Nick Diaz
American mixed martial artist
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| December 7 2024 | Scheduled bout with Vicente Luque at UFC 310, but withdrew from the fight for unknown reasons and was replaced by Themba Gorimbo. |
| 2023 | Starred in the film Darkness of Man alongside Jean-Claude Van Damme, directed by James Cullen Bressack. |
| December 14 2023 | Scheduled to compete against Georges St-Pierre in a grappling match at UFC Fight Pass Invitational event, but the match was postponed due to injury. |
| September 25 2021 | Returned to fight Robbie Lawler at UFC 266 in a middleweight special non-title bout, losing via TKO in the third round. |
| August 30 2018 | Public revelation of the dismissal of domestic battery charges against Nick Diaz in July. |
| July 2018 | Charges against Nick Diaz were dismissed after a grand jury opted not to indict him due to inconsistencies in the complainant's story. |
| May 24 2018 | Nick Diaz was arrested and charged with two counts of domestic battery, including a felony for strangulation and a misdemeanor battery charge. |
| April 9 2018 | Accepted a one-year USADA sanction for failing to report whereabouts, retroactive to April 9, 2017. |
| April 9 2017 | Accepted a one-year USADA sanction for failing to report whereabouts, retroactive to this date. |
| August 1 2016 | Suspension officially lifted, allowing return to combat sports activities in Nevada. |
| January 2016 | Successfully appealed suspension, which was reduced to 18 months and $100,000. |
| September 14 2015 | Nevada State Athletic Commission suspended Diaz for 5 years and fined $165,000 for failed drug test. |
| January 31 2015 | Fought Anderson Silva at UFC 183, losing via unanimous decision and subsequently failing a post-fight drug test for marijuana metabolites. |
| July 24 2014 | Signed a three-fight contract to return to the UFC. |
| 2013 | Appeared in the documentary Fight Life, which won the Best Documentary Award at the United Film Festival. The film chronicles the lives of mixed martial artists outside the cage and was directed by James Z. Feng. |
| March 16 2013 | Fought Georges St-Pierre at UFC 158 for the UFC Welterweight Championship, losing via unanimous decision. |
| May 2012 | Nevada State Athletic Commission suspended Diaz for one year and fined 30 percent of his fight purse from the Condit bout. |
| February 4 2012 | Retroactive date of suspension after testing positive for marijuana metabolites following his fight with Carlos Condit. |
| October 29 2011 | Originally scheduled to fight Georges St-Pierre at UFC 137, Diaz was replaced by Carlos Condit and instead fought B.J. Penn, winning via unanimous decision. |
| September 21 2011 | The Ultimate Fighter 14 reality show debuts with Michael Bisping and Jason Miller as coaches, not Nick Diaz and Georges St-Pierre as previously rumored. |
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