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UFCs representant i dopningsfrågor: NSAC dömde fel när det kommer till Nick Diaz

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Att flertalet tycker Nick Diaz höga böter samt avstängning i fem år var ett för högt straff, efter att ha testat positivt på cannabis vid UFC 183, har varit svårt att missa. Nu har UFCs representant i dopningsfrågor, Jeff Novitzky, uttalat sig om allting via ”BloodyElbow”:

I’ll preface by saying I think the commission’s motives are in the right place. I do think that they really do care about the short end and long term health of our athletes and that’s the reason why they’ve taken a harsh stance in the anti-doping world. I think they’re trying to do the right thing.

It’s a difficult topic and area, but it’s one you have to get perfect, and all that being said, they didn’t get this one perfect. They got this one wrong, in my opinion.

My understanding was that there was three tests taken the night of the fight. There was one taken before the fight, one immediately after, and one shortly after that. The ones at either end, first and last, were done at WADA accredited labs. The first and last tests came well under the threshold for marijuana.

Under the WADA code, which Nevada follows, in order for a test to be positive for marijuana, it must exceed 150 ng/ml. Under those rules you’re allowed to have a little bit of marijuana in your system. The first test came back around 40 ng/ml, and the last one after fight was around 60 ng/ml.

Then you have this other one, that is taken right after the fight, that is taken to Quest Labs. The Quest Labs sample was 733 ng/ml, one of the highest I’ve ever seen. There are big issues in interpreting those results. There’s no real scientific medical explanation for someone having a 40, then right after the fight a 733, and shortly after that back to 60.

Looking at those three tests, I don’t think that there should have been a positive test to begin with.

Diaz kommer att bestrida straffet i rätten tillsammans med sina och UFCs advokater, och hur det hela kommer att sluta återstår att se.

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