Some pretty unfortunate news coming out about former and assumed still No. 1 Middleweight contender, Chael Sonnen, regarding his standard drug screening following UFC 117. According to a report which first surfaced on Sherdog, California State Athletic Commission Executive Officer George Dodd first confirmed that all fighters competing at UFC 117 had been cleared of testing positive for drugs-of-abuse, but that the commission was still waiting on results testing for performance enhancing drugs. Using some deduction, we can only assume Sonnen’s failed test involved use of one or more performance enhancing substance.
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“[Sonnen] received his notice yesterday,” Dodd told Sherdog.com shortly after the Shane Mosley-Sergio Mora boxing match ended Saturday night in Los Angeles.
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.
Assuming the California State Athletic Commission will show some consistency, Sonnen could be looking at a fine and a one year suspension, making his Feb. 6 rematch with Middleweight Champ Anderson Silva a bit of a problem for the UFC. With another fighter getting nabbed for using PEDs, it looks like cheating in the state of California is an increasingly poor decision.
Stay tuned to SB Nation as more becomes available on this story.
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