At UFC 183, two of the more popular fighters in MMA history returned to the Octagon.
Following a greusome broken leg in December 2013, it looked like Anderson Silva may never compete again. However, The Spider recovered surprisingly quickly and picked up a workmanlike decision win Saturday over former Strikeforce champion Nick Diaz. With a failed drug test reported by Kevin Iole of Yahoo Sports, it looks like that win could be overturned, though:
Anderson Silva AND Nick Diaz fail drug tests … Silva’s failure was on a PRE-FIGHT test. Diaz post-fight test for marijuana. Story coming
— Kevin Iole (@KevinI) February 4, 2015
Having retired following a loss to Georges St-Pierre, Diaz had been out of action for 22 months heading into his bout with Silva. Always one of the more well-conditioned fighters around, Diaz‘s rust didn’t show, but he was no match for the best ever.
Did Silva improve his standing in the pound-for-pound rankings with his win over the weekend? Did Diaz reclaim a Top 15 spot by returning to competition?
Here are the latest official UFC rankings, via UFC.com, which are voted on by members of the MMA media.