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Sonnen Makes No Apologies (Video)

UFC Middleweight, Chael Sonnen who popped positive for PEDs after his UFC 117 titleshot against Middleweight Champion, Anderson Silva told HDNet’s Mike Straka, he will not offer an explanation or apology for properly disclosing to the CSAC Commissioner that his urine would indeed test positive for high testosterone levels due to his medication consumed for […]

UFC Middleweight, Chael Sonnen who popped positive for PEDs after his UFC 117 titleshot against Middleweight Champion, Anderson Silva told HDNet’s Mike Straka, he will not offer an explanation or apology for properly disclosing to the CSAC Commissioner that his urine would indeed test positive for high testosterone levels due to his medication consumed for testosterone replacement therapy to aid his medical condition known as hypogonadism. Sonnen maintains he did not take a steroid and likens calling his medication a “steroid” to calling mouthwash and cough syrup “alcohol”. Chael Sonnen went before the CSAC commission to appeal his 1 year suspension on December 2nd and received a reduced suspension of 6 months. Sonnen’s suspension will be over on March 2, 2011. Full video below:

Justice Is Blind: How The CSAC Let Chael Sonnen Cheat and Get Away With It

Its official folks: You can now take anabolic steroids in the state of California, as long as you think of a good enough excuse after the fact. Chael Sonnen, MMA‘s master snake oil salesman, saved his greatest PR coup for the CSAC. Asked to expla…

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Justice Is Blind: How The CSAC Let Chael Sonnen Cheat and Get Away With It

Chael Sonnen Appeal: CSAC Reduces Suspension to Six Months

It has been an interesting year for Chael Sonnen. In February, Sonnen met Nate Marquardt at UFC 109. Although Marquardt was heavily favored to win the fight, Sonnen outwrestled his opponent en route to a decision victory. With his win over Marquardt, S…

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Chael Sonnen Appeal: CSAC Reduces Suspension to Six Months

Chael Sonnen Gets Off Easy With California Commission

Filed under: UFC, StrikeforceFor most of a bumbling, badly run meeting before the California State Athletic Commission, Chael Sonnen looked like he was toast. Yes, he had brought a couple of highly regarded lawyers with him, and yes, he had a doctor wh…

Filed under: UFC, Strikeforce

For most of a bumbling, badly run meeting before the California State Athletic Commission, Chael Sonnen looked like he was toast. Yes, he had brought a couple of highly regarded lawyers with him, and yes, he had a doctor who testified that he had prescribed Sonnen with testosterone to deal with hypogonadism. But rules are rules, and the members of the Commission, despite seeming at times like they didn’t know what their own rules were, appeared to be in general agreement that Sonnen had violated their rules by failing to properly disclose he was taking testosterone.

And then, in a surprising vote at the end of the Commission hearing, Sonnen got off easy: After the Commission members first deadlocked 2-2 when voting on whether to uphold Sonnen’s one-year suspension, they voted again on a measure to cut his suspension in half, to six months, and that measure passed, 3-1.

Call it a split decision victory for Sonnen, a Fight of the Night-quality performance by his lawyers, and a big loss for the California State Athletic Commission — and for everyone who wants the rules on performance-enhancing drugs to be upheld fairly and uniformly.

Sonnen’s Suspension Reduced to Six Months

(Sonnen’s testimony was as good as his pre-UFC 117 soundbites were.)
After a near three-hour hearing before the California State Athletic Commission on Thursday, UFC middleweight Chael Sonnen’s 12-month suspension for non-disclosure of his pr…

(Sonnen’s testimony was as good as his pre-UFC 117 soundbites were.)

After a near three-hour hearing before the California State Athletic Commission on Thursday, UFC middleweight Chael Sonnen’s 12-month suspension for non-disclosure of his prescribed testosterone therapy prior to his UFC 117 championship bout with Anderson Silva was cut in half.

Sonnen’s legal team gave evidence showing that Sonnen has been undergoing testosterone replacement therapy via twice weekly injections of a synthetic version of the hormone since 2008 under the care of his physician, who also testified to the same.

During testimony, Sonnen said that he had been embarrassed to disclose that he was suffering from hypogonadism, which is characterized by low testosterone levels due to malfunction of his testicles during a fighter’s meeting in which the participants of the card congregate to fill out necessary paperwork in the days prior to the bout. He also revealed that he did not reach puberty until early adulthood and that he did not care to relive the ridicule that he endured as a child because of it.

Sonnen’s Appeal Before CSAC Set For Sometime Today

According to our friends at CagePotato, UFC Middleweight Chael Sonnen’s appeal is set for today at either 12:30pm EST or 4:00pm EST and they will be live-streaming the appeal approximately 15 minutes prior to it happening so start checking in with them at 12:15pm EST. Confused? Just go: here. Sonnen will be appealing […]

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According to our friends at CagePotato, UFC Middleweight Chael Sonnen’s appeal is set for today at either 12:30pm EST or 4:00pm EST and they will be live-streaming the appeal approximately 15 minutes prior to it happening so start checking in with them at 12:15pm EST. Confused? Just go: here. Sonnen will be appealing his suspension due to positive PED testing after his UFC 117 title shot against Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva.