CSAC upholds steroid suspension for Antonio 'Bigfoot' Silva

by James Iannotti on Oct 22, 2008 8:38 PM EDT

The first and only Elite XC Heavyweight Champion Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva did not get the result he was looking for today when his appeal to the California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) was denied.

The Brazilian filed an appeal with the CSAC after testing positive for the anabolic steroid Boldenone following his win over Justin Eilers to capture the vacant heavyweight strap at 'Unfinished Business' back on July 19.

"Bigfoot" will be forced to serve the original one year suspension and pay a $2,500 fine.

His appeals case was based around the fact that he suffers from the medical condition known as Acromegaly, which is more commonly referred to as "Gigantism" and that a tumor in his body caused
excessive amounts of testosterone to be released into his system.

While that may be true, Boldenone is an artificial drug developed for veterinary use - primarily on horses. It's not recommended for use by humans, much less naturally residing within us.

Often Boldenone is confused with another anabolic steroid called Nandrolone, which is naturally present in the human body up to certain levels. That's what Sean Sherk, Royce Gracie and even Roger Clemens have been accused of using to enhance performance.

Unfortunately for any users of Boldenone, it has a long half-life, which means it can be detected for up to a year and a half after use. Phil Baroni, Stephan Bonner and Josh Barnett have all dealt with positive drug tests for Boldenone.

Now an apparent free agent in the MMA world after the demise of Elite XC, "Bigfoot" will be out of action until July 26, 2009.

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by medecine balls on Oct 22, 2008 8:45 PM EDT reply actions

tough break… dont really know what to say besides dont cheat… anyways! HIJACK ALERT!! Bodog has clementi at +200!!!! they must be NUTS! if there was ever an underdog to bet on guys, this is it… the 40 fight veteran vs a guy with only 5 fights, this is a true live unerdog

by brendan on Oct 22, 2008 8:46 PM EDT reply actions

Does his suspension prevent him from signing with an organization even though he will be unable to compete until July, since he is currently a free agent?

by c-war on Oct 22, 2008 8:47 PM EDT reply actions

His punishment should be to fight Fedor!

by mmanutz on Oct 22, 2008 9:16 PM EDT reply actions

like it even matters

by DB on Oct 22, 2008 9:30 PM EDT reply actions

“Boldenone, can be detected for up to a year and a half” UR an idiot if u use this in sports, Bonner must be dumber than he looks. ‘BigFoot’ is actually AS Dumb as he looks!

by THORAZINE on Oct 22, 2008 9:30 PM EDT reply actions

Commissions are BS and crooked. They wanna use all kinds of standards, and the administrative/decision making side and testing side are not independent. Their testing criteria is not full proof(not that it can always be), and they would never admit to fault. Their punishment handouts are completely subjective. Their list of banned substances is incomplete and they don’t bother with updating it frequently.

by NameNotRequired on Oct 22, 2008 9:34 PM EDT reply actions

NameNotRepquired it’s an interesting viewpoint that’s been echoed before.. I don’t think it pertains to ‘BigFoot’ though.. they got him on Boldonone.

by THORAZINE on Oct 22, 2008 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions

I agree with both of you. The CSAC has been accused of a lot of shady procedures. That being said, the vacant tumor pumping a horse steroid into Silva was not a story that was going to hold much water.

by naturalshadow on Oct 23, 2008 5:37 AM EDT up reply actions

Naturalshadow, well put.

by THORAZINE on Oct 23, 2008 4:37 PM EDT up reply actions

“mmanutz” that’s fuckin funny Feed him to Fedor!!ha ha

by suck my nutz on Oct 22, 2008 9:36 PM EDT reply actions

“mmanutz” that’s fucking funny. Feed him to Fedor ha ha ha!!!

by suck my nutz on Oct 22, 2008 9:40 PM EDT reply actions

can you fight overseas (south america/russia/japan) after testing positive in USA ????

by bigjohn on Oct 22, 2008 10:13 PM EDT reply actions

I’m pretty sure you can. I don’t know what the tesing requirements are overseas. If this thing lasts as long as they say and is still in his system then what does that mean for him?

by DSmith on Oct 22, 2008 10:46 PM EDT up reply actions

he can fight as soon as july of next year. i see japan in his future as well, as long as there is still mma in japan next year.

by b.w. on Oct 22, 2008 11:15 PM EDT up reply actions

I don’t think they test in any of the Japanese promotions, so he wouldn’t have to wait till next year. Plus he is a circus act, and they love that in Japan.

by naturalshadow on Oct 23, 2008 5:40 AM EDT up reply actions

ok that should be illegal, in other sports you can’t…

by RoB on Oct 22, 2008 11:44 PM EDT up reply actions

I seem to remember with Hermes Franca if he fouht overseas he wouldn’t be allowed to fight in the USA again I think.

by Macho Bullshit on Oct 23, 2008 6:34 AM EDT up reply actions

sure you can, but the athletic commissions don’t like it. there was a fighter recently, Babalu i believe, that did that and then commission got bent out of shape about him and wouldn’t license him in the states for avoiding the ban by fighting outside the U.S.

by kitsunex on Oct 23, 2008 3:04 AM EDT up reply actions

You canfight over seas…but if you want to fight again here in the states.. that is not recommended..the athletic commisions don’t like that.. and may not grant you a license to fight once your suspension is over.

by PhilQNY on Oct 23, 2008 8:56 AM EDT up reply actions