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Should Chael Sonnen file an appeal with the California State Athletic Commission as his manager Mike Roberts indicated he would, he’ll have his chance to explain why his post-fight drug test at UFC 117 showed elevated levels of testosterone. But that explanation may or may not be enough to placate the commission after the fact, said CSAC executive officer George Dodd.
Dodd told MMA Fighting on Tuesday that fighters are instructed to provide documentation explaining what substances they’re taking and why before the fight, but couldn’t say what might happen to Sonnen if he provides that documentation at a forthcoming appeal hearing.
“I can’t speak for the commission as far as what they would do if someone came in afterwards,” Dodd said. “I will say that usually when a fighter calls me up and says, ‘Hey, I’m going to be fighting in California and this is what I’m taking,’ I inform them right off the bat to get all the necessary documentation from the doctor and why you’re taking it and they provide that to us. We send that to one of our doctors and they verify that that is a reason why and that is a proper treatment for that type of problem, and we usually don’t have any problems after that.”