According to Yahoo! Sports’ Kevin Iole Anderson Silva and Nick Diaz have failed drug tests. Silva tested for two types of performance enhancing drugs. Diaz tested positive for marijuana use.
The report indicates that Silva tested positive for two anabolic steroids: drostanolone and androstane. The test occurred “out of competition” (as defined by WADA) as the test administered on Silva occurred on January 9th but it was not discovered until today, February 3rd. Diaz had marijuana metabolites in his system. Its the third time that Diaz has been caught.
Commission chairman Francisco Aguilar stated to Iole that he does not know why the commission received the test results so late. If the commission received them prior to UFC 183, Aguilar would have not allowed Silva to fight.
The UFC made this statement on Silva:
“On February 3, 2015, the UFC organization was notified by the Nevada State Athletic Commission that Anderson Silva tested positive for Drostanolone metabolites on his Jan. 9 out of competition drug test. UFC’s understanding is that further testing will be conducted by the Commission to confirm these preliminary results.”
“Anderson Silva has been an amazing champion and a true ambassador of the sport of mixed martial arts and the UFC, in Brazil as well as around the world. UFC is disappointed to learn of these initial results.”
“The UFC has a strict, consistent policy against the use of any illegal and/or performance enhancing drugs, stimulants or masking agents by its athletes.”
UPDATED: The UFC has issued a statement on Diaz:
“The UFC has been notified by the Nevada State Athletic Commission that Nick Diaz has tested positive for marijuana metabolites following his fight with Anderson Silva at UFC 183 on Jan. 31 in Las Vegas, Nev. The UFC has a strict, consistent policy against the use of any illegal and/or performance enhancing drugs, stimulants or masking agents by our athletes. As a result of his positive test, Diaz has been informed that he has violated the UFC Fighter Conduct Policy and Promotional Agreement with Zuffa, LLC. The UFC organization will fully respect the Commission’s final decision relating to Diaz at a disciplinary hearing set for February 17.”
Payout Perspective:
Interesting enough, Silva stated this to MMA Junkie late last year about those that use PEDs:
“This is not bad for me, this is bad for the sport,” Silva told MMAjunkie. “People around the world love the UFC, but the kids love the UFC, and the families love UFC. It’s bad for the sport. I don’t think this is good because the sport can change the lives of the kids and the people in the world.”
“When the guys test for the steroids, (they should have) no more fights,” Silva said. “When you use the steroids, you use them for a long time. When you use the steroids for a long time, you have a problem. It’s a drug and it’s not good for the sport.”
Until now, Silva has a documented history of being clean. Maybe it was recovering from his horrific leg injury that caused him to want to take PEDs but that is not an excuse. This mark on his career is unfortunate and does not bode well for his legacy in the sport. For the UFC, this is a disaster as the first two big events of the year, its two biggest stars have failed drug tests. As Silva pointed out, it’s bad for the sport. It’s also bad for UFC business. The Diaz drug test is less surprising but still not good for the company.
A story to continue to follow is how was it that the commission did not receive the test result prior to UFC 183. We saw a similar mishap with the out of competition testing of Jon Jones.
“Commission chairman Francisco Aguilar stated to Iole that he does not know why the commission received the test results so late.”
Let’s take a wild guess…
You reap what you sow. When you build a sport on Boxing rejects and pay fighters dog shit they will do anything to get fights in and are of low character.
So Anderson makes dog shit pay???? If your going to spew horse shit at least have a better approach.
You can’t make this shit up!!
Fightbusiness, boxing has the rejects. They are guys who can’t fight so they stick with boxing. Idiot.
Yea sure D, you sound even stupider then ever! A lot of what FB said is true, you and Anti brain cant get your heads around the truth. So lets get this right, 2 ppv fights so far and the only fucking headlines has been failed drug tests, what a way to start off 2015!!
HAHAHAHA!!!
Sal, you are a retard. When you compare things, the word is than, not “then”. For example, Corky from “Life Goes On” is smarter than Sal.
The first ppv this year will beat all but 1 or 2 boxing ppvs this year. You are a fucking moron.
Hey sal stop smoking fecal matter.
Sal, by the way, excellent prediction on that Super Bowl announcement. That was an impressive call of nothing.
Yea me and the entire boxing world were wrong and where did I say it was guaranteed? Also you guys both jump off the topic asap when you know you are wrong. Like little girls hahah Great year for the UFC bahahahhaha Dana and so called sponsors are drinking heavily D might be out of a job soon. What a fucking joke both fighters getting popped. And to make shit money and be humiliated too hahahahahaha D whats wrong you have to go after spelling errors when you have nothing else D= desperate hahah My question is whats next??? tune in later hahahaha
anti trolls- yes 800k is dog shit pay if your supposedely the baddest man on the planet. mayweather is the best in his business and makes 40 million a fight, Pac makes 20, Klitscho about 7 million. 800k (plus maybe 1 million more with the upside) is dogshit pay.
Lol at saying Mma fighters have bad character. Mma fighters are mostly college educated and respectful people who go on to run business and teach others. While boxers go on to do meth and go bankrupt and sucking off homeless for bread crumbs.
Hey BS what University did the Diaz brother go to? bahahahahah Your point is completely bullshit, most athletes go broke you idiot. According to sports illustrated
78 percent of NFL players and 60 percent of NBA players file for bankruptcy within two years of their retirement. And they make a shit load more than any MMA fighter. I guess you have to have something to file for bankruptcy, most mma fighters have nothing while they are fighting.
Saldaqueef, no the entire boxing world wasn’t wrong, just you. I don’t recall any reputable reports coming stating this announcement was going to be made at the SB.
The rest of your ramblings were once again incoherent babble. You are beyond retarded.
Fightbusiness you are a total fucking moron. First off, Silva isn’t the baddest man on the planet. He is also not the biggest draw. He wasn’t fighting for a title.
How many times, will you continue to show how much of a fucking idiot you are and say what Gayweather makes? Gayweather produces his fights you stupid shit! How much has Zuffa made compared to Gayweather? That is what you should be comparing because Gayweather makes most of his money on the promotional side. If he wasn’t co promoting his bouts, he wouldn’t be making anywhere near the roughly 85% split he makes.
Also, Klitschko does not make 7 million per fight. The only time he makes that type of money is when some Russian billionaire wants to throw their name out there and take a loss by overbidding on his purse. His fights don’t generate big money. They have European gate and tv contracts to rely on, no ppv.
Silva has made much more than what you are claiming, but I wouldn’t expect you to comprehend this because you are an absolute moron. You are now in the ranks of Sampson, Sal, and Topps, the three mutants of retard. Congratulations.
Hahahahahahahahaha…..it just keeps getting worse for the ufc…..downgrade inevitable….hahahaha….cocaine,ped,marjuana….consecutive big ppv stars….v
So they pay low , a drug problem and a lawsuit…..creditors nightmare hahahaha
Guys, just consider one thing seriously; if the NAC had released the results 10 days after testing, there would have been no Jones vs Cormier and no Silva vs Diaz. Can you imagine the impact??!! Both financially and reputation wise, it would have been a disaster beyond imagination.
Wow, holy Dog Shit Batman, injuries and PEDS are not going away cuz it’s 2015!? This, now UFC 184 is duh duh d d Decimated by injuries! A-list card to a Fight Night:
Before
Chris Weidman © vs Vitor Belfort
Ronda Rousey © vs Cat Zingano
Jacare Souza vs Yoel Romero (contendership)
Bigfoot Silva vs Frank Mir
Holly Holm vs Raquel Pennington
A.I. (after injuries)
Ronda Rousey © vs Cat Zingano
Holly Holm vs Raquel Pennington
Josh Koscheck vs Jake Ellenberger
Tony Ferguson vs Yancy Medeiros
Mark Munoz vs Roan Carneiro
Sorry D’lusional, January was a good run. Let’s see if Weidman/Belfort ever happens, and more importantly, if anyone cares. Vitor hasn’t fought in 2 years and Weidman has had Silva and Rousey to draw with. This guy is a star-in-making and can’t afford to be sit out, and be a paper “Cain Velasquez” champion. The less he fights, the less people care. Needs to eat those cheerios and stay healthy.
@JF yes the UFC an NAC are in the hot seat. Very questionable ethics indeed; 2 champs failed “pre-fight” drug tests with results not being released until after the event. In Silva’s case, this was an extremely shady move.
1) What’s the point of having pre-fight tests if you can’t get the results before the fight
2) What happens when the results endanger the fight/fighters?
Release them afterwards? Move on with the show? So you have the MMA goat fighting a guy in a lower weight class on PEDs? Sounds legit. I’m guessing Silva was taking PEDS to heal his leg, but regardless, that’s still cheating.
*champ and ex champ
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So I guess Silva will be wearing Reebok without a fight now bahahahahhaha
Hey D here is a prediction that I was right on, boxing doubled ufc ppv in 2014 suck on that bahahahhaha
Well, looks like Leon The Schmo has added something else to his arsenal. Now, he is adding peds as the problem along with the injuries. Funny how he didn’t mention this before. He’s whining because he needed those fights to get scrapped. HAHAHA!! Look at him squirm.
By the way, the Rousey fight will still do 300k buys and the Weidman fight will happen at a later date. This actually may have worked out better, because it eliminates another one of those low D. Johnson fill in ppvs.
How badly are you going to be embarrassed when they hit 5m ppv buys? I know you are going to run away from this argument like the twat you are.
You need a lot more injuries than this moron.
By the way, Silva was not taking roids to heal his leg you fucking moron. What he was taking were two different steroids that help cut fat, and develop more lean muscle. He was cheating to get an edge. He’s probably been cheating his whole career, this was just the first time he was randomly blood tested.
LEON THE SCHMO!!!!!!
Aha hah D you stink of desperation but it’s too early for that!
You better purchase UFC 184: WMMA a few times lol.
Looks like Silva ain’t fighting Weidman for the belt any time soon. LMAO.
Hahahaha….no wonder the ufc will leave the drug testing to the commish because when they do it with and independent testing like VADA more fighters would test positive(out of competition) and would be announced before the fight…and promotions would be cancelled……hahahahahaha. …reebok must be happy with theyre investment….
D- who gives a shit if mayweather promotes his fights? he still makes 40 million a fight. Tell Jon Jones to do that. Oh wait he cant because the superior UFC wont allow him too. Does Pac promote his own fights? How about Canelo? They both get tons of money. Even if they do promote their own fights. WHO GIVES A FUCK? Thats whats great about Boxing: you have the luxury of doing that. By the way, I was being nice with Klitscko he has actually made 15 million in a fight. and he’s mediocre with no good opponents.
http://www.therichest.com/celebnetworth/athletes/boxer/wladimir-klitschko-net-worth/
Dw ordered silva to heal immediately and and at age 39 he miraculously did….with a little help hahahaha
First, the commission needs to do all their out of season or random testing 1-2 months before a fight. If they are going to release failed test before the fight then they need to allow enough time for a replacement to be found. Killing events and the sport days before hand, often after fans have spent money and made travel arrangements is not fail. If they cant do that then they need to do what they have been doing and sit on the results until after the event. I would hate to think we could have missed both the last two main events. I would rather the fight happen even if it was ruled a no contest. I was happy to see the fight regardless of the test results of punishment. Canceling the fight only hurts the fans and the sport more than it does the fighters.
A simple solution to PE’s is give the opponent ALL the fighters purse for that fight if the opponent is clean.
Also Fight business you are a moron who knows nothing of the fight game. Jon Jones can self promote any time he wants. He just has to stop signing UFC contracts, Get a promoters license, broker a deal with someone to carry his PPV, and then have tens of millions of dollars to pay for it and advertise it. Then hope to hell someone will buy it without the UFC brand which as we all have seen no one will. In other words no one self promotes because it is long shot to work and cost way more money than they want to risk even if they had it. Unlike you they are smart and take the sure thing. Why risk everything to get to another level of rich when they can be wealthy without the risk and responsibility?
Maybe they want that boxing money instead of being dictated to by an ugly, pink pig faced guy like Dana White?
Yeah being a slave for chump change is what the ufc is all about hahahahaha
Leon, you can spin all of this anyway you’d like, just get prepared for your new nickname come late 2015. I’m not desperate at all, you are the one scrambling for hypotheticals and whining about how the first 2 ppvs should have been cancelled. To bad for you they weren’t and are both going to exceed your expectations.
Fightbusiness you are such a retard. First off, you are wrong about more of your nonsense. Pacquaio does co promote his fights. He has a promotional company called MP Promotions. Canelo although doesn’t technically have a promotions license, he is an associate and fronts his own money as well which means he is basically a promoter as well. Do some research for once in your life.
Again, Klitschko made that massive purse because some Russian billionaire didn’t care that he lost money on the fight, he wanted to promote himself by promoting the card. He lost money. For most of Klitschko’s fights historically after becoming champion, he made a few million dollars. He can’t sell ppvs, so he doesn’t make double digit millions unless it is from charity. Haha.
You do realize everytime you troll on here as a boxing twat that you are, you are just reinforcing how much more popular mma is than boxing. You don’t see mma fans trolling boxing sites. It rarely happens. Here, it is a breeding grounding for retarded boxing trolls who hate the fact that mma is bigger now domestically than boxing is.
LOL… didn’t Wladimir make over $20 million against David Haye?
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That fight did ridiculous business in Europe.
Probably easily surpassing the total amount generated by the UFCaca in the history of MMA
Hahaha. Wladamir demanded that he get ppv points from Haye’s contract. Hahaha. Wlad can’t sell a ppv and he knew Haye’s contract was better because tv contracts suck dick. HAHAHAHAHA!!! Klitschko is a charity case. TV contracts and charity, that is what the guy lives off of.
That fight did a fraction of what a decent size ufc could do. Their ppv cost was around $17. You are such a fucking idiot Sampson.
Leon, how’s this for desperation: http://www.mmamania.com/2015/2/5/7985977/report-ufc-183-ppv-buy-estimate-for-silva-vs-diaz-is-looking-strong
I only need 3.5-3.6m more. After only 2 ppvs. Haha. By the way, you are 0 for 2 in your predictions so far this year moron. Better get ready for your new nickname.
“UFC 175 did the same prelim viewership – don’t know Google searches Jason? – so I’m still guessing in the 500 range.”
UFC 182 does 800k buys
” Before Anderson Silva’s mega-event at 168 he was hovering around 500k or so, and that was with a mythical status. Now, he’s lost twice (badly), been injured, and has no belt. I don’t see the Diaz ppv doing big numbers at all.”
” My point is very relevant he will do 375k give or take.” referring to UFC 183.
0 for 2 thus far Leon.
How ya feeling now? Haha.