Both Silva and Diaz, it was announced a few days later, failed drug tests. The fight was flipped to a no contest. Even though by strictest definition of “no contest,” the fight really never existed, we know it happened. Check out the highlights from Silva vs.

Diaz Results: Winner, Scorecard and Analysis from UFC 183. Anderson "The Spider" Silva made his comeback to the UFC official with a unanimous-decision win over Nick Diaz in the UFC 183 main event at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. 50-45 x 2, 49-46 were the scorecards btw.

Diaz Fight Card. After a 13-month absence from The Octagon, Anderson "The Spider" Silva enjoyed a victorious return to competition. On Saturday in the main event of UFC 183, Silva easily won an unanimous decision over Nick Diaz.

Anderson Silva & Nick Diaz failed drug tests after their fight in Jan. Silva was banned for a year for PEDs. Diaz got 5 years for marijuana. Nick Diaz suspended for 5 years for marijuana.

The former UFC welterweight champion said that he was offered a superfight with Anderson Silva at UFC 186 in April, and he declined the fight because he was busy with other projects and because he was still concerned about PEDs in the sport.

As for Silva, the Brazilian pocketed just over 1m dollars, which is not bad either for a 47-year-old who had already retired. The fight between the two men surprised many who did not believe they could deliver a high level of boxing.

Silva faced Jared Cannonier on 11 May 2019 at UFC 237. He lost the fight via TKO in the first round after a kick from Cannonier to Silva's right leg injured him and rendered him unable to continue.

Eventually the UFC convinced Diaz to accept the Chimaev fight, but Diaz made it clear he had no intention of re-signing. Despite widespread criticism, the UFC pushed forward with Chimaev vs. Diaz as the UFC 279 headliner, which didn't happen only because Chimaev massively missed the 171-pound limit.

His victory parade was halted just days after UFC 183, when a pre-fight drug test came back showing traces of drostanolone and androstane, two anabolic steroids. Yahoo Sports' Kevin Iole first reported the news, and it's been a hot topic in the MMA space since.

The sport was initially criticized for being too violent and brutal. The sport of mixed martial arts was banned in 1997 in New York. At one time the sport was banned in most parts of the United States, which was spearheaded by John McCain who called MMA human cockfighting.

marijuana metabolites 32-year-old Diaz tested positive for marijuana metabolites following his fight with Anderson Silva at UFC 183 on 31 January, despite passing two other drug tests on fight night.

Silva recorded his first loss in 2000 to Luiz Azeredo by decision. After that fight, he went on a nine-fight winning streak, winning six of those fights by either submission or TKO.