Domaren John McCarthy deltog häromdagen i podcasten ”Let’s Get IIt On” där han delade med sig av sina åsikter om dramat runt Nick Diaz efter att han blev avstängd i 5 år av NSAC. McCarthy har varit med sedan UFC:s andra gala UFC 2 och hjälpte då till att skriva reglementet för MMA.
McCarthy berättade att organisationer som NSAC har valt att förbjuda cannabis för att skydda fighters. Han var domare för Diaz senaste match mot Anderson Silva där det båda åkte fast i dopningskontroller.
Det här hade McCarthy att säga:
Nick Diaz is wrong, OK? Let’s just flat out say it. He’s breaking a rule. Now he’s trying to cover himself in breaking the rule because he knows he’s going to break the rule. Nick uses marijuana. He has always used marijuana. He is a guy who is, you know — I honestly believe that he knows he’s a better person when he’s on marijuana than if he doesn’t take it and he’s going to be an angrier person. I think he believes that it helps him emotionally, it calms him down, it keeps him in a mood that he’s comfortable with. And so he’s got a medical marijuana card from California. He uses it, he uses it to keep himself in check. And he’s going to continue to use marijuana. The problem is this: When Nick goes and applies for a license with a state athletic commission — we’ll say the Nevada State Athletic Commission — they’ve already spanked him twice. He’s been caught twice previously by the Nevada State Athletic Commission and when a fighter goes and applies for that license there are forms that he has to fill out. No different than when I have to fill out the forms when I get a license. And those forms are going to ask questions and those questions — you know when you sign your name at the bottom you’re saying that this is truthful. You’re being honest, you’re being truthful with this. And Nick is not being honest and truthful. He’s giving bad information because all he needs to do is be honest and truthful and tell them, ’yes, I take marijuana.’
