sherdog.com - 10/22/2008
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CSAC Upholds Silva Suspension LOS ANGELES -- The California State Athletic Commission on Wednesday upheld the one-year suspension of <a href="http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Antonio-Silva-12354">Antonio Silva</a> at an appeals hearing for the EliteXC heavyweight champion
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CSAC Upholds Antonio Silva Suspension
Bloody Elbow —
From Sherdog:
The California State Athletic Commission on Wednesday upheld the one-year suspension of Antonio Silva at an appeals hearing for the EliteXC heavyweight champion.
Here was Silva's peeps talking to MMA Weekly with their explanation a few weeks back:
Silva's American representative, Alex Davis, maintains that Silva's medical condition of acromegaly, or "gigantism" precludes him from taking anabolic steroids. Acromegaly is characterized by a benign tumor in the pituitary gland that ...
Bigfoot found … guilty
Fightlinker.com » Fightlinker - MMA, UFC, and other funny fight crap —
Bigfoot found … guilty October 23, 2008 – 10:50 am by fightlinker [image] Antonio Bigfoot Silva has been pretty vocal regarding the accusations that he took Boldenone leading up to his title fight with Justin Eilers. We wrote up a pretty big post on exactly what Silva’s defense was and the specific science behind it, but long story short he claims to have taken a supplement that is well known to cause false positives for Boldenone. That was stupid, but it raised some interesting questions. Unfortunately the California State Athletic Commission had no intentions of answering those questions, instead focusing on the independent pee test ...
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Silva Sues CSAC
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Silva Sues CSAC Suspended fighter <a href="http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Antonio-Silva-12354">Antonio Silva</a> filed a civil action against the California State Athletic Commission on Jan. 7 in Los Angeles ...
Garcia Resigns from CSAC
sherdog.com 11/9/2008 —
Garcia Resigns from CSAC The California State Athletic Commission will formally accept the resignation of Executive Officer Armando Garcia at a commission meeting on Nov. 18 in Los Angeles, according to a notice posted on the CSAC Web ...
More Bigfoot suspension details
fightlinker.com 10/24/2008 — Here’s more details from the Antonio Silva case and how Howard Jacobs fucked it up:
Jacobs produced test results from another laboratory, Aegis Labs, that tested a separate urine sample from Silva taken 40 days after the commission’s test. It ...
Silva: 'My Time is Already Over'
sherdog.com 10/15/2008 —
Silva: 'My Time is Already Over' The talk started in late September.
That’s when Anderson Silva, the UFC middleweight champion regarded by many as the No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter in the world, said on a Brazilian TV show that he was ...
Silva: ‘My Time is Already Over’
sherdog.com 10/15/2008 —
Silva: ‘My Time is Already Over’ The talk started in late September.
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That’s when <a href="http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Anderson-Silva-1356">Anderson Silva</a>, the UFC middleweight champion ...
World Victory Road Looking To Sign Antonio Silva
mmafrenzy.com 11/15/2008 — Still reeling from EliteXC folding and a suspension from the CSAC for testing positive for steroids, Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva could rebound quicker than originally imagined despite some obvious caveats. It seems that Silva may opt to ignore his ...
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