Controversial UFC star Nick Diaz has accepted a one-year sanction from USADA resulting from three unsuccessful drug test attempts during a 12-month period from 2016 to 2017.
Diaz’s one-year suspension began on April 19, 2017, meaning that he is a little more than a week from being able to return to active UFC competition if he so chooses. The Stockton, Calif., native has not competed in the Octagon since facing Anderson Silva in the UFC 183 headliner in January 2015. While Diaz lost a five-round decision in the bout, the result was overturned to a no contest after Silva tested positive for steroids in relation to the event.