Up until this afternoon, little was known about Anderson Silva’s current status with USADA, after failing another pre-fight drug test ahead of his scheduled bout against Kelvin Gastelum.
However now it’s been made clear, the UFC legend tested positive for multiple banned substances, including synthetic testosterone.
Because it is his second offense, he will trigger a potential four year ban. However, under the USADA rules, the fact that his latest drug test was positive for multiple substances it is considered “Aggravated Circumstance Clause” which triggers an additional four year ban.
To date, according to new information, Anderson Silva has failed four drug tests since 2015, and at 42 years old, an eight year ban is a career ender.
The only thing that can save Silva’s career at this point, is if he can come up with an acceptable defense, and be found innocent of all charges.
Brazil’s Combate is citing sources close to USADA and the UFC as the revealers of this new information.
Here’s their report: (Translated)
Tagged under anti-doping and suspended since November 2017, Anderson Silva may be in poor condition with the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), which regulates doping in the UFC. The former middleweight champion – pulled out of the fight against Kelvin Gastelum at UFC China late last year – was caught for the use of synthetic testosterone (methyltestosterone) and diuretic, according to Combate.com with sources linked to the company.
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Anderson Silva’s defense wants him to be tried as the primary defendant, since in his other doping case in 2015, when he tested positive twice before the fight with Nick Diaz, the regulation was not made by USADA yet, being in charge of the Nevada Athletic Commission (NAC).
This was the fourth positive antidoping test in Anderson Silva’s career. In 2015, the fighter was spotted three times in a month – in an out-of-competition test and in two samples taken by different laboratories on the day of his fight against Nick Diaz, January 31 of that year – with the substances androsterone, drostanolone , temazepam and oxazepam. At the time, USADA was not yet responsible for anti-doping control; the exams were requested by the Nevada Athletic Commission (NAC), which overturned Anderson’s victory over Diaz and sentenced him to one year suspended . Despite this, USADA may consider “Spider” as a repeat offender and use the case as an aggravating circumstance.
