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Dana White Says Anderson Silva Has Gone Off Grid Since Failed Test

UFC President Dana White has dealt with Anderson Silva for over a decade, including Silva’s first failed PED test after his UFC 183 bout against Nick Diaz. White was asked about Silva’s situation after a now second failed test leading into his canceled headliner against Kelvin Gastelum at UFC Shanghai and did not give much uplifting […]

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UFC President Dana White has dealt with Anderson Silva for over a decade, including Silva’s first failed PED test after his UFC 183 bout against Nick Diaz.

White was asked about Silva’s situation after a now second failed test leading into his canceled headliner against Kelvin Gastelum at UFC Shanghai and did not give much uplifting news regarding the disgraced former champion.

During a media luncheon in Las Vegas last week, White had this to say about Silva:

“Obviously (I was) bummed out. I was bummed out. I don’t know. They’ve been pretty radio silent. I talked to Ed Soares a couple times and he hadn’t even really talked to Anderson.”

Silva attributed his first failed PED test to some kind of erectile dysfunction medication he was given to by a friend. USADA and the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) didn’t believe him, and he was suspended a full year for his indiscretion.

His team recently gave a similar explanation this time around, claiming the ever-popular tainted supplement defense, but if the outcome of his first excuse didn’t work, it could be extremely unlikely that

The 42-year-old legend is likely facing a longer suspension this time around being that this is his second offense, and even though his team suggests that “The Spider” will fight on, he’s running out of time – and excuses – as PED-related issues cloud the end of his otherwise great career.

What do you think about Silva’s legacy? Will it be cast aside due to two failed drug tests, or will the fact that he was not caught during his nearly seven-year run as middleweight champion still lend him a spot amongst the best mixed martial arts combatants of all-time?

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Anderson Silva’s Team Blames Tainted Supplement For Failed Drug Test

Former middleweight champion and UFC legend Anderson Silva was flagged for the second time in his career for a positive drug test leading into his main event with Kelvin Gastelum in Shanghai last month. Silva was unceremoniously pulled from the fight and is now facing a lengthy suspension given this was his second failed USADA […]

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Silva was unceremoniously pulled from the fight and is now facing a lengthy suspension given this was his second failed USADA test, but his coach has come to his defense using the ever-popular ‘tainted supplement’ excuse.

Silva’s conditioning coach Rogerio Camoes discussed his star pupil’s newest failed drug test on Brazilian television show “Revista Combate” on Tuesday:

“I’m with Anderson for many years and the first thing he said was, ‘Master, I didn’t take anything. I trust his word because Anderson is very mature and experienced, he has the conscience not to take anything that would compromise being suspended or taint his image.

“We believe in some contamination in some supplement. Every product he used, supplements, will be analyzed so we can prove there was a contamination. It’s a slow process, it’s not overnight, and it requires time and money. It’s very expensive.”

Many high profile fighters have used the same excuse when caught using performance-enhancing drugs, but Silva may not receive the benefit of the doubt this time around. Silva attributed his first failed test to some kind of over-the-counter, generic erectile dysfunction pills.

He was punished and suspended for a year regardless, and his team appears to be using a similar defense this time around, despite the fact that it didn’t grant him an appeal after the first failed test following UFC 183.

Camoes admitted to using testosterone replacement therapy himself, but stressed that ‘he never encourage anyone else to do so’.

The former champion, who ruled over the middleweight division for six years, has started looking more and more like an aged fighter in the waning part of his career, however, his conditioning coach believes we haven’t seen the last of “The Spider” in the Octagon:

“I believe he will (come back). In life, when someone is taken away from you, that’s when you want it the most. The thing he wants the most is fighting. I believe he will come back to fighting.

“Before all that happened, I remember saying to (boxing coach Luiz Carlos) Dorea, ‘This guy will fight for more three or four years. This guy will fight until he’s 45, 46 years old.’ He was like a young kid, so happy. Everything will be cleared.

“There will be a penalty, or course, we know the USADA rules, and even with a contamination, it’s the athlete’s responsibility what he takes and you have to be careful with that. We’re waiting for something to know which path we will go after all this.”

Do you believe Camoes tainted supplement defense? Will Anderson Silva ever fight again?

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UFC Shanghai Medical Suspensions: Michael Bisping Out for 60 Days

Following a brutal 1st round knockout loss to Kelvin Gastelum in the top bill of the Shanghai event, Michael Bisping has been ordered to take some time out The UFC released details of medical suspensions in a report on Tuesday to mixedmartialarts.com. …

UFC Shanghai Medical Suspensions: Michael Bisping Faces Lengthy Layoff

With every decision comes a consequence and for those fighters who took part in battle at UFC Shanghai, it’s their time to faces those consequences in the form of medical suspensions. Some of the more notable suspensions include Michael Bisping being suspended for 60 days after being finished in the first round by Kelvin Gastelum […]

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With every decision comes a consequence and for those fighters who took part in battle at UFC Shanghai, it’s their time to faces those consequences in the form of medical suspensions.

Some of the more notable suspensions include Michael Bisping being suspended for 60 days after being finished in the first round by Kelvin Gastelum in a middleweight bout that headlined the event while Li Jingliang got 7 days for beating Zak Ottow in a welterweight bout that served as the co-main event. Ottow is out for 180 days.

Rounding out the four bout main card was Alex Caceres vs. Wang Guan in a featherweight bout and Muslim Salikhov vs. Alex Garcia in a welterweight bout. Here are the entire medical suspensions:

Kelvin Gastelum: suspended 7 days

Michael Bisping: suspended 60 days due to KO and 45 days no contact

Li Jingliang: suspended 7 days

Zak Ottow: suspended 180 days or until cleared by orthopedic doctor for right hand, and suspended minimum 30 days with 21 days no contact
Wang Guan: suspended 7 days

Alex Caceres: suspended 45 days due to right eyelid laceration and 30 days no contact

Alex Garcia: suspended 7 days

Muslim Salikhov: suspended 7 days

Zabit Magomedsharipov: suspended 7 days

Sheymon Moraes: suspended minimum 30 days with 21 days no contact for hard bout

Song Kenan: suspended 7 days

Bobby Nash: suspended minimum 45 days with 30 days no contact for TKO

Yan Xiaonan: suspended 45 days due to lip laceration and 30 days no contact

Kailin Curran: suspended minimum 30 days with 21 days no contact for hard bout

Song Yadong: suspended 180 days or until cleared by orthopedic doctor for right foot, and suspended minimum 30 days with 21 days no contact

Bhahat Kandare: suspended minimum 30 days with 21 days no contact for hard bout

Shamil Abdurakhimov: suspended 180 days or until cleared by orthopedic doctor for left thumb, and suspended minimum 30 days with 21 days no contact

Chase Sherman: suspended minimum 45 days with 30 days no contact for TKO

Gina Mazany: suspended 180 days or until cleared by X-ray for left toe, and suspended minimum 30 days with 21 days no contact

Wu Yanan: suspended minimum 30 days with 21 days no contact

Rolando Dy: suspended 7 days

Wuliji Buren: suspended minimum 30 days with 21 days no contact for hard bout

Cyril Asker: suspended 7 days

Hu Yaozong: suspended minimum 30 days with 21 days no contact for hard bout

UFC Shanghai (Fight Night 122) took place on Saturday, November 25, 2017, at Mercedes Benz Arena in Shanghai, China. The main card aired on the promotion’s streaming service, UFC Fight Pass, at 7 a.m. ET while the preliminary card also aired on Fight Pass at 3:45 a.m. ET.

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UFC Shanghai Reebok Fighter Payouts: Michael Bisping Leads Pack

UFC Shanghai is in the books, and now it’s time for Reebok to pay the fighters their sponsorship money. UFC Shanghai (Fight Night 122) took place on Saturday, November 25, 2017, at Mercedes Benz Arena in Shanghai, China. The main card aired on the promotion’s streaming service, UFC Fight Pass, at 7 a.m. ET while […]

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UFC Shanghai is in the books, and now it’s time for Reebok to pay the fighters their sponsorship money.

Michael Bisping vs. Kelvin Gastelum in a middleweight bout headlined the event while Li Jingliang vs. Zak Ottow in a welterweight bout served as the co-main event. Rounding out the four bout main card was Alex Caceres vs. Wang Guan in a featherweight bout and Muslim Salikhov vs. Alex Garcia in a welterweight bout.

The full payouts include:

Kelvin Gastelum: $10,000 def. Michael Bisping: $20,000

Li Jingliang: $5,000 def. Zak Ottow: $2,500

Wang Guan: $2,500 def. Alex Caceres: $15,000

Alex Garcia: $5,000 def. Muslim Salikhov: $2,500

Zabit Magomedsharipov: $2,500 def. Sheymon Moraes: $2,500

Kenan Song: $2,500 def. Bobby Nash: $2,500

Yan Xiaonan: $2,500 def. Kailin Curran: $5,000

Song Yadong: $2,500 def. Bharat Kandare: $2,500

Shamil Abdurakhimov: $2,500 def. Chase Sherman: $2,500

Gina Mazany: $2,500 def. Yanan Wu: $2,500

Rolando Dy: $2,500 def. Wuliji Buren: $2,500

Cyril Asker: $2,500 def. Hu Yaozong: $2,500

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Was Clearing Michael Bisping The Right Call?

In what could go down as one of the most rapid downfalls following one of the most meteoric title rises in modern MMA history, former UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping was knocked in devastating fashion by Kelvin Gastelum in the main event of today’s (Sat., November 25, 2017) UFC Fight Night 122 from the Mercedes Benz […]

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“The Count” took the fight on just three weeks’ notice after getting rocked, battered on the ground, and ultimately put to sleep by a submission from Georges St-Pierre at November 4’s UFC 217, agreeing to fill in against Gastelum for fellow former champion Anderson Silva after “The Spider” was flagged for his second failed drug test.

Long one of the most dependable and toughest combatants on the UFC roster, ultimate company man Bisping saw it as an opportunity to get back on the horse against a Top 10-ranked opponent without a wait and collect what was certainly a nice check in the process, and the UFC needed a headliner on short notice, so they gladly accepted his services. However, even though he was only issued a 30-day medical suspension at UFC 217 and was obviously cleared by doctors 9 days earlier, it’s safe to wonder if the UFC should have pushed the decision through.

After all, it was a Fight Pass card from Shanghai that began at 7 a.m. ET on a weekend where many American MMA fans were still recovering from their turkey and shopping-induced hangovers from Thanksgiving weekend, and indeed many woke up to find out Bisping had been knocked out online rather than get up early to watch it live.

And with medical concerns like CTE mounting for fighters and other athletes, it’s also safe to question if Bisping should have been subject to taking more damage from the sport’s most powerful up-and-coming knockout artists such a short while after St-Pierre, never a man known for knockout power despite his legendary status, poured it on him so badly after nearly four full years away from the sport. He also had precious little time to train for Gastelum, who presented a much different challenge than St-Pierre, who was admittedly slower after putting on the weight necessary to compete at 185 pounds after fighting his whole career as a welterweight.

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Gastelum has much quicker hands and footwork, and he definitely has more explosive knockout power in his fists, evident by the shockingly quick knockout blow he delivered to Bisping’s chin in the first round.

To be completely clear, “The Count’s” body of work cannot be denied, as he is tied with “Rush” for the most wins in UFC history and was on top of the world only three weeks ago after accomplishing his ultimate goal and winning the belt by knocking out Luke Rockhold at 2016’s UFC 199 following a win over the all-time great (although controversial) Silva. But the fashion in which he was run through by St-Pierre and then Gastelum will make the oft-heard criticism of his title reign – that he ducked the best challengers and fought lesser opponents, like a retiring Dan Henderson and an out-of-retirement St-Pierre because he feared what would happen to him if he fought them – true in the eyes of many.

They said he would end up like he did in Shanghai, but that’s just not really true based on what we saw today; at least not fully. We saw a great fighter, a tough-as-nails champion who wanted to erase the bad memory of perhaps his biggest loss by fighting another top fighter immediately after the loss. While it didn’t pay off, not many, if any, top fighters would put so much on the line again so soon.

Bisping says he’s going to fight again as well, with the March event in London slated for the 38-year-old TUF winner’s final fight. Based on what we saw today, however, I’m not sure March is far enough way for him to recover from being choked then pounded unconscious in a single month. I’m not a pro fighter, let alone one who has remained at the top of the game for so long as Bisping has, and it’s not anything close to my place to tell him it’s time to hang up the gloves.

But I just can’t help but think the UFC thought more about what little effect losing the UFC Fight Night 22 main event would have on their overall bottom line than Bisping’s health, even if he wanted to take the fight more than anything else at the time.

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