Diaz - Masvidal OFF...and ON

[JD]

Nate failed a drug test.

[Imperius3]

Unbelievable. I always thought he was one of the clean ones. I was close to flying to NYC to go to this event. Glad I decided to stay home.

[Warlord]

Fight is off according to Nate, but nothing official from USADA or the UFC.

Nate doesn't believe the results, whatever they were, and says USADA told him not to say anything until after the fight.

https://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Nate-D...est-164423

Weird situation. Normally I would say the fighter is on the gear, but I think there is more to this story. Nate might test positive for marijuana, but he's one of the last I'd suspect to be on PEDs.

[JD]

Apparently they told him he can fight sand Masvidal wants them fight to go on because he doesn’t believe the results.

Nate said he won’t fight until they clear his name.

Really odd.

[Warlord]

Yes, fight is still on as of now. USADA has said nothing.

We wouldn’t even know anything was up except for Diaz. Masvidal says he knows Nate is clean, and will meet him in the octagon as scheduled.

Nate says he won’t fight until USADA clears his name.

Whatever is going on here, I just don’t feel like it is Nate’s fault. He is one of the few fighters I feel comfortable saying is clean (as far as PEDs are concerned).

[JD]

They cleared Nate.

Fights good.

[TheTeddyBear]

The thread opened with Nate failed a drug test I was thinking......duh.

Seriously though the level of respect these two have shown for each other in the build up is great.

[ViperSniper]

Soo..do you guys see Diaz winning this one or not?..

[JD]

I’m not a UFC expert like Warlord...but I think Nate wins.

[lloyd mayflower]

I could be wrong, but I dont believe Masvidal is any great shakes. He is just riding a wave based on smashing put Till and Askren I think. Beating the Diaz that turned up last time out would be (I think) pretty big for Masvidals career.