As of August, Nick Diaz will be free — and that’s at least a consolation prize

As far as public-induced mulligans go, the Nevada Athletic Commission did the least it could on Tuesday by reducing Nick Diaz’s suspension from five years to 18 months (retroactive to Jan. 31, 2015). The #FreeNickDiaz campaign, which made its way to the White House in the form of a justice-seeking petition with over 100,000 signatures, was fairly persuasive. Diaz can now fight as of Aug. 1, 2016, which is a far cry better than Feb. 1, 2020, when he’ll be 36 years old (yet still weari