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Nate Diaz still in USADA’s drug-testing pool despite being removed from UFC rankings due to absence

It’s been so long since Nate Diaz last fought in the UFC that the former lightweight title challenger has been removed from the official UFC rankings.

Diaz, 34, last fought in August, 2016 at UFC 202, where he dropped a majority decision to Conor McGregor in Fight of the Year epic at Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena.

The Stockton slugger was expected to return to the Octagon last year at UFC 230, but opponent Dustin Poirier was forced to withdraw from the bout due to injury and Diaz had no interest in accepting a replacement fight.