Levens Tests Positive For Banned Painkiller Oxymorphone
UFC, WEC, and IFL veteran Justin Levens (9-8), whose scheduled bout against Ray Lamaza at Affliction “Banned” was canceled due to time constraints, has tested positive for the banned painkiller Oxymorphone, according to the California State Athletic Commission.
Leven’s pre-event drug test returned levels of 10,141 ng/mL, nearly 10,000 ng/mL higher than the CSAC’s cutoff for oxymorphone of 120 ng/mL.
A loser of five-straight and eight of his last ten, Levens has been fined $1,000 and suspended for six months by the CSAC as a result of the positive test. He has the right to appeal the ruling.
Levens’ positive test was revealed just hours after UFC light heavyweight James Irvin was confirmed to have tested positive for the same painkiller following his loss to Anderson Silva in Nevada.
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These stories are getting very old…
i said it before and i’ll say it again i think these guys train too hard, so i bet there in alot of pain all the time no wonder they want the strongest pain killers
I’d be popping painkillers like candy if I got hit as hard as these guys.
All the UFC fighters are DOPPERS????? SUXY for the sport…
painkillers obviously don’t help these fighters win.
I agree the pain is from the training…It is going to be the sports big scandal.All this makes Nick Diaz look like a rookie…
D,
I completely agree, this is getting very very old!!!!!
baseball and football have steroids
basketball has cheating refs
and mma has oxymorphone…i bet you now that theres more drugs showing up now espn will try to cover mma jus to try to hurt the sport espn hates mma…you can just tell they all hate it… the only person who likes it is Tony Reali
I have to say that fighters may be in a lot of pain but the use of oxymorphone is unnecessary except in post surgery events. If a fighter is needing to be on oxymorphone for ANY REASON WHATSOEVER they should NOT be allowed to fight. Not at ANY dose. ANY dose of this stuff would send you and I skyrocketing for the stars.
I don’t mind the fighters using it post surgery or for chronic pain…but come on…at least inform the commission so they can make a judgement instead of being embarassed later.
You lose prize money even if you win a fight and later find the banned substance. Is that right? I’m not sure the rules on that but if that is the case the whole “I have to feed my family” bit doesn’t work considering the street price of Oxy is ridiculously high.
Curtis and all others,
Its time someone did something. Anybody have the tech savy and the time to produce a scarlet board for all those who have tested positive…a mma wall of shame…
I am not sure I can on this site, but I could on my site…
I would need help from you guys to do it. If you want click my name and email me through that site. If you provide me with names I can put something together.
You have mail…
where are they getting this drug???
probably from sherk…lol
I’ve started a list. will have to do some research for more names.
http://www.fromthecage.com
Side issue..Really good episode of WEC wreckage on right now…
Whoever gets this up make sure you cite a source date and drug…Cover your six…
Some to start with
Josh Barnett
Royce Gracie(That still hurts thinking about it)
Sean Serk
James Irvin
Hermes Franca
Phil Baroni
Cafe Nogueira
Tim Sylvia
Stephan Bonnar…
Kazuhiro Nakamura
Pawel Natsua
Tim Credur
Nick Diaz
Bobby Hoffman
Vitor BELFORT
Kevin Randleman
i got an idea…test them for this garbage BEFORE THE FIGHT! then they wouldnt do it. Except for Sherk…he would still do it.
thats stupid zac then they could take it before the fight you idiot……..
where can I get some
Melvin Guillard
your right…he could take it before the fight…right after they test…and then get tested again after the fight, test positive, and never fight again because you could never come up with an excuse.
plus performance enhancers and whatnot take at least a week i’m sure to show any gains. i’ve written a letter to sherk for further insight.