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Nick Diaz’s five-year ban from a spurned commission comes with its own set of words: Travesty, ego, ridiculous…

First of all, the Nevada Athletic Commission’s Pat Lundvall isn’t one to cross. Nobody plays as fast and loose with an athlete’s livelihood as the frosty commissioner, who can barely conceal her contempt when somebody has the audacity to dredge it up. But let’s start with the basics in the case of the UFC’s Nick Diaz, who appeared before Lundvall and the rest of the NAC on Monday to defend himself against his latest hot marijuana test.

You knew it wouldn’t be good for Diaz. You just didn’t know he’d get banned five years from competition.