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Nick Diaz's team will file petition for judicial review of 'draconian' NAC suspension

Diaz's lawyer Lucas Middlebrook told MMA Fighting that the plan is to file a petition for judicial review with regards to the Nevada Athletic Commission's discipline of Diaz for marijuana usage Monday. The NAC suspended Diaz for five years and hit him with a $150,000 fine, which is 33-percent of his $500,000 fight purse, at its monthly meeting in Las Vegas. Diaz's team has 30 days to file the petition.

"We think it's absolutely draconian," Middlebrook said. "And not only is it draconian, it doesn't seem to be based on anything in the record."

Diaz tested positive for marijuana metabolites in a fight night test at UFC 183 on Jan.