CSAC denies Antonio 'Bigfoot' Silva steroids appeal and upholds year-long suspension
by James Iannotti on Oct 28, 2008 2:48 PM EDT
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"There was no appellation. The suspension stays. Unfortunately, it didn’t work. The Commission showed that doesn’t like MMA fighter, mainly Brazilian. Sean Sherk took nandrolone, it was proved, but they reduced his punishment, but with me they didn’t leave."
Elite XC Heavyweight Champion Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva shares his disappointment with Tatame.com about the recent decision made by the California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) to uphold his year-long suspension and $2,500 fine for testing positive for the anabolic steroid Boldenone following his win over Justin Eilers in July.
Silva's manager, Alex Davis added this:
"The commission didn’t prove Bigfoot`s fault, there are doubts, but anything proved, and then the facts pass to be unimportant, and the opinion of six or seven commissionaires, who doesn’t understand anything about chemistry, predominate. The Commission, although have not proved the facts, continue to keep the suspension. We’ll sit down and see what we can do."
Basically, Silva's management doesn't believe their client got a fair shake with the CSAC, but at this point it looks like "Bigfoot" will have to take it on the chin and serve the suspension regardless of his guilt or innocence.
The suspension will keep the first and only Elite XC heavyweight champion out of action until at least July 26, 2009. He has the option to fight outside the United States during this time; however, it would be heavily discouraged and frowned upon by the CSAC and other regulatory bodies nationwide.
Thanks to CombatLifestyle.com for the photo of Antonio Silva.
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yeah probley, i would like the heavyweights in the ufc to be staked! like the light hvy weights.. yeah, yeah yeah, the UFC, if silva gets in the ufc for a 3 fight contact at least he would know he is gonna get the three fights and let the organization sink like the other wamma be’s.. i mean wanna bee’s!
by mikeybear on Oct 28, 2008 4:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why would you want them staked? Are they vampires?
by DDT on Oct 28, 2008 5:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
he didnt touch boldenone he has been tested for it since. it shows up in tests for 1.5 years so he would have tested positive for it before if he took it and he was re tested and has been confirmed clean!
this is another case of the csac being ASSHOLES
by the heat on Oct 28, 2008 6:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
“BOLDENONE” a HORSE STEROID… ok.. rather then give us TEESHIRTS… I wanna’ hear the explanation… at least Sean Sherk appeals gave some vaguely plausible reasons why his nano level doubled… what’s Silva’s?.. please… also what was the level of Boldenone?.. I wanna hear the arguments not see teeshirts, and definitely not big shit eating smiles.
by THORAZINE on Oct 28, 2008 6:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
PLEASE READ THIS!!!!!!
Look what u haters have done now!!!!!!! YOu have pissed the champ off! Someone is in trouble!
This is what Dana White had to say today about Anderson silva:
"He’s flipping out. He wants to fight again, like, on Nov. 15," White said. "He’s (upset) about his performance and he wants to fight again immediately."
by john on Oct 28, 2008 6:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yea, I posted this earlier but Mania took it off! I really hope the UFC can pull it off and give us that as a co-main event? But who is out there that they can put in?
by JV on Oct 28, 2008 6:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
John, I have no doubt Anderson Silva took all the BS comments from bandwagon jumpers to heart… he is lb for lb one of the best fighters in the world and I’m sure he’ll prove it…
When GSP got KO’d by Matt Sera the haters popped up and when GSP stormed back… they crawled back into their weasel den. The haters will re-emerge the day GSP loses. They’re just a buncha’ knuckleheads.. and gotta’ hate when they can, and right now A. Silva is their target, gotta’ like those haters’ though, they sure give us plenty of ammunition for entertaining blogs.
by THORAZINE on Oct 28, 2008 7:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
John, this is great news. Now we don’t have to wait 4 or 5 months to see him in action again. Anderson is the man. Really hope they put him on the card. They might break their PPV record with a card like that.
205 against oh maybe…Vera, he’s bound to be eager to get back in there to redeem himself, just probably not against Anderson.
Seriously though, I don’t know who they could get to step up against Silva. Suggestions?
by RobH86 on Oct 28, 2008 7:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
i doubt it happens. he may want it, but not many fighters are gonna take him on with about 3 weeks notice.
by b.w. on Oct 28, 2008 7:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I doubt it too but I’m sure Anderson wants to fight again that soon. I really don’t know who’d take the fight on such short notice either. Still hoping.
by RobH86 on Oct 28, 2008 7:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
then again, maybee another fighter will see this as a golden opportunity and see his fight with cote as a weakness. a fighter looking for redemption perhaps. no names come to mind that fit that category right off the bat. i feel sorry for that fighter if it does happen.
by b.w. on Oct 28, 2008 7:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I also doubt they can get him a fight for November 15th, but I do not think its out of the question that he coulud fight at UFC 93 in December.
Only problem with this scenario is that I keep hearing rumors of Liddell vs. Anderson in london at UFC 94 in Febuary. so who knows whats going on.
I think the haters are pathetic! Props to all you guys for staying true to a legend and not jumping off his sack the moment he has a less than spectacular fight. THe haters do make the blogs juicy and they also seem to be pissing off Silva which means a NASTY ass whoopin for someone is in the ForeCast, seems sooner rather than Later!
by john on Oct 28, 2008 7:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
good job haters! now maybe 91 will be an actual card… anderson silva should be dissapointed with his performance… what did he throw? three combinations a round? patrick cote should be ashamed of himself too for fighting with an injury and not engaging much as well… i just got my ass kicked by a tae kwon do black belt for a couple 3 minute rounds so i have zero sympathy for the slow pace both those guys had, they should have at least turned up the heat midway through the second
by brendan on Oct 28, 2008 11:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
what a BITCH….playing the race card.. Sherk actually proved himself innocent with a blood test,and the lab admitted they used dirty bottles to contain urine..
by texen_1 on Oct 28, 2008 9:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dont start playing the race card now Bigfoot.
by RiverHorror on Oct 28, 2008 2:53 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Is it just me or is the second quote gibberish?
by RedDog on Oct 28, 2008 3:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
extremly large headitis,go to japan and take all the shit you want, if you test dirty, YOU ARE DIRTY!
by daz on Oct 28, 2008 6:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
If no one from the commission understands chemistry, what exactly are the qualifications in order to obtain that job? Probably whoever sucks the best ****.
by c-war on Oct 28, 2008 2:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I don’t really care, I personally find big foot overrated!
by kevin (some guys hate me...and I don't care) on Oct 28, 2008 2:56 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
what’s with those shirts?? that’s retarted.
by PhilQNY on Oct 28, 2008 3:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
My main issue with this whole deal is the athletic commission. There are so many bs things that is wrong with their operations/regulations that it’s ridiculous when they hand out fines and suspensions. Also he has a point about the suspension time reduction. All commissions are crooked and have about as much merit as WAMMA.
by NameNotRequired on Oct 28, 2008 7:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Commisions have nothing to do with chemistry…that’s what labs are for.
by introvert on Oct 28, 2008 2:58 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I am pretty confident that they have docters,who know about chemistry,basically this his manager,doing what a manager is suppose to do ,try to make it all bs ,when he was probably the one stiking the needle in for him.His manager see his money going bye bye.
by scott on Oct 28, 2008 3:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Doctors can’t make definitive statements so idiot clowns on the board have to use their poli-sci degrees to decide. Also commissions and labs aren’t independent as you’d think.
by NameNotRequired on Oct 28, 2008 7:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Man, its crazy how all these fighters are innocent!
by JV on Oct 28, 2008 2:58 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
exactly, if they wanted to fail someone on purpose, they’d get rid of big head (tito) not big foot. sherk and big foot are juicers…period!
by kevin (some guys hate me...and I don't care) on Oct 28, 2008 3:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think Diego would have beat him. I wonder if he was tested after this weekends fight?
by RiverHorror on Oct 28, 2008 3:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
he had to be tested (since he’s failed before) and I didn’t understand the comments that kos was a tougher fight, i disagree!!
by kevin (some guys hate me...and I don't care) on Oct 28, 2008 3:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I thought so too at first! But after the Kos fight, Im not so sure? Kos is one of the best wrestlers at WW and couldnt take Alves down! Diego probably wont take him down either! Diego’s striking is better, but not as good as Alves! And I also thought that Diego would wear him out, but Alves went 3 had rounds with Kos fairly easily! Dont get me wrong, I’d still go for Diego! BUT…..?
by JV on Oct 28, 2008 3:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well Alves got done for a diuretic which is for cutting the weight. Then again diuretics can mask steroids but I’d rather reserve judgement. But what the hey, this is the internet, the land of slander so I’d say…No no I kid I kid.
Innocent until proven guilty with Alves…Suspicious? Yes. Clean as a whistle if he’s standing next to me haha.
He is an exciting fighter though, I really like his style. I’d like to think they’re all competing on a level playing field but what are you going to do, people will always find a way to cheat. The chemists are always one step ahead.
Not sure I even agree with the idea of HRT. It doesn’t really seem right or natural, hell it couldn’t be more unnatural. Randy “the Natural” Couture, oh the irony. Must be an inside joke (I say that with tongue in cheek).
If HGH is on the banned substance list, surely HRT should be too. I don’t claim to be very knowledgeable about them but as far as I’m aware they’re very similar.
by RobH86 on Oct 28, 2008 7:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
What I found funny.. was Brock Lesner E:60 segment… at one point the interviewer.. asked him.. your so big…. and then Brock.. got up.. and said.. that’s it.. this is over.. blah blah blah.. then he tells the guy.. " Hey man.. I came up negative in all the tests…
To me it sounded straight up like some shit from that football flick " The Program ".. Brock had the only juice ahead.. response.. he didn’t say he didn’t do it.. he said I never tested positive for it.
by PhilQNY on Oct 28, 2008 3:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m a pothead.. for real.. I love pot alot.. and I have come up negative for drugs in my system in every job drug screening I ever took.. shit.. I went as for as to some a blunt the night before my urine test.. and my shit came out clean.. " Ready Clean ".. So if I never got caught.. that means I never really smoked bud right??
by PhilQNY on Oct 28, 2008 3:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
So when your job asks, you flat out tell them that you smoke pot and get canned. Ok point made
by Cogito Ergo Sum on Oct 28, 2008 4:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why would work ask. I don’t use corporate money or time. I give no reason to suspect. It would be senseless to ask everybody at my work how they spend their recreational time at an attempt to fire people and have to pay the burden of recruiting and training costs. My work would be more upset that I posted this to be honest.
by James S on Oct 28, 2008 5:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Phil, what’s your secret? I mean, what do you drink to stay clean. Because in my case, I have to stop for like 40 days just to come out negative…
by Syd[a.k.a. "The Negation"] on Oct 28, 2008 6:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Go to the Vitman Shoppe.. Get " Ready Clean "… ex: If your test is in the Morning around 11am.. take RC upon waking up.. then just keep drinking water.. and your urine will come up negative for drugs.. ( Don’t know obout Roids.. but Herbal Bud.. clean ) up to 3 hours after drinking it.. Ive used time and time again.. when in the past I needed to drug test for a JOB.. it has never failed me.. and like I said.. at one time I went as far.. burning down a blunt of Funk Hours before my test.. I was Ready Clean..
by PhilQNY on Oct 29, 2008 8:00 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sherk and Big Foot positive tests are not comparable.
Sherk tested positive for 12ng/ml Nandrolone (a natural occuring steroid in the human body … 6ng/ml is accepted amount, 2ng/ml for Olympics), hardly an off the charts number.
Big Foot Silva tested positive for Boldenone (a veterinary steroid not naturally occuring in the human body). Boldenone positive tests include Phil Baroni, Edwin Dewees and Hermes Franca.
by SaVaGe on Oct 28, 2008 3:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
And all three were brazilizns…. damn csac.
by James S on Oct 28, 2008 4:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
ATP was also found his results which support what he claims but hey it’s only science so what are you gonna do.
by NameNotRequired on Oct 28, 2008 7:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just like Prison/Jail as around…Everyone is Innocent… There are no guilty men incarcerated!
The only thing I find troubling on this is that Boldenone has a super long half life and stays in your system for really long periods of time( almost 2 years if I my memory serves me correctly). Wouldn’t he have tested positive at some othe point in time? Unless he just used for the fightin question and if that were the case wouldn’t someone (a manager/doctor/trainer) have suggested something with a smaller half life. Why would nobody have suggested Clambuterol or Sustanon? Clam runs through the system relatively quickly and Sustanon can be out in 3 months or so. I can’t imagine him needing to cycle year round, he is freakishly Frankensteinesque naturally. Why would you want to further play with his already less then human gene pool!
The T_Shirt is great…To Bad he only got to wear it to one event before he became the Champ of Nothing!
by Da Monkey on Oct 29, 2008 9:54 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Every athlete claims he is innocent,until they get caught ,then it turns into oh I did it to rehab an injury,or with bigfoot’s case it is because my disease.On the other hand ,there is no need for them to pull a race card on this issue ,how about you tell your brazilian fighter to take the needle out of his ass,then he wouldn’t have to worry about failing a drug test,if I am not mistaken they also held up Bonner ,an american,and oh yeah where is Hermes Franca from and his suspension lasted just as long as Sherks.Long story short stop doing steroids and you do not have to worry where you are from.
by scott on Oct 28, 2008 3:17 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Yeah! Stop juicing the shite!
by Syd[a.k.a. "The Negation"] on Oct 28, 2008 6:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
People need to also leave fighters alone,until they fail a drug test,so if Thiago fails a drug test,then ask questions,just because somebody is big does not mean he is juicing,as much as these fighters work out ,how can you not be in an extreme shape ,my question is how do you bust your butt in training (supposedly)and come in with a gut.
by scott on Oct 28, 2008 3:22 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Couldn’t care less. He was the Champion of Elite XC due to lack of competition.
Now with Elite XC dead, it doesn’t even matter anymore.
Thanks for the update, I guess. But I don’t think this is significant news to anyone other than Silva and his camp.
by Dredg on Oct 28, 2008 3:22 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Why you post then?
As far as roids go….I’ll bet my house that most fighters do HGH…easy to do it and not get caught.
by introvert on Oct 28, 2008 3:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sadly I’m inclined to agree. They probably don’t even see it as cheating but more as leveling the playing field. It f**king well is cheating.
by RobH86 on Oct 28, 2008 7:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
it was updated friday by a half dozen maniacs!
by kevin (some guys hate me...and I don't care) on Oct 28, 2008 3:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Umm, if I’m not mistaken, Bigfoot Silva used hormones/steroids that are only found in animals…It’s not hard to understand why they didn’t believe him. IT’S ONLY FOUND NATURALLY IN ANIMALS!!!
by Dayvet on Oct 28, 2008 3:41 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Have you seen his picture he looks like a jackass/monkey mix.It could be natural
by DBG on Oct 28, 2008 7:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m confused. Is he saying he’s innocent, or that his punishment is too stiff? Here’s an idea – don’t dope, and then you don’t have to worry about it.
by Dudes McCool on Oct 28, 2008 4:08 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I could seriously care less about bigfoots steroid addiction.
by belfort_fan on Oct 28, 2008 4:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Why ,because Vitor just came off his steroids
by scott on Oct 28, 2008 4:43 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Haha funny. haha thats exactly why!
by belfort_fan on Oct 28, 2008 6:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t understand this… doesn’t anyone, including the Commissions realize you can buy boldenone undecylate in its pro hormone form on bodybuilding.com? Iforce makes it in 100mg and 200mg pills. It’s the only pro hormone that got skipped over in the ban a few years back. (check it out if you don’t believe me) These guys should be using that in their defense!!! If its legal, YOU CAN TAKE IT LEGALLY!!!!!!!!!
by Joe on Oct 28, 2008 5:01 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
“IT’S ONLY FOUND NATURALLY IN ANIMALS!!!”
Bigfoot – you are excused
by Anger Jack on Oct 28, 2008 5:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
but Bigfoot is a beast so you never know:)
by NameNotRequired on Oct 28, 2008 7:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
How typical of a non-white to blame racism, but hey you can’t blame em, it almost always works.
by Chi-Wah-Wah on Oct 28, 2008 5:26 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I was rooting for the guy until his “CSAC doesnt like brazilian” line.
Sorry Bigfoot, looks like it’s back into the wilderness for you. Enjoy your career in Japan.
by DirtyML on Oct 28, 2008 6:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Why is everyone getting caught in California? Different tests or what
by onthebutton on Oct 28, 2008 11:04 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Maybe his body is producing some kind of hormone that strong that he fails the tests even he’s innocent. You know he has that “monster” look with really big head and chin like Hong Man Choi for example. Could this be possible?
It’s like my wife has her hemoglobin level that high she couldn’t participate a cross-country skiing contest and she doesn’t even do any sport.
by Lappish Shaman on Oct 29, 2008 7:40 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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