A former MMA champion Josh Thomson is claiming Nate Diaz turned down hush money from the UFC to keep his failed drug test quiet.
Thomson (22-9 MMA) is making the claim that Diaz was offered money from the UFC to keep his failed drug test from jeopardizing his fight with Jorge Masvidal at UFC 244.
Nate Diaz (21-13 MMA) met up with Jorge Masvidal (35-17 MMA) in November of 2019 at UFC 244. The result was Diaz losing to âGamebredâ via TKO in the welterweight bout and in the process Masvidal being crowned the BMF champion.
It was recently in the news that Mark Hunt lost his lawsuit against the UFC, Dana White and Brock Lesnar. Hunt was accusing the promotion of knowing Lesnar was using PEDâs ahead of their UFC 200 fight.
Josh Thomson sat down on the âWeighing Inâ podcast with John McCarthy and was asked if he believed the UFC was aware of Lesnarâs drug use before his matchup with Mark Hunt, to which Thomson replied:
âI look at it this way, this is the thing. Look what they were trying to do with Nate Diaz. He tested positive, and they were like, âYou know what, weâll get it all sorted out after.â And Nate said, âF**k you, weâll get it sorted out now.â That means that they knew that Nate tested, and they were still gonna let him fight⌠So I would not say that they have not tried to do that, or would not do it.â
Continuing, âThe Punkâ, doubled down saying (h/t MMANews):
âWhen Iâm looking at (Lesnar), I mean Iâm just thinking to myself that this was early in USADA. I donât know. I donât wanna say that they knew, but I wanna say that the history â which I can only give you that case â is that they tried to have Nate still fight, and âWeâll deal with it after.â⌠I know people in Nateâs camp that said they even tried to offer money. They tried to like, âWeâll take care of it all afterwards, no big deal. Itâs probably just a misunderstanding.ââ
Nate Diaz was indeed flagged by USADA in October of 2019, ahead of UFC 244, for a failed test, which actually ended up being due to tainted supplements used by the fighter. According to Thomson, the UFC were prepared to keep the results of the testing hidden until after the fight. Diaz would have none of it and insisted they address the situation immediately.
Take Weed off the list
Screwed Over By USADA - Kurt Holobaugh
Imagine if he was on the undercard like Kurt Holobaugh
The old tainted supplement excuse.
I remember when Neil Magney popped
Even his opponent for the fight was claiming bull shit
Thompson is still pissed hes the only one to KO Nate
The Punk has been talking alot lately , maybe he knows his job at Bellator is ending soon
It wasnât weedâŚ
Do you know what pissed means?
Would he not be happy heâs the only oneâŚ
What was it
LGD-4033 or Ligandrol
Itâs a SARM
Which is a Selective Androgen Receptor Modulator.
Very similar to steroids.
Remember legal highs that were one chemical structure off the real drug and âNot Fit For Human Consumptionâ.
This but the steroid version
Diaz claimed it was in a tainted supplement,
BW champ Sean OâMalley also popped twice by USADA and served a ban,
But ppl forget this but will just always bring up cyborgs Pop,
Other fighters who popped but ppl forget about is Brian Ortega and Cowboy Cerrone
So in your experience is it tainted or just an excuse?
This is all new to me.
67% of the time it is an excuse
They pop for said substance then go âOh shitâ so when USADA served them a initial suspension they say it was in a supplement,
Put said substance in the supplement and send it to USADA , so when they Test the supp, they see the banned substance in said supplement.
So Diaz is a juice head too then huh?
This is a tough one, and I donât know if Iâm honestâŚ
As Diaz bros have always been against PEDâs Mkaaay,
However the scrap pack love them and have failed in the past
However, most big supp companies would go out their way to put something in their product, especially when they have a high profile athlete that they know is tested by USADA (using their supp)
The control would be to compare it w another sample w the same lot number. Wouldnât that lead to lawsuits?
This is usually the case, they will buy , or be given a separate batch,