An attorney for UFC standout Nick Diaz said the fighter shouldn’t face disciplinary action from the Nevada Athletic Commission. The NAC put in motion a complaint when a postfight urine test — submitted after Diaz lost a UFC interim welterweight title bout to Carlos Condit at Mandalay Bay in February — indicated the presence of marijuana metabolites.
A vicious upkick by Benson Henderson opened a nasty gash on the bridge of Frankie Edgar’s nose and changed the complexion of the fight Saturday as Henderson captured the Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight title with a unanimous decision over the champion.
In the same building where Jake Ellenberger received his high school diploma, he officially graduated to true contender status in the Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight division on Wednesday night.
