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  • Conor McGregor vs. Nate Diaz 2 set for UFC 200, Edgar vs Aldo for interim belt

    UFC announced tonight two main events for UFC 200 as well as a huge advance for UFC 198.

    UFC Tonight released that Conor McGregor vs. Nate Diaz in a rematch at 170 pounds will headline UFC 200 on 7/9 in Las Vegas at the new T-Mobile Arena.  On the show it was stated that Dana White, Lorenzo Fertitta and John Kavanagh, the coach of McGregor, all wanted the fight at 155, but said McGregor insisted on fighting at 170.

    They also announced Frankie Edgar vs. Jose Aldo for the interim featherweight title in another five round fight.  McGregor has not been stripped of the title, but since he’s been inactive, they will have this fight and the winner will unify the title with McGregor at some point.

    At least one more championship fight will be added to the show.

    Other fights announced for UFC 200 are Cain Velasquez vs. Travis Browne in a heavyweight battle where the winner could get a title shot; Joe Lauzon vs. Diego Sanchez; Gegard Mousasi vs. Derek Brunson; Johny Hendricks vs. Kelvin Gastelum and Jim Miller vs. Takanori Gomi.

    Tickets went on sale today for UFC 198, which takes place on 5/14 at the Arena de Baixada in Curitiba, Brazil.  The show, headlined by Fabricio Werdum vs. Stipe Miocic for the heavyweight title had so much demand that ticket outlets crashed but already 38,000 tickets have been sold to the show.  They are looking at a 45,000 capacity for the event.

    The UFC 200 Card so far:

    • Conor McGregor vs Nate Diaz 2
    • Jose Aldo vs Frankie Edgar for the Interim Featherweight Title
    • Travis Browne vs Cain Valesquez
    • Derek Brunson vs. Gegard Mousasi
    • Joe Lauzon vs. Diego Sanchez

  • UFC: Nick Diaz suspended for five years

    By Dave Meltzer, WrestlingObserver.com

    On Monday, the Nevada Athletic Commission issued a five year suspension to UFC welterweight/middlweight Nick Diaz and fined him $165,000 after a three hour hearing based on his positive test for marijuana on 1/31, the night of his fight with Anderson Silva.

    The $165,000 was based on 33 percent of Diaz’s $500,000 purse for the fight.

    The hearing got contentious between Diaz’s lawyer, Lucas Middlebrook, and Pat Lundvall of the commission.  Middlebrook argued that drug tests taken before and after his fight showed Diaz’s marijuana levels below the 150ng/ML which is the current commission’s threshold for a marijuana positive. The tests would have been above previous levels.  However, a third test showed him at 700ng/ML, or nearly five times allowable levels.

    The commission stated the suspension was not as much for this marijuana test failure, but because Diaz had failed tests in Nevada for marijuana in 2007 and 2012, making this a third violation.

    Lundvall recommended a lifetime suspension, but the other commissioners suggested five years, which, with Diaz being 32 years old, could end his career.