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7th February 2017
09:01am GMT

We haven't seen Nick Diaz inside the Octagon since January 31, 2015. He was popped for marijuana for the third time in his professional career after his bout against Anderson Silva at UFC 183 and was harshly punished by the commission.
The NSAC initially handed him a five-year ban and a $165,000 fine, which received a lot of backlash from the MMA community. However, as is often the case with combat sports controversies, things started to improve once Cher intervened.
Not long after the singer promoted that online petition, his ban was reduced to 18 months and the fine was cut to $100,000. Now the Stockton native is finally available to return, but the promotion seem to be struggling to find the cult figure a fight that makes sense.
Although not fighting means Diaz hasn't been earning any revenue from the fight game, he has managed to turn that positive drug test into green... in more ways than one.
He recently appeared in a highly-stylised, overdramatic advertisement for the Futurola. According to Futurola's official website, it is a "family run business has its roots in the Coffeeshop industry in Amsterdam". Not giving anything more away, we'll just say it's exactly the type of commercial you would expect Diaz to star in.
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