Comments on: World Victory Road Looking To Sign Antonio Silva

By: justin

justin — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:19:08 +0000

BSBiz,
Good points.

By: timcat

timcat — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:16:59 +0000

BSBiz,

That has to be the best post ever and I totally agree with everthing you just said.

Here’s to ya!

By: BSBiz

BSBiz — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:09:48 +0000

So he appeals based on the fact that he was actually taking a supplement that could cause a false positive and submits an indepedant drug test showing no steroids in his system. The steroid in question, boldenone, has a retention time in the body of over a year (detectable time). So he’s free and clear, right? Well no.

When I was an athlete in college, we had to take random urine tests and one of the parts of it was that we had to fill out the form beforehand stating any drugs, supplements, or anything that might show up on the results. This included ibuprofen, decongestants, vitamins, or any prescription drugs. Apparently, Silva filled none of this out.

What hacks me off is that now Silva’s people are saying that because the forms were in English, he didn’t fill them out.

WTF?!?!?!?!? You mean to tell me that a man who is a professional MMA fighter in presumably a significant gym that handles fighters who fight all over the world doesn’t have someone who understands English well enough to get him to fill out a “Supplements I’ve taken in the last month” form? I call complete and total shenanigans. While he may not have taken any kind of anabolic agent and whatever it was that he took may have been legal, you still have to follow all the instructions.

Maybe because of the independant test, the CSAC won’t hold the going to Japan thing against him, but he still needs to follow the rules, not just the ones in Portuguese.

By: justin

justin — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:43:26 +0000

DBiz,
I did read that he tested positive for steroids, but also I read that it he cannot take steroids because of a preexisting condition.

By: huertarogerhuerta

huertarogerhuerta — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:20:39 +0000

the japanese will love this guy if ur really big ur an instastar in japan i hear.

By: BSBiz

BSBiz — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:08:59 +0000

Now wait a minute…

That photo looks less like an MMA fighter and more like an advertisement for t-shirts at JC Penney.

Shaved Yeti, my ass. Oh wait… same thing.

By: DBiz

DBiz — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:00:20 +0000

DAMN IT!!!

I should have called him a Shaved Yeti. He’s too pale to be an actual Sasquatch.

By: DBiz

DBiz — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:59:36 +0000

As I understand it, the Shaved Sasquatch up there actually did test positive for steroids. As a result, the argument that the CSAC somehow did wrong by him carries very little weight. At worst, they didn’t let him off on a technicality.

And because I have to say it every time I see that picture….

GAYEST.
SASQUATCH.
EVAR!!!

By: justin

justin — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:53:21 +0000

His suspension is starting to look less legit with all the stuff surrounding Garcia. I can’t say that I would have a problem with him fighting for Sengoku, if they’ll have him.