Fan starts GoFundMe campaign to raise money for Nick Diaz's $165,000 NSAC fine

With Nick Diaz’s White House petition hitting its required mark, another fan is tackling his fines from a five-year Nevada State Athletic Commission suspension.

Late Thursday night, Butch Carroll started a GoFundMe page to help Diaz pay a $165,000 fine that represented 33 percent of a $500,000 “show” purse he received to fight Anderson Silva at UFC 183. A post-fight drug test revealed marijuana metabolites, his third such offense while fighting in Nevada.

There’s no word on whether donations will go to cover court costs imposed on Diaz by the NSAC.

“In the event his fine is dropped or reduced the unused funds will be donated to charity,” Carroll, of Salinas, Calif., wrote. As of Friday morning, no donations had been made.

Diaz’s legal team currently awaits a written order of his suspension from the NSAC, which will form the basis of an appeal to district court. Diaz’s lawyer, Lucas Middlebrook, is hopeful a ruling will be made by the first quarter of 2016.

In the meantime, Diaz, 32, has been active on social media, thanking followers for helping his White House petition break the 100,000 mark needed to get an official response from the Oval Office. A staffer earlier this week said a statement is forthcoming.

Diaz (26-10 MMA, 7-7 UFC) lost via unanimous decision to Silva, who subsequently was flagged for multiple banned performance-enhancers and suspended nine months in addition to being fined.

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