Nick Diaz Tests Positive For Marijuana After Condit Fight (UFC 143)

And the controversy begins...

People are already coming out with strong opinions about this. MMA female fighting star, Rhonda Rousey, is outraged and says "there's no real reason that they should be able to test [for marijuana] and make the athletes conform to their political ideas..." Read her interview here: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mma-cagewriter/women-star-rousey-thinks-commission-testing-marijuana-flat-153747504.html

Many others, of course, agree with the testing. Here's my take...

I believe that professional athletes should be held to a higher standard. These people are role models, whether they want to be or not, whether it's fair or not, they have tremendous influence over people. It's not their choice, they ARE role models, certain people will always look up the them.

These person's, gifted with athletic ability and a bright public spotlight, don't get to choose to be a role model, they are chosen. It's out of their hands. Their only choice is to be a good role model or a bad one.

It's common knowledge that I think Nick Diaz is a punk. I hate the very thought that somebody might actually look up to him. But someone does. Probably a lot of someones. And now he's tested positive for marijuana in a sport that has struggled to gain respect after the John McCain "human cockighting" days. This isn't the first time eithe, he also tested positive for pot after a fight back in 2007.

Look, I'm certainly no saint. I won't even describe some of the stuff I used to do before tournament competitions back in the high-flyin' 70s and 80s but I certainly wasn't on the world stage and later in life I took my role seriously. My point here is that marijuana is an illegal drug and I don't want any young person, practicing a sport that I love, reading about Diaz testing positive and thinking, "hey, if Nick smokes this stuff and can reach the highest level of his sport, why shouldn't I?"

Testing for illegal drugs is fine by me and so are the penalties for getting caught.

Whats next for Nick Diaz? He'll face a the Nevada State Athletic Commission in April and they will hand down some form of punishment most likely. The typical suspension for marijuana is 6 months but this is his second offense, so who knows, a year?

But, oh yeah, I forgot--it doesn't make any difference anyway because Diaz retired after he lost the Condit fight and he said "I think I'm done with this MMA. I don't need this s***."


Well, Nick, apparently you need some other kind of s***.

UFC 143: Nick Diaz is a punk-ass bitch

That's right, he's a punk-ass bitch, not quite sharp enough to understand that just walking forward, talking sh*t does NOT mean you won the fight.

Crybaby
And Diaz is a whiney-ass bitch too. Can't take a loss like a man. I hope he does retire from MMA and we don't have to ever look at this thug face again.

Condit won. Period.
If you have any doubt, watch the fight again and count up the number of effective strikes. It's not even close as shown here: http://mobile.mmamania.com/2012/2/5/2772471/ufc-143-results-nick-diaz-vs-carlos-condit-fight-metric-report-shows

Masterful game plan
Condit had a great strategy and stuck to it. It worked and worked well. No point in standing toe-to-to with arguably the best boxer in MMA. The stick-and-move strategy was very effective and a perfect fighting plan against an aggressive opponent. This is not a Tough Guy contest but the art and science of fighting. Sorry, Nick, but "walking him down" doesn't really qualify as a valid fighting strategy. Condit beat Diaz by outsmarting him and outplaying him. 'Nuff said.

The other fights:

Werdum vs. Nelson
Roy Nelson is one of the toughest sumbitches on the planet and that's all there is to it. But he can't keep taking beatings like this. Werdum used some excellent Muay Thai strking to just plain outfight him. Nelson's only game plan appeared to be stalking forward and trying to land a big right hand. Nothing else. Nelson needs to change things up in a big way or his career is as good as over. Werdum versus Dos Santos looks like a pretty good match to me.

Koscheck vs. Pierce
These guys looke pretty much alike fighting style-wise. A close fight that could have gone either way. Koschek won on the basis of a couple of takedowns. Could have gone either way. Koschek is an ass though and between him and Diaz, the event could have been titled "UFC 143: Night of the Dickheads."

Jorgensen vs. Barao
Good fight! Just what I thought it would be. Jorgensen coming forward and Barao getting the better of it with superior kicking ability and speed. Beautiful kicks by Barao. I love that the kicking game in MMA has evolved to what his is now. The very best fighters nowadays are throwing head kicks and spinning kicks. This adds artfulness to the MMA fight game and shows what some of us more traditional guys have always said: head kicks and spinning kicks are some of the most effective strikes. I love it!

Herman vs. Starks
Herman looked great. Nice trip takedown a rear naked choke. Keep an eye on him.

Prelim hightlights:

Steven Thompson
This talented young man comes from a traditional karate background and his fighting style completely displayed that. Reminded me of my old karate tournament competition days. Really, his style looks just like that. And it worked. Highlight reel roundhouse kick to the head knockout. Awesome.

Dustin Poirier vs. Max Holloway
Holloway is the youngest active fighter in the UFC and looks to have a great future. That being said, once it got to the ground Porier looked spectacular, transitioning easily from armbar to mounted triangle/armbar. Very cool

Caceres vs. Figueroa
Caceres (Bruce Leroy) landed two very effective kicks...to Figueroa's groin. Sloppy and inaccurate, Caceres has some skills that may end up being exciting one day, but that day is a ways off. He had plenty of opportunities to finish Figueroa on the ground and couldn't pull that off either. As far as Figueroa's skill, there is no way to judge for sure since he was fighting most of the fight with his groin kicked up into his lower intestine. Speaking from personal experience, it's hard to give your best performance after getting your boys hammered into oblivion.

Good fight night
All-in-all, a pretty damn good night of fights. I thoroughly enjoyed myself. The UfC does it again!