UFC 86 drug test results come back clean

by MMAmania.com on Jul 11, 2008 8:05 PM EDT

The Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) today issued the results of the drug tests performed prior to UFC 86: "Jackson vs. Griffin" at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on July 5, revealing that all eight fighters who were screened for banned substances tested negative.

Forrest Griffin, Quinton Jackson, Melvin Guillard, Justin Buchholtz, Cole Miller, Gabriel Gonzaga, Joe Stevenson and Patrick Cote were all among the fighters who were randomly selected to provide samples before their fights.

The tests are designed to deter fighters from ingesting performance enhancing drugs such as steroids and stimulants, as well drugs of abuse like marijuana, heroin, etc.

NSAC has adopted a new year-round drug-testing policy, which is perhaps the strictest of its kind in the sport.

In fact, the NSAC also tested Griffin and Jackson weeks out from the pay-per-view (PPV) event to ensure that fighters don’t "cycle" off of substances prior to their tests.

The tests were random — there was no other reason the fighters mentioned above were singled out.

However, Guillard has tested positive for cocaine in the past and Keith Kizer, NSAC executive director, has mentioned that previous failed tests will be a factor (among others) when it comes to deciding if a fighter should or should not be tested.

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Good thing! i was waiting to hear rampage had juiced.

by BLOodyMEss on Jul 11, 2008 8:07 PM EDT reply actions

Any particular reason for that?

by tm2k on Jul 11, 2008 8:14 PM EDT up reply actions

So that there’ll be a reason for hiss loss against Gryphon…

by TheNegation on Jul 11, 2008 10:52 PM EDT up reply actions

No suprises?!…Good, nice to hear.

by RobH86 on Jul 11, 2008 8:33 PM EDT reply actions

Did they test the judges who have round 1 to Forrest??

by MoonUK on Jul 12, 2008 8:43 AM EDT up reply actions

Yeah, right. That should be who they are testing, the incompitent judges who had their head up their asses the entire first round.

by yoububg on Jul 12, 2008 9:18 AM EDT up reply actions

lol

by john on Jul 12, 2008 10:08 AM EDT up reply actions

No, an aftermath investigtion revealed that one of the judges was merely Cecil Peoples in disguise so that kind of clears things up a bit.

by RobH86 on Jul 12, 2008 12:45 PM EDT up reply actions

I love how people always have to bring up a certain fighters past mistakes that he made a year or two ago. It’s as if they expect them to test positive for drugs, roids, or fail to make weight every time they fight. Ex: Alves and Guillard.

by steve24 on Jul 11, 2008 9:14 PM EDT reply actions

Guillard is a terror. I hope the guy can stay clean.. AHHHH but what of GH?? Hard to find that one…

by DRE on Jul 11, 2008 9:47 PM EDT reply actions

Dudes, off topic. I just wanna know when they’ll let Rich “NO LOVe” Clementi do battle again. I mean, they let Gulliard fight all the time. I haven’t heard of Clementi lately. If the guy could put his act together, he’ll be a dangerous threat at LW!

by TheNegation on Jul 11, 2008 10:50 PM EDT reply actions

Eh??

Clementi fought Guillard at UFC 79 and has since fought at UFC 83 & 84 (all wins).

You can see his fights here

http://mixedmartialartvideos.com/category/fighters/rich-clementi/

by Automation on Jul 12, 2008 5:01 AM EDT up reply actions

Actually I think they have been removed

by Automation on Jul 12, 2008 5:03 AM EDT up reply actions

good deal! i hope affliction does the same. we dont need roid or drug scandals in our favorite sport. this strict form of testing is a good thing and will eventually be recognized by the media. i know nothings perfect, but mma (particulary the ufc) will stand out as a part of this. the issue with hgh is going to have to be dealt with sooner or later by all sports, if not why even bother testing for roids.

by b.w on Jul 12, 2008 12:35 AM EDT reply actions

The problem with testing, is it only can find roids that are known to be tested for. Any chemist worth his salt can make his own special brew that would never show up on a test. Balco proved that till someone turned in a sample. Up till that point, it was totally undetectable. HGH is always going to be really hard to test for.. piss or blood. Roids will always be an issue. And there will always be chemists that can make big cake whipping up their own special cocktails.. It is kind of a bummer, but it is unavoidable..

by DRE on Jul 12, 2008 4:16 AM EDT reply actions