In the wake of yesterday’s news that Alistair Overeem tested positive for elevated testosterone during a random pre-fight drug test after the conclusion of a UFC 146 press conference, many people had one question: Would Overeem’s win over Brock Lesnar at UFC 141 be overturned and named a no-contest?
It’s a legitimate question. Overeem was granted a conditional license for that fight, a license that was predicated on him passing several random drug screenings in the months after the fight took place. Overeem failed the first of those random tests, so his license for UFC 141 shouldn’t count and the win should not have counted.
I asked Keith Kizer from the Nevada State Athletic Commission for his take on the subject.
“By itself, the test result has no effect on that decision,” Kizer said.
This is curious, isn’t it? By my thinking, Overeem’s license for the Lesnar fight was invalid due to the fact that Overeem failed one of his required post-fight random drug screenings.
I’m not saying that Lesnar should be granted a win over Overeem. Alistair was clean when the fight took place, and the result is the result. Overeem earned the win in the cage.
But Overeem also failed to live up to the stipulations of his conditional license, which means he—retroactively, of course—fought without a valid license in the state of Nevada. Because of that, his win over Lesnar should be turned into a no-contest.
It won’t help Lesnar’s new career in the WWE much, but it’s still the right thing to do.
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