Following his amazingly competitive attempt to wrest the UFC middleweight championship from Anderson Silva, Chael Sonnen popped positive for steroids on his post-fight drug test. The plan all along to get out of trouble has been to claim that he was on hormone replacement therapy to deal with low testosterone levels. Unfortunately for Chael, it appears he forgot that you have to report these things to the athletic commission beforehand. Cage Side Seats has more:
NSAC Shoots Hole In Chael Sonnen’s Expected Steroid Defense
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↵Sonnen fought Nate Marquardt in Nevada this past February, after the Okami fight, so I called Keith Kizer, Executive Director of the Nevada commission. According to Kizer, Sonnen never applied or was approved for testosterone replacement therapy (TRT). Not in February or any of his previous fights in Nevada. Before the Marquardt fight, he applied and was approved for Soma/carisprodol (a muscle relaxer recently banned completely by WWE because it can cause intoxication while others don't and are more effective) for sleep as long as he didn't take it the night before and doxycyline (an antibiotic) for acne.
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↵This makes it pretty clear that Chael is going to have a lot of trouble using this as a successful defense.
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