Three days after Diaz was exonerated by the UFC and its anti-doping parter, U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), the state athletic commission overseeing Saturday’s event has also signed off on Diaz’s participation.
Officially, the New York State Athletic Commission had the final say on whether to license Diaz for the pay-per-view card at Madison Square Garden. After a review of the documentation showing the Stockton, Calif., native didn’t commit an anti-doping violation, the commission has given the green light.
”Based on the full lab and medical analyses provided by USADA and reviewed by the commission, Nate Diaz is not disqualified from participating in the upcoming UFC 244 event,” read the statement provided to MMA Fighting by an NYSAC spokesperson.