The event, headlined by Gina Carano vs. Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos for the inaugural Strikeforce 145-pound title, will air live this Saturday on Showtime.
Taylor has won his last seven fights in a row, most recently against Dong Sik Yoon in his DREAM debut last month.
Diaz missed a scheduled drug test on Friday, as well. As a result, the CSAC refused to grant him a license to fight Hieron.
In April, he told the Los Angeles Times, that he was "a cannabis user" and has "an easy way" to deal with state athletic commission tests.
"I can pass a drug test in eight days with herbal cleansers," he said. "I drink 10 pounds of water and sweat out 10 pounds of water every day. I'll be fine."
Diaz tested positive for marijuana after his February 2007 victory over Takanori Gomi at Pride 33. As a result, the victory was later changed to a no decision by the Nevada State Athletic Commission.
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What a tool! I dont care if you smoke pot or not.But like he said there are ways to clean out.
diaz was smoking the green playin mafia wars, he just couldnt make it to the test lol
WOW!
What a LOSER. I'm not a fan of Diaz because he is such a punk but he is one hell of a fighter. It's too bad getting high has taken precedent over fighting next week. They even gave him a second chance and he still didn't show up to the test. Hopefully nothing seriously happened to him and thats why he didn't show up. I don't wish ill will on the anyone. But, I have a sneaking suspicion that Diaz wasn't prepared for Jay Hieron and this was the easy way out of the fight.
you know diaz is my favorite fighter....but
WTF. what a moron.
the only mitagating factor might be, that he knew he wouldn't pass the drug test and didn't want to get suspended.
either way, he really, really, REALLY is immature.
what a waste of talent.
Either way, it's yet another blow to the Strikeforce card... :P
Hmmm...
This isn't a very good fight card. Sure Gina/Cyborg should be an exciting womens matchup, but the only other good fight on the card is Babalu/Mousasi.
The loss of Diaz is a big one.
I'm sure Scott will insist that Fedor is in the crowd, and that he is interviewed ... that should stir some excitement, but a bad night of fights, particularly if Gina has a poor performance could mean real trouble for Strikeforce right out of the gate.
Diaz Brothers are big pot heads. My buddy smoked w/ them, Herb Dean, and Lodune Sincaid before the Ortiz Shamrock fight.