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CSAC To Get Medieval On Antonio Silva

 
Just when you thought it was safe to pull one over on the California State Athletic Commission, word comes down that Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva is getting slapped harder than Badr Hari after the K-1 GP Finals. According to Dave Meltzer of Yahoo!Sports, the CSAC has not taken kindly to Silva's blatant disregard for the steroid-related suspension he received this past summer, and as punishment are now looking to revoke Silva's fighter license. The commission is even going an unprecedented step further, fining Silva's manager (Alex Davis of American Top Team) $2,500 just for negotiating the Sengoku bout which Silva won only two days ago. So how bad would a revoking of Silva's license really be you ask? This bad: "A license revocation would mean Silva, and his corner men, would be banned from fighting in all U.S. commission states until California granted him a new license, which would be no less than one year from the date of it being revoked. Such an action would force whatever form EliteXC that ... (link)

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