016

It was a breath of fresh air after the Nevada State Athletic Commission came to a settlement on Nick Diaz’s suspension and fine on Tuesday. The commission who previously had a five-year suspension and $165,000 fine slapped on Diaz for testing positive for Marijuana in the state for the third time reduced the penalties on Tuesday. Diaz’s reduced suspension will allow him to compete again in August 2016 and his fine was reduced to $100,000.

bjpenndotcom - January 13, 2016

Nick Diaz is the kind of guy that just flat out gives it to you straight.   In this quick video Diaz doesn’t “sugar coat” it.  Featherweight champ Conor McGregor responds in the only way he know how.

bjpenndotcom - January 13, 2016

Yesterday news broke that Nick Diaz and the Nevada State Athletic Commission had reached a settlement in regards to his 5 year suspension for marijuana.

Russell Ess - January 12, 2016

It looks as if Nick Diaz is a big fan of Leonardo DiCaprio, who recently won the Golden Globe Award for best actor in his work done in The Revenant. Diaz reposted an older photo with DiCaprio at a high rollers casino card table with the caption reading, “Can’t wait to see this new movie #leonardodicaprio” The Revenant, DiCaprio’s latest film was released on Friday and came in at number 2 in the box office behind the new Star Wars film.

bjpenndotcom - January 12, 2016

It was expected that the NSAC would give their final ruling on their settlement talks with Nick Diaz today during their hearing, and they delivered! Ariel Helwani is reporting that Diaz’s suspension has been shortened to 18 months, and his fine had been reduced to $100,000. Given the reduced suspension, Diaz is eligible to fight August 1st of this year.

bjpenndotcom - January 12, 2016

https://youtu.be/uQmREDRV83s Today is the day we find out what the Nevada State Athletic Commission will be giving Nate Diaz for for testing positive for marijuana last year.

bjpenndotcom - January 11, 2016

Wanderlei Silva is first on the hot-seat tomorrow as the Nevada Athletic commission look to re-view Silva’s 2014 incident where he ran from a drug test. The “non-training run” may cost him $70,000 and a lifetime ban. Silva’s defense team has stated that their client wasn’t licensed during the time the test was administered which resulted in Silva’s mad dash.

bjpenndotcom - December 30, 2015

Nick Diaz’s MMA career has certainly been a historic one. Over the course of his nearly 15 year professional career, Diaz has fought some of the best fighters to ever compete in Mixed Martial Arts. Along the way Diaz has also fought for some of the best MMA promotions in the world, including the WEC, Pride FC, Strikeforce, and of course the UFC. Diaz has also racked up numerous highlight reel moments, as well as finishes during his time spent in the cage.

bjpenndotcom - December 30, 2015

https://youtu.be/pJ9MVtYv7oM Just because Stockton CA native Nick Diaz hasn’t been highly active on the UFC fight cards the last four years, don’t fool yourself Diaz is battle-tested and fan approved.   Diaz (26-9-2 MMA) fought Anderson Silva almost a year ago with the fight being  overturned after Silva tested positive for drostanolone and androsterone, while Diaz tested positive for marijuana metabolites.