Free at last.
While Nick Diaz’s negotiated 18 month suspension (for testing positive for marijuana in-competition when he fought Anderson Silva) was up in the Summer, he had yet to be cleared to be re-licensed by the state of Nevada. That’s because he had yet to pay what he owed on his fine, and it led to him being unable to corner his brother Nate at UFC 202 in August in Las Vegas. Officially, Nick had a December 1st deadline, and whether or not he made it just in time is unclear, but per MMAFighting, he’s officially able to be licensed again.
Ariel Helwani noted in the MMAFighting report that it wasn’t explicit if Diaz would suffer any consequences if he settled up after the deadline. That it took a week into December before we heard about this definitely makes you wonder if he paid late, but regardless, that doesn’t really matter anymore. Diaz has no fights booked, though, which is not exactly shocking since he’s fought irregularly in recent years, living in large part off the money he made from fighting Georges St-Pierre. That said, even if he’s not planning on fighting, at least he can corner his brother and other teammates again.
