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If it's not injuries, it's drug tests.
Getting popped for poison pee-pee in mixed martial arts (MMA) is not exclusive to Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), as Bellator MMA was recently put on blast by California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) after four of its fighters failed post-fight drug tests, according to Sherdog.com.
Keith Berry (def. Joe Pacheco): Elevated testosterone levels and marijuana
Nick Moghaddam (loss to Ray Sloane): Elevated testosterone levels
Rob Emerson (loss to Rafael Silva): Prescription drug Modafinil (Provigil)
Fernando Gonzalez (def. Karo Parisyan): Cannabinoids
All 22 fighters had urine samples tested by the UCLA Olympic lab, accredited by World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). Outside of Berry, whose win was overturned to a No Contest, CSAC has yet to announce disciplinary action for the offending fighters.
Stay tuned.
For more results and fallout from Bellator 127, which took place back on Oct. 3, 2014 on Spike TV from inside the Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula, California, click here and here.