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Chael Sonnen PED Update #1: ‘Natural Steroids’, Dana White’s Response + More

(Chael’s growing bacne problem: the smoking gun? Or were the mats just not washed after Lindland used them? Image courtesy of CageWriter.)
A few notable points that have emerged since yesterday’s bombshell that Chael Sonnen tested posi…

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(Chael’s growing bacne problem: the smoking gun? Or were the mats just not washed after Lindland used them? Image courtesy of CageWriter.)

A few notable points that have emerged since yesterday’s bombshell that Chael Sonnen tested positive for performance enhancing drugs following UFC 117…

– According to the L.A. Times’ Lance Pugmire, Sonnen tested positive for a "natural steroid" before his fight with Anderson Silva. Natural steroids, such as androstenedione and dehydroepiandrosterone, aren’t chemically altered like synthetic steroids, and can be sold over-the-counter as supplements at health food stores.

– Sonnen is facing a year-long suspension and a $2,500 fine, which he has 30 days to appeal. According to California State Athletic Commission Executive Officer George Dodd, Sonnen’s positive test emerged from a urine sample he gave before the fight that was processed through the UCLA Olympic drug-testing lab.

James Toney Wants to Fight at UFC 123

Filed under: UFC, NewsEver since Randy Couture turned his lights out with a triangle choke submission at UFC 118, James Toney has been relatively quiet. But the Motor City mouth that scored him his first foray into the UFC cage is beginning to roar onc…

Filed under: UFC, News

Ever since Randy Couture turned his lights out with a triangle choke submission at UFC 118, James Toney has been relatively quiet. But the Motor City mouth that scored him his first foray into the UFC cage is beginning to roar once again.

Speaking to FightHype.com, Toney said that he’s interested in taking another shot at the octagon. And he even has a date in mind: UFC 123, which is scheduled to take place in a suburb near his hometown of Detroit.

White Hopes that One Day ‘TUF’ will Culminate in a Giant, Multicultural Battle Royal

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While longtime viewers of “The Ultimate Fighter” continue to plead for the UFC to do something, anything to shake up the show’s stale formula, Zuffa, LLC. remains unwavering in its plans to take the reality ser…

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While longtime viewers of “The Ultimate Fighter” continue to plead for the UFC to do something, anything to shake up the show’s stale formula, Zuffa, LLC. remains unwavering in its plans to take the reality series global with a number of American Idol-style international spin-offs. So says Dana White during the above recent public appearance, where he outlines future plans for the foreign and American ‘TUFs’ to culminate at the same live finale in a kind of intercontinental smorgasbord of violence.

“What we’re doing now is we’re working on ways to get ‘The Ultimate Fighter’ in other countries,” White says. At this point some enterprising soul in the audience (we assume it’s either Russell or Helwani) yells, ‘Canada!’ but White carries on without acknowledging him: “And then, you know when we do the finales? The finale would be all the countries (will) come together and everybody fights.”

We’re pretty sure he doesn’t mean all at once, but still …

Chuck Liddell Likely to Decide Future in Fighting this Month

Things have been relatively quiet on the Chuck Liddell retirement watch—perhaps this is due to the fact that most people can’t really imagine the legendary fighter returning, after being unofficially retired by UFC President Dana White for a second time in June. After all, even “The Iceman’s” biggest admirers have to be asking themselves if […]

Things have been relatively quiet on the Chuck Liddell retirement watch—perhaps this is due to the fact that most people can’t really imagine the legendary fighter returning, after being unofficially retired by UFC President Dana White for a second time in June. After all, even “The Iceman’s” biggest admirers have to be asking themselves if it’s not time for Chuck to focus on other “Dancing with the Stars” like endeavours from here on out; dude’s been violently stopped three fights in a row.

Despite his KO loss to Rich Franklin at UFC 115, Liddell has still not made “it official”, making a lot of people like us here at Fix conclude Chuck’s seriously thinking about fighting again. In a recent interview with the Minnesota Star Tribune, the former light-heavyweight champ was quoted saying:

“It’s about how I feel and if I want to go back and make a run at a title and how far away that would be. And whatever I think is left in the tank. I’ve been doing PR stuff for the last couple months, and I’ll finally be home for the month. I’ll probably decide sometime in September, when I have time to relax.”

“I don’t feel like there’s anything left to prove. I still love fighting, but there’s a lot that goes into it. Maybe it might be time. I’m just not sure yet.”

Now, we could be and often are wrong, but if you put on your read between the lines glasses for a second, don’t you think the sentence ‘if Dana lets me I’ll fight’ is visible?

Karo Parisyan Making Octagon Return; Faces Dennis Hallman at UFC 123

If you thought you’d never see the day again when Karo Parisyan rag dolls some dude to the Octagon floor, prepare to be jaw droppingly surprised. According to an initial report from MMA Fighting this afternoon, which has been subsequently confirmed by several other outlets, Parisyan will make his Octagon return on November 20th, versus […]

If you thought you’d never see the day again when Karo Parisyan rag dolls some dude to the Octagon floor, prepare to be jaw droppingly surprised. According to an initial report from MMA Fighting this afternoon, which has been subsequently confirmed by several other outlets, Parisyan will make his Octagon return on November 20^th, versus Dennis Hallman. Holy sh-t right?

Why? What’s the big deal MMA, but-not-hardcore, fans may be asking? Well after Parisyan withdrew last minute from his scheduled UFC 106 bout with Dustin Hazelett, Dana White promptly announced that the judo stud “will not be fighting Saturday or ever again in the UFC.” It was the last straw in a series of events for the troubled fighter, which included testing positive for painkillers, getting subsequently fined and suspended (and another last minute fight withdrawal). Things weren’t looking so good in the fighting career of Parisyan, who at one point before having serious setbacks due to injuries, sat near the top of the welterweight division.

Anyways, after earning a win ‘down under’ in Australia recently and consistently stating his desire publicly to return to the UFC, it looks like Parisyan has gotten his wish. If you still haven’t seen his Fight Night 6 bout with Diego Sanchez, you should feel huge amounts of instantaneous shame, and then go find footage. Anyone asked Paul Daley yet what he makes of all this?

Dana White Signed Cain Velasquez Without Ever Having Seen Him Fight

(What, me worry?)
Having signed with the promotion with only two MMA bouts under his belt, it’s clear that Cain Velasquez’s route to the UFC wasn’t as arduous as the paths most fighters take to make it to the big show, but considering he is still …

(What, me worry?)

Having signed with the promotion with only two MMA bouts under his belt, it’s clear that Cain Velasquez’s route to the UFC wasn’t as arduous as the paths most fighters take to make it to the big show, but considering he is still undefeated in the Octagon and is set to fight for their heavyweight title, it’s obvious that Zuffa’s gamble paid off.

In a recent interview with GracieMag, Velasquez, who will take on UFC heavyweight champ Brock Lesnar at UFC 121 October 23 in Anaheim, Calif. says that his "tryout" for the UFC wasn’t much more than an impromptu training session in Vegas set up by his manager, Bob Cook, who called Dana White and asked him to check out his star pupil.

According to Velasqez, the UFC president was so impressed with what he saw, he signed him without watching a single one of his fights.