Thiago Silva had weird pee..

[Kris P Lettus]

http://mmajunkie.com/news/23038/nsac-thiago-silvas-ufc-125-sample-inconsistent-with-human-urine.mma

[MoFo]

Horse piss.

[The Mask]

pissed tigerblood, no doubt.

[Kris P Lettus]

They were saying on Sirius XM Fight Club radio show today it wasn't human pee.. A former NY state athletic comission guy said he prolly injected it into his bladder via a catheter..

gross

[Next Big Thing]

That's a lot for a commission to prove and the Chael Sonnen hearing showed that most of these people don't know shit about the law or the sport. I think he'll beat it.

[HeartBreakMan2k]

ESPN is reporting that Silva has admitted to trying to alter the results of the urinalysis.

[Next Big Thing]

That's a lot for a commission to prove and the Chael Sonnen hearing showed that most of these people don't know shit about the law or the sport. I think he'll beat it.

Unless he admits to it.... :nono:

[HeartBreakMan2k]

From ESPN



"I used a urine adulterant when giving a sample following my fight with Brandon Vera," Silva is quoted as saying in a release issued by his manager, Dan Lambert. NSAC paperwork actually shows the test was administered before the bout, Kizer said.


"I did so in an attempt to alter the results of the test and knowingly broke the rules of the Nevada Athletic Commission. This was a terrible decision on my part for which I will be punished. I am prepared to accept this punishment, learn from it and move on. I apologize to the Commission, the UFC, Brandon Vera and the MMA fans."


This is the first time Silva tested positive for a banned substance. He has tested clean on five other occasions, including one that required blood work in New Jersey. Forty-five days before his fight against Vera, Silva claimed he re-injured his back, an ailment that had kept him out of action for a year following a loss to Rashad Evans (http://espn.go.com/mma/fighter/_/id/274/rashad-evans) on Jan. 2, 2010.


"I made the decision to not pull out of the fight," Silva said. "I also decided that the only way I could continue with the fight was to take injections in my back and spine that contained substances prohibited by the Nevada Athletic Commission. I also made the decision to use a product to hide the presence of these substances in a urine test."


Silva did not indicate the type of illegal substances he took, how they were obtained, or who administered them.


"These decisions were mine and mine alone," he said. "I did not share this information with anyone prior to the fight for fear that I would not be allowed to fight."

[MoFo]

Could've sworn he failed a drug test before....

[Kris P Lettus]

UFC light heavyweight Thiago Silva won’t be able to fight again until at least January 1, 2012, and he will be $33,750 lighter in the wallet and will have one less win on his record when he finally returns to competition.

Silva was handed the hefty suspension and fine and had the result of his UFC 125 win over Brandon Vera changed to a “no-contest”after admitting in a hearing with the Nevada State Athletic Commission today that he used steroids and tried to mask his wrongdoing by providing a synthetic urine sample he purchased online for his pre-fight drug screen.

According to MMAJunkie’s John Morgan who was present at the hearing,
Silva waived his right for an attorney and additional time to prepare a defense and instead admitted what he took and explained the method he used to try to fool the lab.

“I’m here just to tell the truth,” Silva said.

He detailed how he received two epidural injections — 45 and 30 days out from the bout with Vera — of an unnamed steroid by his doctor to help speed recovery from a back injury and that he purchased the synthetic urine he used for his drug screening test online from cleartest.com. He likely would have gotten away with it had the lab used by NSAC not been a World Anti-Doping Agency-approved test center that utilized hormone-screening processes to determine if test samples are both human and from the same sex as the provider of the specimen (insert Cyborg joke here).

Silva explained that he knew using the drug was against NSAC rules, but said he felt pressured to compete in spite of being hurt because he had not fought in a year due to the same injury and his family’s livelihood depended on him being paid for the bout.

“I just want to apologize for what I did. I did what I did because my back was very, very bad a couple months (before the fight). I had not fought for one year. I was completely broke. I have a family. People depend on my money. I was desperate to do something.I know what I did is wrong. Like I said, I’m so sorry. I had my reasons. People depend on my money, and I had to give them support.”

He detailed how he simply turned his back on the commission rep assigned to oversee the drug tests administered two weeks prior to the New Year’s Day event in Las Vegas and opened the container containing the fake urine and dumped it into a sample cup without the commissioner noticing.

NSAC executive director Keith Kizer tried to make an example of Silva for not admitting any wrongdoing until caught by requesting that his suspension start today, rather than retroactive to the date of UFC 125. However, when put to a vote, the other members of the commission voted in favor of allowing the days since the bout to count against the suspension due in part to Silva’s “candor” and also because the commission dropped the *for not watching the sample collection more closely.

Originally, the commission wanted to take Silva’s entire $55,000 win bonus and 1/3 of his $55,000 purse, but decided instead to hold back 1/4 of his purse and $20,000 of his win bonus for a total of $33,750.

The UFC has yet to comment on the situation.

Two important questions now arise from the hearing:

Should commissions be required to test fighters year-round for PEDs using sport-wide WADA approved methods like NSAC employs to ensure a level playing field?

and

Do fighters need a union to negotiate minimum salaries for fighters rather than simply “pay-to-play” and performance bonus-based incentives promotions currently dole out that include a living wage so competitors don’t ever have to feel that they need to cheat to compete?

[MoFo]

Can he appeal that and get the suspension cut?

[Kris P Lettus]

I dunno..

Kinda feel bad for the guy.. Hurt fighter should def be compensated and have enough year round money to keep their families afloat during down times..

Why did he get a year and Sonnen only got 6 months??

[MoFo]

Sonnen had a 'valid excuse' with his low testosterone and such, where Silva just juiced for teh lulz apparently.

Sonnen got an 18 month ban or some shit at first too though and had to appeal that to get it down to 6, thats why I was wondering about Silva.

[Kris P Lettus]

Pretty sure he can.. I mean Sonnen pretty much is a lawyer and Silva went in there with no prep time and no representation..

Throwing yourself at the mercy of the court with a sob story about money when he made $110,000 for that one fight isn't really a good defense..