Anderson Silva shocked the sports world when he tested positive for two illegal steroids.
On Thursday (13th of August), Anderson Silva finally goes to trial by the Nevada State Athletic Commission for his doping case pre and post-fight at UFC 183 in January this year, when he faced and defeated Nick Diaz.
Two days before the first hearing, however, Brazilian website site gained access to the response that the defense of the Spider sent to the NAC.
According to the report, the former UFC middleweight champion denies the conscious use of drostanolone and androsterone substances, but admits that he consumed drugs against anxiety in the fight the night before. Also according to the defense, the other prohibited substances in examinations are due to contaminated supplements used by Anderson, including one that would be to “improve sexual performance such as Viagra.
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“The Spider” tested positive for drostanolone metabolites twice — once the day of his Jan. 31 fight against Nick Diaz and in an out-of-competition, Jan. 9 test. Silva also tested positive for androstane, another banned substance, in the random, pre-fight test.
Silva’s lawyer Michael Alonso writes in the complaint that Silva was “administering or using a supplement for the purpose of enhancing sexual performance and testing of the supplement revealed that the supplement was contaminated with an Exogenous Anabolic Agent: Drostanolone metabolite.”
Alonso also wrote that another supplement Silva was taking could have contained androstane.
Silva’s defense against the NAC will also contain inconsistencies in drug tests, including two tests — one pre-fight and one post-fight — that Silva passed. The NAC did not include in its initial complaint the post-fight test that Silva had passed, according to the complaint.
Earlier this week Silva said he was confident that he would get his name cleared.
Already penalised, Anderson Silva already fulfills the temporary suspension since February 18.
The Nevada State Athletic Commission contends that the Spider will be fined up to $ 250,000, in addition to covering expenses for test research at laboratories. At 40 years of age, the Brazilian has 34 wins and six losses on his record, and is considered one of the top names in MMA history. His last fight, against Diaz, ended in victory by unanimous decision after five rounds.
