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USADA Suspends Former UFC Heavyweight Champ Frank Mir for Two Years

Former UFC heavyweight Frank Mir has finally learned his fate following a failed drug test a year ago under USADA. For Mir, it’s not good news: two years on the sidelines. Having served a year already, that’s still another year to sit out. Just under, as the suspension was backdated to April 8, 2016. USADA […]

Former UFC heavyweight Frank Mir has finally learned his fate following a failed drug test a year ago under USADA. For Mir, it’s not good news: two years on the sidelines. Having served a year already, that’s still another year to sit out. Just under, as the suspension was backdated to April 8, 2016. USADA […]

Anderson Silva Wants To Fight Nick Diaz At UFC 212

Former longtime UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva was scheduled to take on rising contender Kelvin Gastelum at UFC 212 on June 3, 2017 in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, but it was reported last week that Gastelum had been flagged by USADA (United States Anti-Doping Agency) for a potential anti-doping violation, which subsequently forced him out

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Former longtime UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva was scheduled to take on rising contender Kelvin Gastelum at UFC 212 on June 3, 2017 in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, but it was reported last week that Gastelum had been flagged by USADA (United States Anti-Doping Agency) for a potential anti-doping violation, which subsequently forced him out of the bout with Silva.

The UFC quickly made it clear that “The Spider” would likely remain on the card, and names like Luke Rockhold and Vitor Belfort emerged as potential replacement opponents. Silva, however, doesn’t appear to be interested in fighting either man:

“I’m coming off a win (over Derek Brunson), right, after a long time without wins, so it doesn’t make sense to fight any of them because they are both coming off losses,” Silva said at a UFC 212 press conference in Rio de Janeiro (Via MMAFighting.com). “It’s not something that will add anything for me. It doesn’t make sense.

“I’m ready to fight whoever the UFC puts there. It doesn’t matter who that is, be someone who’s coming off wins and adds something to my legacy, otherwise it doesn’t make sense.”

Instead, Silva expressed interest in a rematch with former Strikeforce welterweight champion Nick Diaz:

“It’s something that was on the table ,too, it’s possible that it happens this fight with Nick,” said Silva.

“I respect him, he’s an excellent fighter,” Silva said. “It would be an interesting fight. It would be cool because this fight makes sense. The (first) fight was a no contest, so we’ll see. Anything can happen.”

The first fight was indeed declared a no-contest. Silva technically won the bout via unanimous decision, but the result was overturned after both men failed drug tests.

Diaz, like Silva, was handed a suspension for his failed drug test, but he was deemed eligible to fight again this past August, although he has yet to return to the Octagon.

Would you like to see Silva and Diaz run it back in Brazil?

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Dana White ‘Walking Through Process’ To Book Anderson Silva vs. Luke Rockhold

Last week, it was reported that rising middleweight contender Kelvin Gastelum had been flagged by USADA (United States Anti-Doping Agency) for a potential anti-doping violation, forcing him to be pulled from his scheduled fight with Anderson Silva at June 3’s UFC 212 in Brazil. Now, UFC President Dana White has been dealt with the task

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Last week, it was reported that rising middleweight contender Kelvin Gastelum had been flagged by USADA (United States Anti-Doping Agency) for a potential anti-doping violation, forcing him to be pulled from his scheduled fight with Anderson Silva at June 3’s UFC 212 in Brazil.

Now, UFC President Dana White has been dealt with the task of finding Silva a new opponent, which may not be so easy:

“Obviously Anderson was willing to take on Kelvin Gastelum, who is a very tough and dangerous guy,” White told MMAjunkie at UFC 210’s post-event news conference. “I got to talk to Anderson. You all know, everybody in this room knows what it’s like dealing with Anderson. Not that it’s a bad thing; it’s just a process. It’s a process that I’m going to have to go through now.”

While White admitted that dealing with the former middleweight champion is a ‘process’, he also added in the fact that Silva has always stepped up and fought whoever was put in front of him.

Luckily, White may have a logical replacement, as ex-champion Luke Rockhold recently offered to take on “The Spider” in Brazil. Rockhold hasn’t competed since last June when he was shockingly knocked out by current titleholder Michael Bisping.

As far as the potential fight goes, White said that he looks forward to ‘walking through’ the process in order to make it happen:

“One of the things that I’ve always respected about Anderson – he didn’t want to fight Chael Sonnen again,” White said. “He said, ‘The guy is disrespectful, he’s a punk, and he doesn’t deserve to fight me.’ He fought him. There’s always been times where – Anderson steps up, and Anderson fights. Anderson and fought (Daniel) Cormier at (UFC) 200. He’s a stud, man. He’s the (greatest of all time), and I’m looking forward to walking through this process for the Luke Rockhold fight. We’ll see what happens.”

Is this a fight you’d be interested in seeing?

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Dana White: Jon Jones Won’t Headline In Return Fight

Daniel Cormier defended his light heavyweight title for the second time this past weekend (April 8, 2017) at UFC 210, making a rematch between him and former champion Jon Jones seem like the next fight to make. Jones is currently serving out a USADA (United States Anti-Doping Agency) suspension, but he will be eligible to

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Daniel Cormier defended his light heavyweight title for the second time this past weekend (April 8, 2017) at UFC 210, making a rematch between him and former champion Jon Jones seem like the next fight to make. Jones is currently serving out a USADA (United States Anti-Doping Agency) suspension, but he will be eligible to fight again in July.

Some have expected the UFC to book the highly anticipated rematch for July 8’s UFC 213, which will take place in Las Vegas during International Fight Week. The only problem, however, is that UFC 213 already has a co-main event and UFC President Dana White doesn’t trust Jon Jones to headline another card given his issues outside of the cage:

“If Jones fights, Jones is going to be a co-main event anyway. There’s already a co-main event on that card,” White said during the post-fight press conference.

“I’d put just about everybody ahead and make them the main event. I just don’t have the faith right now that the fight’s going to happen. I don’t want to spend millions and millions of dollars again promoting a fight that doesn’t happen,” said White.

UFC 213 is currently set to be co-headlined by a bantamweight title fight between 135-pound champion Cody Garbrandt and ex-titleholder TJ Dillashaw. The card does not have a main event set as of now.

Do you agree with White’s stance, or should Jones be given one last chance upon his return?

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Daniel Cormier Fires Back At ‘Cialis Boy’ Jon Jones

UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel “DC” Cormier defended his title for the second time with a submission victory over Anthony Johnson in the main event of last night’s (April 8, 2017) UFC 210 from Buffalo, New York. With the victory, Cormier has likely earned himself a rematch with former champion and former pound-for-pound king Jon

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UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel “DC” Cormier defended his title for the second time with a submission victory over Anthony Johnson in the main event of last night’s (April 8, 2017) UFC 210 from Buffalo, New York.

With the victory, Cormier has likely earned himself a rematch with former champion and former pound-for-pound king Jon Jones, who is currently serving a USADA suspension that will end this coming July.

Jones was actually in Buffalo for the fight and recently called Cormier’s weigh-in debacle one of the ‘dirtiest’ things he’s seen in sports. Cormier responded last night at the post-fight press conference by taking a shot at Jones’ issues with his UFC 200 drug test that forced him out of a scheduled rematch with “DC”:

“It’s like you sit there and you take a table, put a whole bunch of kitchen appliances. At the end of one side, there’s a pot, and at the other side is a kettle. That pot starts yelling, ‘you’re dirty!’ while you’re sitting there with a steroid needle,” Cormier said with a laugh. “That’s my opinion on that.

“You sit over there pot, with your cialis or whatever that s—t’s called. Get over there. Sit over there, pot, in detention. Cialis boy.”

Who do you expect to come out on top when these two light heavyweight titans meet later this year?

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Kelvin Gastelum Flagged By USADA, Pulled From Bout With Anderson Silva

Rising middleweight contender Kelvin Gastelum has been notified by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) of a potential anti-doping violation in the aftermath of his first round TKO victory over Vitor Belfort last month in Brazil. Gastelum was quickly booked to fight Anderson Silva at UFC 212 on June 3, 2012 after his win over

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Rising middleweight contender Kelvin Gastelum has been notified by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) of a potential anti-doping violation in the aftermath of his first round TKO victory over Vitor Belfort last month in Brazil.

Gastelum was quickly booked to fight Anderson Silva at UFC 212 on June 3, 2012 after his win over Belfort, but he has now been pulled from that bout due to the fact that he has been provisionally suspended by USADA.

Check out the official statement from the UFC below:

The UFC organization was notified today that the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) informed Kelvin Gastelum of a potential Anti-Doping Policy violation involving Carboxy-Tetrahydrocannabinol (“Carboxy-THC”) which is a metabolite of marijuana and/or hashish, above the decision limit of 180 ng/mL, stemming from an in-competition sample collected in conjunction with his recent bout in Fortaleza, Brazil on March 11, 2017.

USADA, the independent administrator of the UFC Anti-Doping Policy, will handle the results management and appropriate adjudication of this case involving Gastelum, as it relates to the UFC Anti-Doping Policy and future UFC participation. Because the Brazilian MMA Athletic Commission (CABMMA) was the regulatory body overseeing the fight in Fortaleza and has licensing jurisdiction over Gastelum, USADA will work to ensure that the Commission has the necessary information to determine its proper judgment of Gastelum’s potential anti-doping violation. Additional information will be provided at the appropriate time as the process moves forward.

As a result of the potential anti-doping violation against Gastelum, USADA has placed him under a provisional suspension. While the UFC Anti-Doping Policy affords Gastelum full and fair due process rights before any possible adjudication of his case, because of the proximity to Gastelum’s scheduled June 3rd bout against Anderson Silva, Gastelum is being removed from the card and a replacement is currently being sought.

 

What do you make of this news?

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