“We had a conversation with Cesar Gracie about the Nick Diaz situation, so I feel very comfortable Nick will be back shortly. I think he’s going to meet with the athletic commission, get that all worked out, and hopefully we’ll see Nick back here before the end of the year. Jay Hieron came here to fight Nick Diaz, so we will put that fight together.”

Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker hasn’t let the drug testing debacle discourage him for moving forward with a championship bout between Nick Diaz and Jay Hieron, indicating during last night’s “Carano vs. Cyborg” post-fight press conference that he will allow the welterweight title fight just as soon as Diaz acquires his license to fight from the California State Athletic Commission. Diaz, who failed to appear for this mandatory pre-fight drug test last week was not cleared to compete in the “Carano v Cyborg” event. In his absence, Strikforce quickly replaced him with TUF alumni, Jesse Taylor. Taylor lost via unanimous decision to Hieron.

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