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(Gregory Payan/AP)</p></div> <p>LAS VEGAS — Apparently word got around that Daniel Cormier was going to be taking questions from fans on Friday afternoon at MGM Grand Garden Arena prior to the weigh-ins for UFC 160.</p> <p>The news reached all the way to Moscow, where Jon Jones is presenting a mixed martial arts seminar. And the light heavyweight champion couldn’t help but tweak the undefeated heavyweight who keeps talking about cutting down to 205 pounds and beating him up. “Someone ask DC when his diet starts,” Jones wrote on Twitter.</p> <p>When Cormier caught wind of the “Bones” tweet, he sidetracked the Q&A session by playfully but forcefully telling the next fan who stepped to the microphone, “OK, your question is to ask me, for Jon Jones, if I’ve started cutting weight yet.” That got a rise out of the crowd, as did the answer Cormier provided the champ: “I haven’t started cutting weight yet. But we can fight at 220 tomorrow if you want. He can walk off the street at whatever he weighs now, and we can fight. Let’s fight at any weight, Jon, you and I.”</p> <p>Hmm, Jones <em>has</em> been talking about moving up to heavyweight. But dueling bravado aside, it seems more likely that Cormier will aim for a challenge of Jones at 205 at the end of the year. First he plans to trim from his current 235 pounds to 220 for a heavyweight fight in August or September. He expressed an interest in the winner between Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira and Fabricio Werdum, who meet in Brazil in two weeks.</p> <p>If Cormier should get past one of those heavies, it would be down to 205 for him. That clearly will be a challenge for a man who likes to eat as much as Daniel does. What will he have to cut from his diet? “Gumbo,” said the native of Lafayette, Louisiana. “Jambalaya. Red beans and rice. All of the Louisiana food.” As he said this, he looked sad.</p> <p>Cormier perked up, however, when he told fans that after the weigh-ins he was planning on taking Cain Velasquez, who defends his heavyweight belt against Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva in Saturday’s main event, out for a movie to relax. Someone asked him if he’d be having butter on his popcorn, and he impulsively answered in the affirmative. Then caught himself. “If I’m going down,” he said, speaking of the long-range weight cut, “well, if I’m going down …” He paused. “Aw, it’s <em>still</em> popcorn with butter!”</p> <p style="text-align:right;"><em><strong>–Jeff Wagenheim</strong></em></p> <div id="jp-post-flair" class="sharedaddy sd-like-enabled sd-sharing-enabled"></div> <br/> </div> </div> <div class="post-bottom"> <li>Published On <span>May 24, 2013</span></li> <li id="right"><span><div><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/05/24/ufcs-daniel-cormier-to-jon-jones-we-can-fight-at-220-pounds-tomorrow/#comments" title="Comment on UFC’s Daniel Cormier to Jon Jones: “We can fight at 220 [pounds] tomorrow”"><span data-lf-article-id="5190" data-lf-site-id="308691" class="livefyre-commentcount">0</span></a></div></span></li> </div> </div> <div class="post-wrap"> <div class="post-top"></div> <div class="post" id="post-5021"> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/04/27/ufc-159s-michael-bisping-i-fight-better-when-im-angry/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to UFC 159′s Michael Bisping: ‘I fight better when I’m angry’">UFC 159′s Michael Bisping: ‘I fight better when I’m angry’</a></h1> <div class="category"> <a href="/web/20130531190657/http://mma-boxing.si.com/category/mma/">MMA</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/04/27/ufc-159s-michael-bisping-i-fight-better-when-im-angry/#comment"><span class="js-kit-comments-count" exclude-sources="Twitter" include-sources="Comments" uniq="/2013/04/27/ufc-159s-michael-bisping-i-fight-better-when-im-angry/"></span> Comments </a> </div> <div class="entry"> <div id="cnnSCFontButtons"> <div id="cnnSCFontLabel"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize.gif"/></div> <div id="cnnSCFontMinusBtn" onclick="setActiveStyleSheet2('default'); return false;"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_minus_d.gif" alt="Decrease font" title="Decrease font" class="cnnDecreaseFont"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_minus_l.gif" alt="Decrease font" title="Decrease font" class="cnnIncreaseFont"></div> <div id="cnnSCFontPlusBtn" onclick="setActiveStyleSheet2('LargeFont'); return false;"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_plus_d.gif" alt="Enlarge font" title="Enlarge font" class="cnnIncreaseFont"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_plus_l.gif" alt="Enlarge font" title="Enlarge font" class="cnnDecreaseFont"></div> </div> <div id="attachment_5026" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 650px"><img class="size-full wp-image-5026" alt="UFC 159" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657im_/http://sicounterpunch.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/bisping.jpg?w=640&h=415" width="640" height="415"/><p class="wp-caption-text">An angry Michael Bisping eyes revenage against Alan Belcher at UFC 159. (Diamond Images/Getty Images)</p></div> <p>NEWARK — He’s back. After an absence of nearly a year and a half.</p> <p>True, Michael Bisping competed in the UFC as recently as January, but that wasn’t the real Bisping. And I say that not because he was knocked out by a Vitor Belfort head kick. He fared much better in the fight before that, a decision victory over Brian Stann last September, and performed admirably even in a loss to Chael Sonnen eight months earlier.</p> <p>But the Bisping in those bouts — or, more precisely, in the leadup to those bouts — was a gentleman, an agreeable sort. He talked about his dedication and preparation and blah blah blah. It was not the Bisping we’d come to know and love. Or hate. Not the Bisping who spewed insults in the face of Jason Miller right up until the night in December 2011 when he made “Mayhem” his fourth straight conquest. Would we ever again see that angry guy from so many past fights?</p> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/04/27/ufc-159s-michael-bisping-i-fight-better-when-im-angry/#more-5021" class="more-link">Read More…</a></p> <div id="jp-post-flair" class="sharedaddy sd-like-enabled sd-sharing-enabled"></div> <br/> </div> </div> <div class="post-bottom"> <li>Published On <span>Apr 27, 2013</span></li> <li id="right"><span><div><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/04/27/ufc-159s-michael-bisping-i-fight-better-when-im-angry/#comments" title="Comment on UFC 159′s Michael Bisping: ‘I fight better when I’m angry’"><span data-lf-article-id="5021" data-lf-site-id="308691" class="livefyre-commentcount">0</span></a></div></span></li> </div> </div> <div class="post-wrap"> <div class="post-top"></div> <div class="post" id="post-5007"> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/04/26/dana-white-mitrione-suspension-over-fallon-fox/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Dana White went soft on Matt Mitrione; updated with fighter’s apology">Dana White went soft on Matt Mitrione; updated with fighter’s apology</a></h1> <div class="category"> <a href="/web/20130531190657/http://mma-boxing.si.com/category/mma/">MMA</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/04/26/dana-white-mitrione-suspension-over-fallon-fox/#comment"><span class="js-kit-comments-count" exclude-sources="Twitter" include-sources="Comments" uniq="/2013/04/26/dana-white-mitrione-suspension-over-fallon-fox/"></span> Comments </a> </div> <div class="entry"> <div id="cnnSCFontButtons"> <div id="cnnSCFontLabel"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize.gif"/></div> <div id="cnnSCFontMinusBtn" onclick="setActiveStyleSheet2('default'); return false;"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_minus_d.gif" alt="Decrease font" title="Decrease font" class="cnnDecreaseFont"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_minus_l.gif" alt="Decrease font" title="Decrease font" class="cnnIncreaseFont"></div> <div id="cnnSCFontPlusBtn" onclick="setActiveStyleSheet2('LargeFont'); return false;"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_plus_d.gif" alt="Enlarge font" title="Enlarge font" class="cnnIncreaseFont"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_plus_l.gif" alt="Enlarge font" title="Enlarge font" class="cnnDecreaseFont"></div> </div> <div id="attachment_5009" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 610px"><img class="size-full wp-image-5009 " alt="UFC president Dana White lifted Matt Mitrione's suspension despite Mitrione never apologizing for his comments. (AP)" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657im_/http://sicounterpunch.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/dana-white-t2.jpg?w=600&h=400" width="600" height="400"/><p class="wp-caption-text">UFC president Dana White lifted Matt Mitrione’s suspension despite Mitrione never apologizing for his comments. (AP)</p></div> <p>NEW YORK — Dana White was sitting on a brightly lit makeshift stage in the lobby of The Theater at Madison Square Garden, well aware of the irony of him being on this stage on a Thursday afternoon while, two nights later, his fighters would not be allowed to put on a show under the bright lights in the arena behind him. UFC 159 will play out on Saturday night not in New York’s eminent sports cathedral but across the river in New Jersey. It’s as if White’s mixed martial arts organization were the Giants or Jets, except for one tiny detail: The NFL is welcome in the Empire State.</p> <p>“It is what it is,” the UFC president told a gathering of reporters, pulling out a well-worn phrase of his, but this time with what seemed more resignation than usual behind it. White has seen MMA sanctioning legislation have its moments up in Albany, like a fighter getting in a few crisp jabs and leg kicks early in the first round, self-assuredly sticking and moving, looking like it’s his night. Until he runs into an overhand right. The leadership of the New York State Assembly, which again and again has KO’d an MMA bill before it even could come up for a vote, packs a mean punch.</p> <p>“I’m so over it,” said White, sounding like he’s anything but. Unless by “over it” he means keeping his nose out of a lobbying effort that can only suffer from his crudely tactless manner. That’s why the company’s visits to Albany are being made by CEO Lorenzo Fertitta, whom White characterized as “the kinder, gentler side of the UFC.”</p> <p>But as the UFC pushes for the sanctioning it needs to celebrate its 20th anniversary come November with a gala fight card in the Garden, which the organization has expressed keen interest in doing, White continues to play a significant role. How could he not? More than any fighter, the boss is the public face of the company. What he says and does matters.</p> <p>That is why the irony White missed on Thursday was more telling than the irony he acknowledged. Sure, he noticed the row of sports photographs that line one of the walls of the Garden lobby, prominent among them a shot of a kickboxing match. That sport is sanctioned in New York, along with boxing and other combative disciplines that are elements of MMA, while MMA itself is not? Right there from a frame on the wall, irony was getting up in White’s face.</p> <p>At the same time, the UFC poobah chose not to look squarely in the eye of the situation’s other source of irony. That would be the shameful saga of Matt Mitrione. You know, the heavyweight who back on April 8 had his UFC contract suspended after <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/mma/news/20130409/mitrione-suspension/">he’d spewed a venomous tirade</a> against transgender fighter Fallon Fox. Back then, the UFC had rose petals thrown at its feet for swiftly bringing the hammer down.</p> <p>As it turns out, though, the hammer was only a Nerf hammer, the suspension no more than a kid’s timeout. Fox Sports reported on Wednesday that Mitrione will fight on the network’s UFC card in Seattle on July 27. So that’s it? A suspension lasting 16 days, which since “Meathead” wouldn’t have been fighting anyway amounts to nothing at all? White wouldn’t address the upcoming fight, reportedly to be against fellow Season 10 alum of <i>The Ultimate Fighter</i> (and fellow ex-NFL player) Brendan Schaub, but said Mitrione was fined “enough to make him call me 40 times and ask me not to fine him that much.”</p> <p>The takeaway: Open your wallet, Matt, but no need to publicly acknowledge that calling Fox a “lying, sick, sociopathic, disgusting freak” was vile and unbecoming of a professional athlete employed by the UFC.</p> <p>Of course, White doesn’t see it that way. “If a guy comes out and says something stupid, I don’t go to him and say, ‘Here’s what you’re going to do. You’re going to apologize,’ and you’re gonna do this and that,” he said. “You can’t make somebody apologize. If I make him do it, it’s not real. Then he’s not really apologizing.”</p> <p>There’s truth in that. All too often, athletes and others in the public eye issue faux mea culpas crafted by their PR teams. Those apologies aren’t worth the breath wasted on them. But the UFC is not the NFL or Major League Baseball, sports organizations that are already well established in the public perception, sometimes for the better, sometimes not. White’s fight league is on the fringes, vying for attention.</p> <p>Positive attention, that is, as opposed to having its notorious history of misogyny, homophobia and other antisocial behavior continually spotlit by groups like the Culinary Workers Union, Local 226. The Las Vegas-based outfit has long waged a battle with UFC majority owners Lorenzo and Frank Fertitta in an effort to unionize the brothers’ other business, Station Casinos. Recently the local has dragged the UFC into the fight, using the union’s political muscle in New York to lobby against MMA legislation. White calls this “dirty.”</p> <p>No, what’s dirty is masking Mitrione’s depraved hatred under the guise of having an opinion but just expressing it wrongly. Here’s what White said on the Mitrione matter on Thursday: “I don’t think that somebody who used to be a man but became a woman should be able to fight women. I don’t. But the way he said it? If he was standing in front of a courtroom because he was so passionate about this, in front of a judge or a committee or something like that, he wouldn’t have said it the way he said it. Maybe he thought he was trying to be funny? It wasn’t funny. My guys aren’t comedians, and they really need to figure that out and learn it. You wanna be funny, do it in with your friends, around your crew and everything else. Don’t do it on any public forum.”</p> <p>Now, there’s nothing wrong with White expressing an opinion of whether a trans woman should be allowed to compete with other women in combat sports, particularly in light of what he said next: “And you know, I’ll leave it up to the athletic commissions and the doctors and scientists, or whatever it is, to see if you have that surgery and you go through that stuff, if you actually become a … but bone structure is different. Hands are bigger. Jaw is bigger. Everything is bigger. I don’t believe in it. I don’t believe that someone who used to be a man and became a woman should be able to fight a woman. I don’t.”</p> <p>So White believes what he believes, but he’ll leave it to the experts to decide on how to proceed. Fine. The UFC president is not alone in that evenhanded stance. However, neither he nor anyone else who has commented on the matter — other than Mitrione — has darkened his or her opinion with a nasty personal attack. If the UFC wants to get past dirty politics, it needs to clean up its act by cleaning out the haters. Not by simply telling them to just whisper their malevolence to their buddies.</p> <p>Dana White might not get that, but his light heavyweight champion sure does. Jon Jones, who’ll defend his belt against Chael Sonnen in Saturday night’s main event at the Prudential Center in Newark (10 p.m. ET, PPV), offered up his own opinion of Mitrione during Thursday’s media gathering. “I think he’s terrible for that,” Jones said. “It’s ridiculous. I think Fallon Fox, that’s a strong person. Despite what the person has been through in their life, that’s a strong person. I’m a fan of that person because of what they’ve gone through and what they’re willing to go through. People like Matt Mitrione are scumbags. He’s a scumbag. I don’t care if he’s off suspension or doesn’t fight again. He’s a ridiculous person.”</p> <p>You might have noticed that Jones, even in defending Fox, did not once use a female personal pronoun. Taken within the context of what he said, he clearly meant no disrespect. Jones was just speaking outside his comfort zone. The emergence and gradual acceptance of transgenders and others who’ve long been shunned or ignored is a work-in-progress in sports as well as all of society. Comfort zones can only expand along with education and compassion. One wonders whether that’s a lesson the UFC is even remotely interested in teaching Matt Mitrione.</p> <p style="text-align:right;"><em><strong>– Jeff Wagenheim</strong></em></p> <p>UPDATE: Mitrione issued an apology on Friday via a UFC press release: “I want to apologize for my hurtful comments about Fallon Fox and a group within our society which, in truth, I know nothing about. I know now there’s an important line between expressing an opinion on a subject and being hurtful and insensitive. I crossed that line by expressing my views in an ugly, rude and inappropriate manner.”</p> <p>So, is this one of those meaningless apologies White was talking about? The jury is out on that, as Mitrione himself went on to acknowledge: “Anyone can say ‘I’m sorry’ to get themselves out of trouble. That’s not the kind of person I want to be. I am embarrassed I chose to express myself in such a fashion and am looking forward to living up to this apology through my future actions, words and conduct.”</p> <p>A couple of word choices suggest that perhaps the fighter is learning something from this ordeal. Describing transgenders as a group “I know nothing about” is a simple yet difficult acknowledgement that he was speaking out of ignorance. It also was good to hear Mitrione talk about “living up to this apology” with not just words but actions, a commitment the UFC plans to hold him to. Lawrence Epstein, the promotion’s vice president and COO, said Mitrione will work with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender groups “to make amends to the community he hurt.”</p> <p>How many grains of salt with which you take all of this depends on your own degree of naivete, cynicism or pragmatism. But if Mitrione is sincere in his desire to move forward, he has an opportunity here. There’s no better way to develop respect for a group of people different from you than to spend time around those people learning ways in which you’re the same.</p> <p style="text-align:right;"><em><strong>–J.W.</strong></em></p> <div id="jp-post-flair" class="sharedaddy sd-like-enabled sd-sharing-enabled"></div> <br/> </div> </div> <div class="post-bottom"> <li>Published On <span>Apr 26, 2013</span></li> <li id="right"><span><div><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/04/26/dana-white-mitrione-suspension-over-fallon-fox/#comments" title="Comment on Dana White went soft on Matt Mitrione; updated with fighter’s apology"><span data-lf-article-id="5007" data-lf-site-id="308691" class="livefyre-commentcount">0</span></a></div></span></li> </div> </div> <div class="post-wrap"> <div class="post-top"></div> <div class="post" id="post-4933"> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/04/10/amid-furor-fallon-fox-and-ufc-officials-address-matt-mitrione-suspension/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Amid furor, Fallon Fox and UFC officials address Matt Mitrione suspension">Amid furor, Fallon Fox and UFC officials address Matt Mitrione suspension</a></h1> <div class="category"> <a href="/web/20130531190657/http://mma-boxing.si.com/category/mma/">MMA</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/04/10/amid-furor-fallon-fox-and-ufc-officials-address-matt-mitrione-suspension/#comment"><span class="js-kit-comments-count" exclude-sources="Twitter" include-sources="Comments" uniq="/2013/04/10/amid-furor-fallon-fox-and-ufc-officials-address-matt-mitrione-suspension/"></span> Comments </a> </div> <div class="entry"> <div id="cnnSCFontButtons"> <div id="cnnSCFontLabel"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize.gif"/></div> <div id="cnnSCFontMinusBtn" onclick="setActiveStyleSheet2('default'); return false;"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_minus_d.gif" alt="Decrease font" title="Decrease font" class="cnnDecreaseFont"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_minus_l.gif" alt="Decrease font" title="Decrease font" class="cnnIncreaseFont"></div> <div id="cnnSCFontPlusBtn" onclick="setActiveStyleSheet2('LargeFont'); return false;"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_plus_d.gif" alt="Enlarge font" title="Enlarge font" class="cnnIncreaseFont"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_plus_l.gif" alt="Enlarge font" title="Enlarge font" class="cnnDecreaseFont"></div> </div> <div id="attachment_4941" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 610px"><img class="size-full wp-image-4941" alt="Dana White said Matt Mitrione should not have been doing an interview in the first place. (Jed Jacobsohn/SI)" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657im_/http://sicounterpunch.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/dana-white-blog.jpg?w=600&h=400" width="600" height="400"/><p class="wp-caption-text">Dana White said Matt Mitrione should not have been doing an interview in the first place. (Jed Jacobsohn/SI)</p></div> <p>A significant portion of public reaction to the UFC’s suspension of Matt Mitrione for verbally assaulting a transgender fighter on Monday has been even more hateful and vile than the words spewed by the heavyweight during his ill-fated online radio appearance. The comment section on the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/mma/news/20130409/mitrione-suspension/">SI.com story</a> was even taken offline because of the offensive tone.</p> <p>However, the responses by those most closely associated with the matter — Mitrione’s bosses at the UFC and the athlete he targeted with his rant — were more measured.</p> <p>“Matt Mitrione went well beyond disagreeing with the medical experts who say I should be able to compete as a woman, and personally attacked me as a fighter, as a woman, and as a human being,” Fallon Fox, a 37-year-old postoperative transgender female who is 2-0 as a mixed martial artist, wrote on her Facebook page. “His comments do not reflect the spirit of our sport, where most competitors uphold values like respect and dignity.”</p> <p>That was the theme also taken up by Lorenzo Fertitta, chairman/CEO of Zuffa, LLC, the parent company of the UFC. “Whatever your thoughts are on the whole transgender issue, I’ve listened to [what Mitrione said] and, in my opinion, it came off as a bit mean-spirited and is something I think warranted review,” Fertitta told Yahoo! Sports. “Obviously, this is not the easiest issue and a lot of people are questioning both sides of this thing. A fair debate and discussion of the issue should be allowed. But when you call her disgusting, and Buffalo Bill, that’s another matter. It warrants review. I think it’s the same thing the NFL would look at and the same thing that any professional organization that is at the level we’re at would at least take a look at.”</p> <p>Reading between the lines, it would seem that rather than cutting Mitrione loose — for calling Fox a “lying, sick, sociopathic, disgusting freak,” for comparing her to a serial killer character in <i>The Silence of the Lambs</i>, for putting the UFC in a hideous light — Fertitta is inclined to use this as an educational opportunity. That was the tenor of his rebuke, at least.</p> <p>Dana White also has fighter education in mind, but not so much focused on the issue at hand. The UFC president wants to simply teach his athletes when to do interviews and when not to. “I’m going to talk to these guys,” he said during a Tuesday conference call with reporters covering this weekend’s finale of <i>The Ultimate Fighter</i>. “The only time these guys really need to be doing interviews is leading up to fights. You know? It ended up being a nightmare for him.”</p> <p>White addressed the substance of Mitrione’s rant only obliquely. “It’s one of those things. It’s just a pain in the ass, you know what I mean?” he said, later adding, “What was the point of that interview? There was no point in it. Now it’s caused him a bunch of headaches and problems. It’s caused us a bunch of headaches and problems for no reason whatsoever.”</p> <p align="right"><b><i>– Jeff Wagenheim</i></b></p> <div id="jp-post-flair" class="sharedaddy sd-like-enabled sd-sharing-enabled"></div> <br/> </div> </div> <div class="post-bottom"> <li>Published On <span>Apr 10, 2013</span></li> <li id="right"><span><div><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/04/10/amid-furor-fallon-fox-and-ufc-officials-address-matt-mitrione-suspension/#comments" title="Comment on Amid furor, Fallon Fox and UFC officials address Matt Mitrione suspension"><span data-lf-article-id="4933" data-lf-site-id="308691" class="livefyre-commentcount">0</span></a></div></span></li> </div> </div> <div class="post-wrap"> <div class="post-top"></div> <div class="post" id="post-4924"> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/04/10/john-dodson-to-try-out-for-nbcs-american-ninja-warrior/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to John Dodson to try out for NBC’s “American Ninja Warrior”">John Dodson to try out for NBC’s “American Ninja Warrior”</a></h1> <div class="category"> <a href="/web/20130531190657/http://mma-boxing.si.com/category/mma/">MMA</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/04/10/john-dodson-to-try-out-for-nbcs-american-ninja-warrior/#comment"><span class="js-kit-comments-count" exclude-sources="Twitter" include-sources="Comments" uniq="/2013/04/10/john-dodson-to-try-out-for-nbcs-american-ninja-warrior/"></span> Comments </a> </div> <div class="entry"> <div id="cnnSCFontButtons"> <div id="cnnSCFontLabel"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize.gif"/></div> <div id="cnnSCFontMinusBtn" onclick="setActiveStyleSheet2('default'); return false;"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_minus_d.gif" alt="Decrease font" title="Decrease font" class="cnnDecreaseFont"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_minus_l.gif" alt="Decrease font" title="Decrease font" class="cnnIncreaseFont"></div> <div id="cnnSCFontPlusBtn" onclick="setActiveStyleSheet2('LargeFont'); return false;"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_plus_d.gif" alt="Enlarge font" title="Enlarge font" class="cnnIncreaseFont"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_plus_l.gif" alt="Enlarge font" title="Enlarge font" class="cnnDecreaseFont"></div> </div> <div id="attachment_4925" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 610px"><img class="size-full wp-image-4925 " alt="John Dodson has not had any fights scheduled since his loss to Demetrious Johnson (left) in January. (AP)" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657im_/http://sicounterpunch.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/john-dodson.jpg?w=600&h=400" width="600" height="400"/><p class="wp-caption-text">John Dodson has not had any fights scheduled since his loss to Demetrious Johnson (left) in January. (AP)</p></div> <p>John Dodson wants to be known as more than just a great fighter. He’d like to add the title, “American Ninja” to his resumé, too.</p> <p>Dodson, the UFC’s second-ranked flyweight, will travel to Denver next month to try out out for the NBC reality show, <em>American Ninja Warrior</em>. The television series challenges contestants to run, jump, flip, and fly through a grueling urban obstacle course that, naturally, any ninja could complete.</p> <p>The 28-year-old says the UFC contacted him and wanted him to appear on the show as the sport’s ambassador. “They have more faith in me than I do,” says Dodson.</p> <p>Dodson’s unusual athletic abilities show through in his backflips in the cage and basketball dunks that defy his 5’3” frame — the stuff that makes him the sport’s most ninja-like candidate.</p> <p>Dodson most recently fought last January for the flyweight title, suffering a unanimous decision loss to Demetrious Johnson. With Johnson recovering from an injured shoulder and no fights on Dodson’s immediate horizon, he jumped at the chance to try out for the show.</p> <p>He’s been known to frequent gymnastics gyms to practice his flips and says he’s hit park playgrounds to practice jumping off jungle gyms in preparation for the show.</p> <p>“I just want to stay busy, have fun with my life,” says Dodson. “I don’t want people think fighting is just what I have to do. I only train about four or five hours a day. So the rest of them I have to be a normal person.”</p> <p>Or an exceptional ninja.</p> <p style="text-align:right;"><em><strong>– Melissa Segura</strong></em></p> <div id="jp-post-flair" class="sharedaddy sd-like-enabled sd-sharing-enabled"></div> <br/> </div> </div> <div class="post-bottom"> <li>Published On <span>Apr 10, 2013</span></li> <li id="right"><span><div><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/04/10/john-dodson-to-try-out-for-nbcs-american-ninja-warrior/#comments" title="Comment on John Dodson to try out for NBC’s “American Ninja Warrior”"><span data-lf-article-id="4924" data-lf-site-id="308691" class="livefyre-commentcount">0</span></a></div></span></li> </div> </div> <div class="post-wrap"> <div class="post-top"></div> <div class="post" id="post-4766"> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/03/21/commission-to-reevaluate-nevadas-drug-testing-policy/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Commission to reevaluate Nevada’s drug testing policy for fighters">Commission to reevaluate Nevada’s drug testing policy for fighters</a></h1> <div class="category"> <a href="/web/20130531190657/http://mma-boxing.si.com/category/boxing/">Boxing</a>, <a href="/web/20130531190657/http://mma-boxing.si.com/category/mma/">MMA</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/03/21/commission-to-reevaluate-nevadas-drug-testing-policy/#comment"><span class="js-kit-comments-count" exclude-sources="Twitter" include-sources="Comments" uniq="/2013/03/21/commission-to-reevaluate-nevadas-drug-testing-policy/"></span> Comments </a> </div> <div class="entry"> <div id="cnnSCFontButtons"> <div id="cnnSCFontLabel"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize.gif"/></div> <div id="cnnSCFontMinusBtn" onclick="setActiveStyleSheet2('default'); return false;"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_minus_d.gif" alt="Decrease font" title="Decrease font" class="cnnDecreaseFont"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_minus_l.gif" alt="Decrease font" title="Decrease font" class="cnnIncreaseFont"></div> <div id="cnnSCFontPlusBtn" onclick="setActiveStyleSheet2('LargeFont'); return false;"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_plus_d.gif" alt="Enlarge font" title="Enlarge font" class="cnnIncreaseFont"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_plus_l.gif" alt="Enlarge font" title="Enlarge font" class="cnnDecreaseFont"></div> </div> <div id="attachment_4768" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 610px"><img class="size-full wp-image-4768" alt="Lavar Johnson tested positive for elevated testosterone levels after his UFC 157 fight. (Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC)" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657im_/http://sicounterpunch.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/lavar-johnson.jpg?w=600&h=400" width="600" height="400"/><p class="wp-caption-text">Lavar Johnson tested positive for elevated testosterone levels after his UFC 157 fight. (Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC)</p></div> <p>The Nevada State Athletic Commission Steroid and Drug Testing Advisory Panel is reevaluating the state’s drug testing policy which allows athletes a testosterone-to-<b> </b>epitestosterone<b> </b>level of 6-to-1, compared with the World Anti-Doping Agency’s allowable limit of 4:1.</p> <p>The panel made recommendations Thursday to begin researching the baseline testosterone-to-<b> </b>epitestosterone levels of combat sports participants, including boxers, mixed martial artists, and kickboxers. The panel recommended anonymously testing a collection of past samples taken from athletes competing in Nevada to develop a profile of hormone levels specific to fighters. The idea, says Nevada State Athletic Commission Executive Keith Kizer, is to gather data specific to the average fighter rather than the population at large.</p> <p>If the commission is not able to test the samples collective from previous fights, the panel suggested using samples from future fights to create the baseline.</p> <p>The information could be the first step in lowering Nevada’s allowable levels, which are higher than those permitted in Olympic sports and by Major League Baseball.</p> <p>The advisory panel will meet in late April to begin discussing its marijuana policies. All recommendations by the panel are just that — recommendations — and require adoption by the full Nevada State Athletic Commission.</p> <p style="text-align:right;"><em><strong>– Melissa Segura</strong></em></p> <div id="jp-post-flair" class="sharedaddy sd-like-enabled sd-sharing-enabled"></div> <br/> </div> </div> <div class="post-bottom"> <li>Published On <span>Mar 21, 2013</span></li> <li id="right"><span><div><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/03/21/commission-to-reevaluate-nevadas-drug-testing-policy/#respond" title="Comment on Commission to reevaluate Nevada’s drug testing policy for fighters"><span data-lf-article-id="4766" data-lf-site-id="308691" class="livefyre-commentcount">0</span></a></div></span></li> </div> </div> <div class="post-wrap"> <div class="post-top"></div> <div class="post" id="post-4684"> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/03/16/ronda-rousey-to-coach-the-ultimate-fighter-with-male-and-female-fighters/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Ronda Rousey to coach “The Ultimate Fighter” with male and female fighters">Ronda Rousey to coach “The Ultimate Fighter” with male and female fighters</a></h1> <div class="category"> <a href="/web/20130531190657/http://mma-boxing.si.com/category/mma/">MMA</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/03/16/ronda-rousey-to-coach-the-ultimate-fighter-with-male-and-female-fighters/#comment"><span class="js-kit-comments-count" exclude-sources="Twitter" include-sources="Comments" uniq="/2013/03/16/ronda-rousey-to-coach-the-ultimate-fighter-with-male-and-female-fighters/"></span> Comments </a> </div> <div class="entry"> <div id="cnnSCFontButtons"> <div id="cnnSCFontLabel"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize.gif"/></div> <div id="cnnSCFontMinusBtn" onclick="setActiveStyleSheet2('default'); return false;"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_minus_d.gif" alt="Decrease font" title="Decrease font" class="cnnDecreaseFont"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_minus_l.gif" alt="Decrease font" title="Decrease font" class="cnnIncreaseFont"></div> <div id="cnnSCFontPlusBtn" onclick="setActiveStyleSheet2('LargeFont'); return false;"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_plus_d.gif" alt="Enlarge font" title="Enlarge font" class="cnnIncreaseFont"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_plus_l.gif" alt="Enlarge font" title="Enlarge font" class="cnnDecreaseFont"></div> </div> <div id="attachment_4696" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 610px"><img class="size-full wp-image-4696" alt="Ronda Rousey, who beat Liz Carmouche at UFC 157, will be one of the coaches in next season's "The Ultimate Fighter." (Jae C. Hong/AP)" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657im_/http://sicounterpunch.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/rondarousey_031613_final.jpg?w=600&h=451" width="600" height="451"/><p class="wp-caption-text">Ronda Rousey, who beat Liz Carmouche at UFC 157, will be one of the coaches in next season’s “The Ultimate Fighter.” (Jae C. Hong/AP)</p></div> <p>MONTREAL — Somebody’s about to learn the armbar.</p> <p>We knew the UFC was only getting started riding the wave of Ronda Rousey’s barrier-busting appeal. And here comes the next breaker, rolling in from the horizon.</p> <p>The indomitable 135-pound champion, who just three weeks ago transformed the first women’s fight in UFC history into an event that transcended mixed martial arts and even the sports page in general, has been enlisted to breathe new life into another facet of the fight promotion’s business. Company president Dana White announced during Saturday night’s UFC 158 prelims telecast on FX that Rousey will coach the next season of <i>The Ultimate Fighter</i> along with the winner of the April 13 bout between former Strikeforce champ Miesha Tate and Cat Zingano.</p> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/03/16/ronda-rousey-to-coach-the-ultimate-fighter-with-male-and-female-fighters/#more-4684" class="more-link">Read More…</a></p> <div id="jp-post-flair" class="sharedaddy sd-like-enabled sd-sharing-enabled"></div> <br/> </div> </div> <div class="post-bottom"> <li>Published On <span>Mar 16, 2013</span></li> <li id="right"><span><div><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/03/16/ronda-rousey-to-coach-the-ultimate-fighter-with-male-and-female-fighters/#comments" title="Comment on Ronda Rousey to coach “The Ultimate Fighter” with male and female fighters"><span data-lf-article-id="4684" data-lf-site-id="308691" class="livefyre-commentcount">0</span></a></div></span></li> </div> </div> <div class="post-wrap"> <div class="post-top"></div> <div class="post" id="post-4652"> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/03/15/dominick-cruz-injury-strip-ufc-bantamweight/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Injury could spell the end of Dominick Cruz’s UFC reign at bantamweight">Injury could spell the end of Dominick Cruz’s UFC reign at bantamweight</a></h1> <div class="category"> <a href="/web/20130531190657/http://mma-boxing.si.com/category/mma/">MMA</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/03/15/dominick-cruz-injury-strip-ufc-bantamweight/#comment"><span class="js-kit-comments-count" exclude-sources="Twitter" include-sources="Comments" uniq="/2013/03/15/dominick-cruz-injury-strip-ufc-bantamweight/"></span> Comments </a> </div> <div class="entry"> <div id="cnnSCFontButtons"> <div id="cnnSCFontLabel"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize.gif"/></div> <div id="cnnSCFontMinusBtn" onclick="setActiveStyleSheet2('default'); return false;"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_minus_d.gif" alt="Decrease font" title="Decrease font" class="cnnDecreaseFont"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_minus_l.gif" alt="Decrease font" title="Decrease font" class="cnnIncreaseFont"></div> <div id="cnnSCFontPlusBtn" onclick="setActiveStyleSheet2('LargeFont'); return false;"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_plus_d.gif" alt="Enlarge font" title="Enlarge font" class="cnnIncreaseFont"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_plus_l.gif" alt="Enlarge font" title="Enlarge font" class="cnnDecreaseFont"></div> </div> <div id="attachment_4661" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 610px"><img class="size-full wp-image-4661" alt="Dominick Cruz may be stripped of his bantamweight belt because he's been out with a knee injury for more than a year. (Todd Warshaw/Getty Images)" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657im_/http://sicounterpunch.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/dominick-cruz-injury-ufc-title.jpg?w=600&h=420" width="600" height="420"/><p class="wp-caption-text">Dominick Cruz may be stripped of his bantamweight belt due to injury. (Todd Warshaw/Getty Images)</p></div> <p>MONTREAL — One UFC champion might be dethroned this weekend. And the fight promotion also could soon unseat another champ without him even setting foot in the octagon.</p> <p>Or <i>because</i> he isn’t setting foot in the octagon.</p> <p>During a conversation with reporters at the Bell Centre following Thursday afternoon’s press conference to hype UFC 158 — and in particular, the main event, Georges St-Pierre’s welterweight title defense against Nick Diaz — company president Dana White was asked if he had any news to share about another of his belt holders, Dominick Cruz. The bantamweight titlist is recovering from a second knee surgery after the first one failed to fix a torn ACL. He has not fought in nearly a year and a half.</p> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/03/15/dominick-cruz-injury-strip-ufc-bantamweight/#more-4652" class="more-link">Read More…</a></p> <div id="jp-post-flair" class="sharedaddy sd-like-enabled sd-sharing-enabled"></div> <br/> </div> </div> <div class="post-bottom"> <li>Published On <span>Mar 15, 2013</span></li> <li id="right"><span><div><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/03/15/dominick-cruz-injury-strip-ufc-bantamweight/#comments" title="Comment on Injury could spell the end of Dominick Cruz’s UFC reign at bantamweight"><span data-lf-article-id="4652" data-lf-site-id="308691" class="livefyre-commentcount">0</span></a></div></span></li> </div> </div> <div class="post-wrap"> <div class="post-top"></div> <div class="post" id="post-4631"> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/03/15/dana-white-if-you-have-to-use-trt-youre-probably-too-old-to-be-fighting/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Dana White: ‘If you have to use TRT, you’re probably too old to be fighting’">Dana White: ‘If you have to use TRT, you’re probably too old to be fighting’</a></h1> <div class="category"> <a href="/web/20130531190657/http://mma-boxing.si.com/category/mma/">MMA</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/03/15/dana-white-if-you-have-to-use-trt-youre-probably-too-old-to-be-fighting/#comment"><span class="js-kit-comments-count" exclude-sources="Twitter" include-sources="Comments" uniq="/2013/03/15/dana-white-if-you-have-to-use-trt-youre-probably-too-old-to-be-fighting/"></span> Comments </a> </div> <div class="entry"> <div id="cnnSCFontButtons"> <div id="cnnSCFontLabel"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize.gif"/></div> <div id="cnnSCFontMinusBtn" onclick="setActiveStyleSheet2('default'); return false;"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_minus_d.gif" alt="Decrease font" title="Decrease font" class="cnnDecreaseFont"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_minus_l.gif" alt="Decrease font" title="Decrease font" class="cnnIncreaseFont"></div> <div id="cnnSCFontPlusBtn" onclick="setActiveStyleSheet2('LargeFont'); return false;"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_plus_d.gif" alt="Enlarge font" title="Enlarge font" class="cnnIncreaseFont"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_plus_l.gif" alt="Enlarge font" title="Enlarge font" class="cnnDecreaseFont"></div> </div> <div id="attachment_4635" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 630px"><img class="size-full wp-image-4635" alt="UFC president Dana White hopes to ban testosterone replacement therapy from MMA. (AP)" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657im_/http://sicounterpunch.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/dana-white.jpg?w=620&h=400" width="620" height="400"/><p class="wp-caption-text">UFC president Dana White hopes to ban testosterone replacement therapy from MMA. (AP)</p></div> <p>MONTREAL — From Chael Sonnen to Forrest Griffin, Frank Mir to Dan Henderson, Vitor Belfort to Rampage Jackson and beyond, mixed martial artists at the sport’s highest level have successfully persuaded state athletic commissions to OK medical exemptions for them to use testosterone replacement therapy.</p> <p>But Dana White has a different message for those fighters: “If you have to use TRT, you’re probably too old to be fighting.”</p> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/03/15/dana-white-if-you-have-to-use-trt-youre-probably-too-old-to-be-fighting/#more-4631" class="more-link">Read More…</a></p> <div id="jp-post-flair" class="sharedaddy sd-like-enabled sd-sharing-enabled"></div> <br/> </div> </div> <div class="post-bottom"> <li>Published On <span>Mar 15, 2013</span></li> <li id="right"><span><div><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/03/15/dana-white-if-you-have-to-use-trt-youre-probably-too-old-to-be-fighting/#comments" title="Comment on Dana White: ‘If you have to use TRT, you’re probably too old to be fighting’"><span data-lf-article-id="4631" data-lf-site-id="308691" class="livefyre-commentcount">0</span></a></div></span></li> </div> </div> <div class="post-wrap"> <div class="post-top"></div> <div class="post" id="post-4449"> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/02/06/ufc-suspends-thiago-tavares-for-failed-drug-test-reveals-vitor-belforts-use-of-trt/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to UFC suspends Thiago Tavares for failed drug test, reveals Vitor Belfort’s use of TRT">UFC suspends Thiago Tavares for failed drug test, reveals Vitor Belfort’s use of TRT</a></h1> <div class="category"> <a href="/web/20130531190657/http://mma-boxing.si.com/category/mma/">MMA</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/02/06/ufc-suspends-thiago-tavares-for-failed-drug-test-reveals-vitor-belforts-use-of-trt/#comment"><span class="js-kit-comments-count" exclude-sources="Twitter" include-sources="Comments" uniq="/2013/02/06/ufc-suspends-thiago-tavares-for-failed-drug-test-reveals-vitor-belforts-use-of-trt/"></span> Comments </a> </div> <div class="entry"> <div id="cnnSCFontButtons"> <div id="cnnSCFontLabel"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize.gif"/></div> <div id="cnnSCFontMinusBtn" onclick="setActiveStyleSheet2('default'); return false;"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_minus_d.gif" alt="Decrease font" title="Decrease font" class="cnnDecreaseFont"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_minus_l.gif" alt="Decrease font" title="Decrease font" class="cnnIncreaseFont"></div> <div id="cnnSCFontPlusBtn" onclick="setActiveStyleSheet2('LargeFont'); return false;"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_plus_d.gif" alt="Enlarge font" title="Enlarge font" class="cnnIncreaseFont"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_plus_l.gif" alt="Enlarge font" title="Enlarge font" class="cnnDecreaseFont"></div> </div> <div id="attachment_4452" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 225px"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657/http://sicounterpunch.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/thiago-tavares-t2.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-4452 " alt="Thiago Tavares has been suspended 9 months after failing a drug test. (AP)" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130531190657im_/http://sicounterpunch.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/thiago-tavares-t2.jpg?w=215&h=300" width="215" height="300"/></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Thiago Tavares has been suspended 9 months after failing a drug test. (AP)</p></div> <p>It was Friday evening, a little over 24 hours before a featherweight championship bout in Las Vegas that the UFC was hyping as a superfight. But the chatter in the various online meeting places of mixed martial arts fans was about a different fight, one that took place nearly two weeks earlier and 6,000 miles away.</p> <p>The circulating rumor that Vitor Belfort had failed a drug test following a Jan. 19 victory eventually reached Michael Bisping, who had a vested interest in the matter because he was Belfort’s opponent in that middleweight bout in Sao Paolo, Brazil. In fact, had Bisping won that night, he’d have earned a shot at the division’s champion, Anderson Silva. But the Brit had his hopes doused and his senses scrambled by a second-round head kick that led to a Belfort TKO.</p> <p>Now Bisping was wondering if he’d been in a fair fight. “About a certain someone who I fought recently failing his drug test,” he wrote on Twitter. “I hope it’s not true.”</p> <p>Well, it’s not.</p> <p>UFC president Dana White insisted over the weekend that while there had been an “irregular” test result, it did not involve Belfort. And on Wednesday the fight promotion issued a press release announcing that the failed drug test belonged to lightweight Thiago Tavares, whose results showed the presence of the anabolic steroid Drostanolone. The substance did not exactly enhance the 28-year-old Brazilian’s performance, as he was knocked out in less than two minutes by Khabib Nurmagomedov. Tavares was handed a nine-month suspension by the UFC, which assisted the new Comissao Atletica Brasileira de MMA, or Brazilian MMA Athletic Commission, in overseeing regulatory aspects of the event.</p> <p>However, that’s not the end of the story. In the same press release, the UFC revealed that Belfort competed while undergoing an approved regimen of testosterone replacement therapy (TRT). Vitor has been evasive whenever questions about TRT have been raised. And when he met with reporters prior to Saturday night’s fights in Las Vegas, and Bisping’s accusatory tweet was mentioned, the 37-year-old implied that what you see is all natural. “I think people get jealous,” he said with a smile, “when a guy at my age is destroying these people getting title shots.”</p> <p>Jealous, perhaps, or maybe just uncomfortable. Belfort has broken no rules. Neither has Chael Sonnen, Dan Henderson, Quinton Jackson, Frank Mir or anyone on the growing list of MMA fighters who’ve received athletic commission exemptions to use TRT to maintain their testosterone levels. But make no mistake: Legal or not, that’s a performance enhancing substance, allowing an aging veteran to punch and kick like a younger man. And when you see a KO like the one Belfort put on Bisping, you’ve got to wonder when this sport will take a stand. What’s at risk in MMA, after all, is much greater than in other sports. The worst thing a baseball player on a PED can do is wreck some pitcher’s ERA. 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