It’s fair to say Anderson Silva‘s failed test prior to UFC 183 messed with all of our heads a bit.
UFC President Dana White is no exception to the rule.
“It screwed me up for a few days,” White told MMAjunkie after Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 60 event in Broomfield, Colorado. “I was messed up for a few days after that. I’ve been a huge Anderson Silva fan, too. But we’ll talk about that on Wednesday.”
“Wednesday” is in reference to the UFC’s planned press conference where White and UFC Chairman and CEO Lorenzo Fertitta are scheduled to not only touch upon Silva’s positive steroid test, but all the other recent positive tests as well.
But before the UFC can take center stage at its media conference in Las Vegas, all eyes will be on the Nevada State Athletic Commission on Tuesday, Feb. 17, when the commission will likely hand out suspensions for all fighters who’ve recently tested positive. Included in the 42 different topics outlined in Tuesday’s agenda (via MMAjunkie) are requests for temporary suspensions for Silva, Nick Diaz and Hector Lombard as well as a disciplinary hearing for Ashlee Evans-Smith.
Though it hasn’t been set in stone just yet, it’s safe to assume Tuesday’s hearings won’t induce any smiles from any of the fighters who’ve tested positive. White went as far as to say he expects “Lots of bad s–t” on Tuesday.
“We’re not going to be talking about fun things,” White told MMAjunkie. “We’ll address all the things that have happened lately, and what we’re going to do, and what’s going to happen from here on out.”
The UFC’s already had to remove Silva from The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil 4, per the NSAC‘s request.
Be sure to keep up with Bleacher Report for any and all of the breaking news that’s set to come out of both the Tuesday NSAC hearing and Wednesday UFC press conference.
Kristian Ibarra is a Featured Columnist at Bleacher Report MMA. He also serves as the sports editor at San Diego State University’s student-run newspaper, The Daily Aztec, and a programming intern at Fox Sports San Diego. Follow him on Twitter at @Kristian_Ibarra for all things MMA.
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