Filed under: Featured Videos , News , UFC , Videos UFC welterweight Nick Diaz had to admit he wrongly invoked the Fifth Amendment as part of a settlement he recently reached with the Nevada State Athletic Commission. Documents the NSAC released show the brash fighter’s act of defiance this past September was a catalyst for the reconsideration of a highly unpopular five-year ban . “After conferring with new counsel, I determined that I wrongfully invoked Fifth Amendment in response to relevant questions posed by members of the commission and that I should have, and would have, testified to the commission that I did not use marijuana ‘in-competition,’” wrote Diaz in a declaration to the commission, which MMAjunkie obtained. The documents can be viewed here: Nick Diaz motion for reconsideration (.pdf) Nick Diaz settlement agreement (.pdf) On Monday, the NSAC, which regulated the UFC 183 event where Diaz tested positive for marijuana, voted swiftly to cut the fighter’s suspension from five years to 18 months. The commission also cut an accompanying fine from $165,000 to $100,000. The commission did not disclose the terms of the settlement or discuss Diaz’s (26-9 MMA, 7-6 UFC) case before its new ruling, which came one year after Diaz’s decision loss to Anderson Silva (33-6 MMA, 16-2 UFC) in UFC 183’s headliner.
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Nick Diaz settlement spurred by admission he wrongly pled Fifth Amendment – MMA Junkie