Originally Posted by Sherdog

According to California State Athletic Commission Executive Officer George Dodd, Chael Sonnen has been notified that he failed post-fight drug screening following his loss to Anderson Silva at UFC 117, which was held Aug. 7 at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif.

“[Sonnen] received his notice yesterday,” Dodd told Sherdog.com shortly after the Shane Mosley-Sergio Mora boxing match ended Saturday night in Los Angeles.

In a conversation the day before, Dodd declined to comment on the situation, other than answering that all fighters from UFC 117 had passed drugs-of-abuse scans, but that the commission was still waiting on performance-enhancing drug screens from the event.

Dodd did not state which banned substance was red-flagged, but with a clean drugs-of-abuse scan it is clear the positive test was for a performance-enhancing substance.

The last major UFC banned-substance case in the state centered on UFC 73’s lightweight title match, which saw both competitors -- Sean Sherk and Hermes Franca -- test positive for PEDs. Both fighters were suspended for one year and fined, though Sherk appealed and had his suspension shortened to six months.

Sonnen is staring at a long layoff if he elects not to appeal or is denied. He was scheduled to rematch Silva Feb. 6 in Las Vegas, but that fight may be delayed or scrapped in light of these allegations.

Text messages to Sonnen went unreturned.

His manager Matt Lindland told Sherdog.com that he was cornering a fighter on the East Coast and had no knowledge of the positive test results.

Silva’s manager Ed Soares, who engaged in some heated exchanges via the media in the build up to the fight, was stunned when asked for his reaction.

“If it’s true, I feel really bad for him,” said Soares. “I know he did it to himself but it is really sad, he put on such a great performance that night. It is just a shame it will be tarnished.”

Originally Posted by Instant Classic (Post 3249705)

If this is true no one may ever buy another Anderson Silva PPV again.

Originally Posted by The Show Off (Post 3249766)

What an idiot.

So on top of being a racist big mouth douche bag he's also a cheater?

This is MMA though he'll be back in 6 to 12 months and it'll be like nothing ever happened.... No one cares about steroid use in MMA Stehphan Bonnar, Tim Sylvia, and Sean Sherk all tested positive and no one even brings it up anymore. It doesn't matter that you do roids in MMA unless you're Josh Barnett but then again he did torpedo a whole organization by jucing.

Originally Posted by Torn (Post 6471501)

UFC 98 vs Miller
http://mmaaddicts.com/dann/ufc-98-ev...dan-miller.jpg

UFC 104 vs Okami
http://mmaaddicts.com/dann/ufc-104-m...ael-sonnen.JPG

UFC 109 vs Nate
http://mmaaddicts.com/dann/ufc-109-r...ael-sonnen.JPG

UFC 117 vs Silva
http://mmaaddicts.com/dann/ufc-117-s...ael-sonnen.JPG

Originally Posted by Funky Fly (Post 3250832)

No one gives nearly as much of a shit about any of them now as they did before. In fact, no one has ever given a shit about Tim Sylvia at any point in time at all.

This is really bad for Sonnen. He's gonna end up like the 3 that Show Off mentioned and never reach title contention again. Plus it makes him look like a huge bitch losing to a guy with a busted rib while roided out of your head.

Originally Posted by Instant Classic (Post 3251159)

You mean "busted rib".

Originally Posted by Instant Classic (Post 3250794)

Because as as great as he is, he is also boring 80% of the time.

Originally Posted by El Capitano Gatisto (Post 3251253)

If they really want to do something about steroid use, they need to randomly test fighters at their training camps, unannounced. Most cheats will be able to time their steroid use if they know they'll only be tested at or around events.